NIGP 61021: Carbon Paper, Typewriter

NIGP 61021 Carbon Paper, Typewriter is an Item code that rarely aligns with current state and local procurement activity. The single recent opportunity in the dataset is a Sacramento County Department of Airports RFP (2026RFP0016) posted September 22, 2026, with a response deadline of May 21, 2026, soliciting bag tags, thermal boarding pass stock, and Automated Ticket and Boarding Pass (ATB) ticket stock — commodities that fall outside the legacy carbon paper and typewriter ribbon scope. The Sacramento County procurement, issued on behalf of the Sacramento County Procurement Alliance (SCoPA) cooperative purchasing vehicle, represents the contemporary use case: thermal paper and airline ground-operations supplies rather than traditional carbon forms or typewriter consumables.

State and local governments have largely migrated away from carbon paper and manual typewriter supplies, and the code reflects minimal recent solicitation activity. The Sacramento County opportunity stands as the primary current activity under or near this classification, with no evidence of additional jurisdictions or states actively procuring under NIGP 61021 in the recent market. Firms pursuing this code should recognize that modern procurement under the classification is sparse and concentrated in specialized operational niches—primarily thermal-media supplies for airport ground operations and similar high-volume printing applications—rather than the office-supply carbon forms the code traditionally encompassed.