NIGP 61667: Paper Clips, Ball Bearing, Environmentally Certified Products

NIGP 61667 Paper Clips, Ball Bearing, Environmentally Certified Products, an Item code, covers ball-bearing paper clips manufactured or certified to meet environmental standards — fastening devices used across state and local offices, schools, and administrative functions where sustainable procurement preferences or requirements apply. State and local governments procure these items through routine supply orders, often bundled with broader office-supply contracts or purchased as standalone line items when environmental certifications (such as recycled-content, FSC, or lifecycle-assessment compliance) are specified in procurement policies or sustainability initiatives. The code typically appears in RFQ or IFB notices issued by state purchasing offices, county administrative services departments, city facilities management, and school district central procurement units, though activity volume and frequency are generally modest compared to broader office-supply codes.

The source provided contains no recent state or local contract opportunities under this code, making it difficult to characterize current geographic concentration, active issuing bodies, or representative solicitation patterns. Firms monitoring this code should track state and local sustainability purchasing programs, green-procurement cooperative contracts (such as Sourcewell or regional green-supplier consortia), and office-supply schedules that explicitly list environmentally certified fastening products, as activity typically clusters around jurisdictions with formal sustainable-purchasing mandates or environmental procurement policies.