NIGP 96681: Security Paper, Custom Printed (Quan. Over 100,000)

NIGP 96681 Security Paper, Custom Printed (Quan. Over 100,000) is an Item code covering high-security custom-printed forms and documents that state and local governments procure in large volumes for official transactions and records. State and local buyers are acquiring specialized documents including warrant stock paper, power of attorney forms, vehicle title certificates, ballot materials, and election-related printing under this code. The issuing bodies span state departments (comptroller, secretary of state, treasury offices), counties, school districts, and election authorities. Illinois Secretary of State, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, New Jersey Department of Treasury, and Illinois Office of the Comptroller appear repeatedly in recent solicitations. The work involves security printing with stringent specifications—watermarks, microprinting, fluorescent inks, thermochromic features, sequential numbering, and tamper-evident construction—paired with rigorous chain-of-custody, facility security (including armed guard protection), employee vetting, and quality control inspections at the vendor's production facility. Procurement bodies require firm fixed pricing, often with volume-tiered unit rates and separate express-delivery pricing. Vendors must carry performance bonds, blanket employee dishonesty bonds, and comprehensive liability coverage; submit detailed security protocols; and comply with state prevailing wage and minority contractor initiative requirements.

Activity concentrates in Texas, Illinois, New Jersey, Utah, Georgia, and Florida. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts RFP for high-security customized check stock for state warrants (304-27-1701, proposals due June 1, 2026, best-value evaluation with 35 percent cost weighting, four one-year renewal options through August 2031), the Illinois Secretary of State IFB for 1,000,000 four-part carbonless Secure Power of Attorney Forms (B-53249, bids due July 29, 2026, delivery by December 31, 2026, lowest-price award), the Illinois Secretary of State IFB for 3,743,000 vehicle title and salvage certificates (IFB 27350SOSVEHSEB52422, bids due June 3, 2026, full production delivery September 1, 2026, no small business set-aside), Tooele County, Utah RFP for comprehensive ballot printing and vote-by-mail packet assembly services (DF2629, proposals due July 21, 2026, 42,000 active voters, unit pricing by ballot quantity and length with one-year term plus four renewal options), and New Jersey Department of Treasury Division of Purchase and Property bid for Universal and Junk Title Forms for the Motor Vehicle Commission (26DPP01318, quotes due August 7, 2026 via NJSTART eProcurement, estimated contract value $1.2 million over three years with up to two optional extensions).