NIGP 64574: Pressure Sensitive Paper (Including Recycled)

NIGP 64574 Pressure Sensitive Paper (Including Recycled), an Item code, covers specialized adhesive-backed stock used by state and local governments primarily for vehicle registration renewal stickers, security seals, and customized check stock requiring pressure-seal or retroreflective functionality. State and local jurisdictions procure pressure-sensitive forms with integrated security features—including sequential numbering, barcodes, microprinting, thermochromic inks, watermarks, and retroreflective sheeting—as finished printed goods rather than raw materials. Issuing bodies include state procurement offices (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Texas state government, Illinois Secretary of State), typically soliciting through IFB or RFP processes. The work spans high-security applications (vehicle license renewal stickers, state warrants and checks) and includes both glued and non-glued configurations, with delivery cycles ranging from test samples through production runs spanning months.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas and Illinois. The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts issued RFP 304-27-1701 (due June 1, 2026) for high-security customized check stock with phantom images, watermarks, microprinting, and anti-fraud features, evaluated on best-value criteria (cost 35 percent, quality and security 20 percent, past performance 20 percent, security and chain-of-custody 15 percent, quality control 10 percent), with an initial one-year term from September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2027, plus four optional one-year renewals and HUB subcontracting plan requirements. The Illinois Secretary of State posted concurrent IFBs for printing of pressure seal renewal sticker forms—IFB B-53421~2 (due August 12, 2026) for 4.5 million forms with sequential numbering, barcode printing, and retroreflective stickers; and IFB B-52198 (due May 11, 2026) restricting printing to union print shops, with parallel IFB B-52297 (due May 15, 2026) removing the union requirement as a contingency if the union-restricted bid receives no responsive bids. Texas also posted IW266948 for Material Rolls Labels (due October 12, 2026) with limited scope detail in available documentation. Prevailing wage, domestic product preference, and security bonding requirements appear across recent solicitations.