NIGP 96611: Card Printing: Tab, Post, Form, etc.

NIGP 96611 Card Printing: Tab, Post, Form, Etc., an Item code, encompasses direct mail production—postcards, business cards, forms, and related stationery—along with mail-house services including list acquisition, USPS coordination, and fulfillment for state and local agencies. State and local governments procure this work through county transit authorities, community college districts, county assessor and transportation departments, independent school districts, and county purchasing offices. Recent solicitations show demand for high-volume multilingual postcard campaigns with targeting and tracking, personalized welcome packets, notification mailers, branded business collateral with online ordering systems, brochures and booklets with variable specifications, and newsletters and forms in quantities ranging from hundreds to tens of thousands of units. Vendors typically compete on printing capability (offset and digital), finishing and bindery work (folding, binding, numbering, lamination), design and prepress services, turnaround time, and delivery logistics. Insurance requirements and compliance with state regulations (including Davis-Bacon prevailing wage and DBE participation) are standard conditions.

Recent activity spans California, Arizona, Georgia, Texas, and Wisconsin. The Orange County Transportation Authority issued an IFB for mail-house services supporting a multilingual postcard campaign with a $427,000 budget and a response deadline of October 20, 2026; the scope requires access to 75,000 Spanish-speaking, 29,000 Vietnamese-speaking, and 15,000 Korean- and Chinese-speaking households, with six mailings of 65,000 to 100,000 pieces each across the contract year. Gregg County, Texas solicited comprehensive printing services (RFP 2026-13, due June 17, 2026) for multiple county departments with local-vendor preference; Collin County Community College District issued multiple ITBs for business collateral, brochures and booklets, and general print services spanning three-year terms; Denton County, Texas (ITB #26-2914, due June 4, 2026) sought business cards, envelopes, letterheads, forms, postcards, and door hangers on an as-needed basis with recycled-content preferences; and Walworth County, Wisconsin (RFB 26-082, due July 30, 2026) requested printing for all county departments across seven building locations with five years of verifiable experience required and a one-year contract term with four optional renewals.