NIGP 64030: Mailing Tubes and Storage Tubes

NIGP 64030 Mailing Tubes and Storage Tubes is an Item code that does not match the state and local procurement activity currently posted under its taxonomy number. The three most recent solicitations recorded against this code—from the County of Orange (California), the City of Milpitas (California), and the City of Madison (Wisconsin)—are actually procuring file folders, labels, and comprehensive citywide printing, design, mailing, and postage services. None of these opportunities mention mailing tubes or storage tubes as a product category. The County of Orange IFB (#060-3015801-MB, due March 26, 2026) seeks custom-printed and unlabeled file folders, expandable Barkley folders, and various label products for delivery to the Coroner Division and OC Crime Lab. The City of Milpitas IFB (251150, due May 28, 2026) encompasses newsletters, brochures, business cards, utility bill printing, and mailing and postage services across five years. The City of Madison RFP (1500802026, due April 3, 2026) calls for dynamic laser printing, document composition, insertion, and mail finishing services primarily for water utility bills and tax notices. These three opportunities suggest that the code's legacy description no longer reflects what state and local procurement offices are actually buying or how they are categorizing printing and mailing work.

Recent activity appears concentrated in California and Wisconsin, with the County of Orange and City of Milpitas both in California showing active demand for routine printing and folder materials. The issuing bodies—county sheriff departments, city procurement offices, and municipal finance/utilities departments—are typical state and local customers for document production and mailing infrastructure. All three opportunities are being issued as IFBs or RFPs with firm fixed pricing models and multi-year terms. The County of Orange contract includes a five percent local small business and disabled veteran business enterprise preference; the City of Milpitas requires 30 percent post-consumer recycled materials when available at no more than 10 percent greater cost and grants a local purchasing preference within 10 percent of the lowest bid; and the City of Madison allocates 35 of 100 evaluation points to cost and local vendor preference. No data supports current procurement demand specifically for mailing tubes or storage tubes under this code number.