NIGP 60071: Mailing, Packaging, and Shipping Machines (Including Packaging Material Dispensing Machines)

NIGP 60071 Mailing, Packaging, and Shipping Machines (Item code) encompasses mail processing equipment, mailing services, and related support that state and local governments procure to handle high-volume correspondence, billing, and fulfillment operations. Recent solicitations show jurisdictions buying postage meters, inserters, mail openers, sorters, document composition and laser printing systems, bulk mailing preparation services, and maintenance contracts for legacy equipment—often integrated with USPS compliance, multi-departmental account tracking, and secure data handling for sensitive materials like tax bills and student records. School districts, state tax commissions, state and local government departments, water utilities, counties, and cities all solicit under this code. Issuing bodies include a community college district in Texas (Collin County Community College District), state tax and revenue agencies in Utah and Florida seeking single-source maintenance for OPEX legacy equipment, Ohio school districts (Dayton Public Schools), Wisconsin cities (Madison), and California state transportation (Caltrans), along with multistate cooperative purchasing vehicles like NASPO ValuePoint (Arizona, Utah, Nevada lead or participate) and TIPS USA (Texas). Activity spans Texas, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Florida, Ohio, Wisconsin, California, and cooperative programs serving all fifty states.

Collin County Community College District issued ITB FY2025ITB035 for Mail Service on August 8, 2025, seeking newsletter mailing at 300,000–500,000 pieces quarterly with a three-year contract term beginning September 1, 2025, and responses due August 25, 2025. The State of Arizona issued RFP BPM007409 through NASPO ValuePoint (due June 23, 2026) for comprehensive mailing and shipping equipment, technology, maintenance, and related solutions across 44 categories—postage meter rentals, inserters, folders, mail labelers, addressing systems, check imprinting, pressure sealing, pre-sorting, smart lockers, furniture, software licenses, integration services, training, and supplies—available to all fifty states, territories, tribes, and eligible nonprofit and public organizations; historical NASPO ValuePoint mailing equipment sales totaled $103.12 million through the current portfolio. Dayton Public Schools District issued RFP 26-012 (due May 15, 2026) for printing and bulk mailing services including dynamic laser printing, document composition, insertion, mail finishing, and bulk presort, with Community Inclusion Program set-asides mandating 20 percent Economically Disadvantaged Business Enterprise participation and 25 percent on-site workforce participation by district residents. The City of Madison, Wisconsin issued RFP 1500802026 (due April 3, 2026) for city-wide printing and mailing services supporting water utility billing (580,000 pieces weekly) and tax administration (127,000 pieces monthly). Single-source procurements for specialized legacy equipment maintenance dominate Florida and Utah activity: Florida Department of Revenue sought one-year OPEX maintenance and software license (estimated $400,000, closing June 3, 2026), and Utah Division of Purchasing published a sole-source notice (CS271) for OPEX equipment maintenance (estimated $51,230, challenge period closed July 14, 2026).