NIGP 31880: Tickets, Not Encoded

NIGP 31880 Tickets, Not Encoded is an Item code under which state and local governments procure blank stock for airline and transportation boarding passes, bag tags, and automated ticket and boarding pass (ATB) materials in thermal paper and related formats. The solicitations show airports and transit authorities buying pre-printed or blank ticket stock for operational use rather than encoded or specialized ticketing systems; recent work includes thermal boarding pass stock, bag tag inventory, and ATB ticket blanks supplied on multi-year contracts with volume-based ordering.

Sacramento County Department of Airports, through the Sacramento County Procurement Alliance (SCoPA) cooperative purchasing vehicle, posted RFP 2026RFP0016 in September 2026 for bag tags, thermal boarding pass stock, and ATB ticket blanks on an initial two-year contract with three optional one-year extensions. The RFP reserves the right to issue one or multiple contracts by line item and does not guarantee minimum purchases; selected vendors may serve additional participating entities through the cooperative. The notice does not identify a response date or award value. Activity under this code appears limited in recent state and local solicitation records; the Sacramento County opportunity represents a clear specimen of the work being bought.