NIGP 71552: Journalistic Services to Include Page Charges for Publications

NIGP 71552 Journalistic Services To Include Page Charges For Publications is an Item code under which state and local governments procure editorial, design, printing, advertising sales, and distribution services for tourism guides, visitor publications, and communications materials intended for public-facing marketing and information dissemination. The issuing bodies span county tourism and marketing divisions, municipal authorities, and school districts; recent activity shows county boards of county commissioners and special-purpose authorities soliciting turnkey publication services alongside printing and mailing vendors supporting district communications needs. The work encompasses both print and digital publication formats, with scope ranging from high-end lifestyle and destination marketing guides to operational communications materials requiring design, layout, photography, editorial content, advertising management, printing, binding, and distribution.

Activity under this code concentrates in Florida and Ohio, with recent solicitations posted across the second quarter of 2026. Collier County Board of County Commissioners issued RFP 26-8664 on May 11, 2026, for a Tourism Visitor Guide covering the Naples, Marco Island, and Everglades region, requiring a qualified firm to deliver design, advertising sales and management, photography, editorial content, printing, binding, packaging, and distribution of a minimum 100-page lifestyle and travel publication with up to 25,000 printed copies and annual publication under a three-year initial term with two optional one-year renewals, with proposals due June 3, 2026, and local vendor preference of 10 points for vendors holding current Collier or Lee County business tax receipts. The Great Lakes Water Authority, a Michigan municipal authority in Wayne County, posted solicitation REQ0009292 on April 27, 2026, for marketing and communication services encompassing brand awareness, crisis management, media outreach, and strategic communications strategy development, with proposals due May 22, 2026. Dayton Public Schools District in Montgomery County, Ohio issued two nearly identical RFPs for printing and bulk mailing services—RFP 26-009 posted March 2, 2026, with proposals due March 23, 2026, and RFP 26-012 posted April 27, 2026, with proposals due May 15, 2026—both specifying digital printing, offset printing, variable data printing, mailing preparation, and fulfillment services with mandatory Community Inclusion Program participation requiring 20 percent Economically Disadvantaged Business Enterprises utilization and 25 percent on-site workforce participation by district residents, and compliance with FERPA data security requirements for student and personnel records.