NIGP 64043: Packing Materials for Mailing and Shipping (Not Containers)

NIGP 64043 Packing Materials For Mailing And Shipping (Not Containers), an Item code, encompasses the physical materials and labor involved in packaging, bundling, and preparing goods for shipment and internal warehouse operations. State and local governments buy shrink wrap, tape, labels, banding materials, envelopes, and related supplies through this code, often bundled with the labor to apply them. Recent opportunities show issuers requesting both materials alone and turnkey packaging services where contractors supply materials and perform assembly work—boxing, shrink wrapping, labeling, and bundling of food items, personal care products, office supplies, and miscellaneous warehouse stock. The issuing bodies include independent school districts, county sheriff departments, cities, and their utilities, reflecting the breadth of internal operations that depend on packaging support.

The recent activity concentrates in Texas and California. Northside Independent School District (San Antonio, Texas) issued an RFP for miscellaneous warehouse supplies in June 2026 with a July 9, 2026 response date, requiring bidders to include shipping and handling costs. The County of Orange, Sheriff-Coroner (Anaheim, California) posted two overlapping IFBs for packaging of food and personal care items for inmate commissary operations—one posted April 2, 2026 due April 17, 2026 (IFB 0603002205MB2) and a predecessor version (IFB 0603002205MB) with February 27, 2026 closing. The County's solicitations establish a three-year initial term with two optional renewal years, firm fixed-fee pricing, 5 to 8 percent local small business and disabled veteran preference deductions, and mandatory pickup and delivery cycles of ten working days. The City of Madison, Wisconsin's printing and mailing RFP (posted March 3, 2026, due April 3, 2026) includes envelope storage and mail finishing services alongside dynamic laser printing for water utility and tax billing operations, suggesting packaging-adjacent work under this code family.