NIGP 70055: Offset Printing (Duplicating and Lithographing) Machines and Equipment (Smaller Than 17 In. by 22 In.)

NIGP 70055 Offset Printing (Duplicating And Lithographing) Machines And Equipment (Smaller Than 17 In. By 22 In.), an Item code, reflects state and local government procurement of high-volume print production services, equipment maintenance, and ancillary finishing operations to support operational communications and institutional publishing. Recent solicitations show demand centered on full-service printing, mailing, and fulfillment work for public agencies; multi-run bulletin and course catalog production for educational institutions; and on-call service and repair for existing print shop equipment. Issuing bodies include municipal departments (City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management and Department of Transportation), community colleges (Hudson Valley Community College), and state-level operational infrastructure (Massachusetts Operational Services Division). Work spans production of water quality reports, bill inserts, brochures, postcards, and course bulletins in volumes ranging from 20,000 to 80,000 copies per run, as well as bindery services including trimming, collating, folding, perfect binding, and specialty finishing such as laminating and raised-seal business card printing.

Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia and New York, with state-level coordination in Massachusetts. The Atlanta Department of Transportation and Department of Watershed Management issued IFB/GS/DWM/ATLDOT/2607-1270006 on July 23, 2026, requesting specialized printing and mailing services with response due August 5, 2026. Hudson Valley Community College released two concurrent ITBs in July 2026: BID4057 for credit-free course and summer camp bulletin printing (80,000 copies per semester, 16.25" × 10.75" folded, specific paper and binding specifications, due August 12, 2026), and BID4055 for on-call service and repair of approximately twenty pieces of print shop equipment including Ryobi presses, Formax cutters, and Duplo finishing equipment (due August 11, 2026, with eight-hour on-site response requirement). The Massachusetts Operational Services Division solicited statewide on June 10, 2026 under BD261080OSD01OSD10130135 for supplies, equipment, and services across four categories—printing supplies and ink, on-call labor and parts support, equipment lease or sale, and bindery and finishing services—at multiple Commonwealth facilities, with rolling enrollment and no ceiling on awarded bidders.