NIGP 64580: Stationery W/Envelopes (Including Recycled)

NIGP 64580 Stationery W/Envelopes (Including Recycled), an Item code, encompasses specialized paper stock and printed documents that state and local governments procure for official operations — including vital records security paper, voter registration materials, and forms and documents supporting agency licensing and permitting functions. Recent solicitations show state departments and judicial councils buying intaglio banknote security paper with embedded watermarks and anti-counterfeiting features, blank stock for voter registration cards, and high-volume printing of application packets, renewal notices, license certificates, and instructional materials with precise specifications for paper weight, binding, ink color, and scanning compliance. The California Department of Public Health, California Department of General Services, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and Judicial Council of California represent the issuing bodies active under this code.

California and Florida dominate recent activity. The California Department of Public Health issued an Invitation for Bid (IFB 26-10055) for intaglio banknote security paper measuring 8.5" by 11" with multi-tone watermarks, chemical sensitization, and consecutive numbering for vital records, due March 17, 2026; Banknote Corporation of America was selected as the lowest responsive bidder under a contract budgeted at $825,000 with a three-year term (July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029). The California Department of General Services, Procurement Division, on behalf of the Office of State Publishing, posted a solicitation (0000039686) seeking vendors to produce and deliver paper stock for statewide voter registration cards, with written expressions of interest due July 6, 2026. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Licensing, issued an Invitation to Bid (ITB16221) for printing 28 distinct line items of forms, documents, packets, and booklets supporting professional licensing operations — quantities ranging from 500 to 200,000 units per item with paper weights from 20 lb. register bond to 24 lb. OCR-compliant stock and binding methods including saddle stitching, perfect binding, and coil binding — with bids due July 8, 2026.