NIGP 95650: Newspaper Subscriptions

NIGP 95650 Newspaper Subscriptions is an Item code under which state and local governments procure publication services from newspapers serving as official city organs or county newspapers, legal notice placement, and subscriptions to periodicals including newspapers, magazines, journals, and trade publications. The scope encompasses both contracted publication of required legal notices and ordinances in newspapers of general circulation and institutional subscriptions to support agency information needs. Cities, counties, and state departments issue these solicitations; issuing bodies include the City of Waco, Pinal County, the City of Taylor, Michigan, and the Oregon Department of Administrative Services. Work is typically awarded on a best-value or lowest-responsible-bid basis, with contract terms fixed for 12 months or annual periods.

Recent activity appears in Texas, Arizona, Michigan, and Oregon. The City of Waco issued RFB 2026-033 on July 16, 2026, seeking bids for an official city organ and newspaper advertising service with response due August 4, 2026; the solicitation requires publication rates for legal notices, sample notice pricing, classified and display advertising rates, $1,000,000 Media Liability insurance, and W-9 and conflict-of-interest documentation, with award by City Council to commence the first day of the month following selection. Pinal County, Arizona solicited proposals for legal publication services under Solicitation 265727, due July 10, 2026. The City of Taylor, Michigan issued RFP-Clerk Newspaper Publication on June 2, 2026, with responses due May 26, 2026, submitted electronically through the city's eProcurement Portal. The Oregon Department of Administrative Services released RFP No. 267001 for Periodical Subscriptions on February 5, 2026, seeking vendors to provide newspapers, magazines, journals, and trade publications to multiple state agencies with detailed pricing and service-level-agreement requirements specified in Appendix C.