NIGP 60077: Postage Meters

NIGP 60077 Postage Meters, an Item code, encompasses postage metering equipment, mail handling machinery, supplies, and maintenance services that state and local governments procure to manage internal mailroom operations. The scope includes postage meter rental and purchase; mail inserting, sealing, addressing, and folding equipment; electronic scales; mail accounting systems; consumable supplies such as ink cartridges and toner; repair parts; and both annual equipment maintenance contracts and per-call hourly maintenance services. Issuing bodies range from state departments (such as New Jersey's Department of the Treasury) to counties and special-purpose cooperative purchasing vehicles; recent activity shows state-level procurement offices and county governments driving the bulk of solicitation activity under this code.

New Jersey's Department of the Treasury, Division of Purchase and Property issued an RFQ (Bid Solicitation #27DPP01355) due October 23, 2026 for mailroom equipment, accessories, supplies, and maintenance services under Contract T0200, with a Small Business Subcontracting Set-Aside requiring bidders to demonstrate good faith efforts to hire New Jersey Small Business Enterprises as subcontractors. The contract calls for Original Equipment Manufacturers or Authorized Dealers with New Jersey sales and maintenance support facilities capable of statewide service; representative pricing on the state-supplied price sheet includes postage meter rental at $30.00 monthly, annual equipment maintenance at $293.25, and per-call hourly maintenance at $120.00 per hour, with a base term of four years and potential two-year extensions. A second recent opportunity—Sourcewell RFP #061626 for Law Enforcement Equipment issued May 12, 2026 with responses due June 16, 2026—indicates postage meters fall within the broader law enforcement equipment category when procured through cooperative vehicles serving Washington state counties and other public entities across the United States and Canada, though the specific postage-meter component of that solicitation is not detailed.