NIGP 96686: Specialty Printing: Die Cutting, Laser, Plastic, Thermography, etc. (Folders, Invitations, Tabs, Binders, Banners, Banner Displays, etc.)

NIGP 96686 Specialty Printing: Die Cutting, Laser, Plastic, Thermography, Etc. (Folders, Invitations, Tabs, Binders, Banners, Banner Displays, Etc.) is an Item code that captures state and local procurement of custom printed collateral, specialty die-cut items, banner graphics, and related production services. Current activity spans handbook and guide design-printing-delivery (Solano County Sheriff's wildfire preparedness handbook revision, Philadelphia Citizens Handbook), binding and design services for cooperative purchasing members (Glendale Elementary School District through SAVE), custom folders for case file management (California Department of Child and Family Services), business cards and letterhead (Philadelphia GSO Contact Card, Denton County business collateral), printed mailers and postcards (Santa Clara County Notification of Assessed Value mailers, State of Georgia postcard printing and fulfillment, Atlanta Department of Watershed Management and Department of Transportation bill inserts and water quality reports), yearbook production (Tupelo Public School District yearbooks), and large-format banner design, manufacture, and installation (University of Houston-Clear Lake pole banners, City of Dallas turnkey banner sponsorship program). The code also captures equipment procurement when coupled with consumables and services — a School Board of Volusia County, Florida flatbed cutter (Apex 2516 Pro) was cancelled after six bids to revise specifications. Issuing bodies include state departments (Georgia, California, Texas State Preservation Board), county governments (Solano, Santa Clara, Denton, Atlanta), city procurement offices (Philadelphia, Dallas), school districts and cooperatives (Glendale Elementary, Northside Independent School District, Tupelo Public School District, Collin County Community College District, Dysart Unified School District, Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative), and special-purpose entities (University of Houston-Clear Lake). School districts emerge as repeat solicitors under this code.

Recent activity concentrates in California (Solano, Santa Clara, DCFS), Texas (Dallas, Houston-Clear Lake, Denton, Tupelo, Dysart, Region 7 cooperative, State Preservation Board), Florida (Volusia County schools), Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), Georgia (State of Georgia, Atlanta), and Mississippi (Tupelo). Representative solicitations posted in the past eight weeks include Solano County Sheriff's Revision and Reprinting of County Wildfire Preparedness Handbook, RFP due October 9, 2026; Glendale Elementary School District Printing and Binding Services-Supplemental for SAVE cooperative members, RFP due October 9, 2026; Santa Clara County Printing and Mailing of Notification of Assessed Value Mailers for Assessor's Office, ITB due October 2, 2026; State of Georgia Postcard Printing, Mailing and Fulfillment, RFQ due September 19, 2026; Atlanta Department of Transportation and Department of Watershed Management Specialized Printing Services, IFB due August 5, 2026; State Preservation Board Bullock Texas State History Museum Graphics Production and Installation, IFB due August 14, 2026 (blanket purchase order, per-square-foot pricing, six-month turnaround); and Denton County Printed Materials (business cards, envelopes, letterhead, NCR forms, postcards, invitations, certificates, door hangers), ITB due June 4, 2026 with contract commencing July 1, 2026.