NIGP 96642: Imprinting Services

NIGP 96642 Imprinting Services, an Item code, encompasses custom printing and finishing work on tangible goods — business cards, letterhead, envelopes, notepad mouse pads, canopy tents with logos, yard signs, branded flags, and DIBOND signage. State and local governments use this code to source vendors who apply imprinting, embossing, screen printing, dye sublimation, or digital color processes to finished or semi-finished materials for internal operations, public awareness campaigns, and departmental collateral. Recent solicitations reflect a mix of operational printing (tax bills, enrollment materials, business collateral) and public-facing branded goods (aquatic invasive species signage, hunting area boundary markers, occupational safety recognition flags). Community colleges, state health and human services departments, university procurement offices, county libraries, city finance bureaus, and public health districts all source under this code. Michigan's Department of Technology, Management & Budget Printing Services appears as a frequent issuing body, conducting centralized procurement on behalf of subordinate state departments and agencies.

Activity concentrates in Michigan, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Representative recent opportunities include the University of Mississippi's sealed-bid solicitation for enrollment print materials (response due July 23, 2026), Collin County Community College District's three-year ITB for business collateral including business cards and carbonless forms with an automated online ordering requirement (award anticipated August 2024, post-dated in source), and the City of Madison, Wisconsin's RFP for city-wide printing and mailing services supporting water utility and tax billing operations, with proposals due April 3, 2026. The Michigan Department of Technology's RFQ for 3,000 yard signs (18x24 and 24x36 inch coroplast, posted May 14, 2026, awarded to LAWSON for $10,697.00) and DeKalb Public Health's RFP for comprehensive printing services across five locations (proposals due May 19, 2026) demonstrate sustained demand for full-service offset, digital, and large-format printing vendors. Prequalification with state Print & Mail Management programs is standard for Michigan; most solicitations require detailed quote letters, proof approval, and electronic file submission. Payment terms typically run 45 days post-invoice via Electronic Funds Transfer.