NIGP 96754: Paper and Pulp Products

NIGP 96754 Paper and Pulp Products, an Item code, covers bulk art paper and multi-purpose copy and specialty papers that school districts and other state and local agencies procure for classroom, office, and operational use. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers purchasing charcoal paper, construction paper, drawing paper, newsprint, sketch pads, watercolor paper, fadeless art paper, metallic foil papers, origami papers, railroad board, tag board, kraft paper, art tissue, colored multi-purpose paper, copy paper in various sizes and brightness levels, parchment paper, cardstock, and specialty bright and neon papers. School boards dominate the issuing-body mix for this code, with the School Board of Seminole County, Florida and the School Board of Marion County, Florida both posting recent opportunities under their own procurement authority rather than through cooperative purchasing vehicles.

Activity concentrates in Florida, with two of three recent opportunities posted by Florida school districts. The School Board of Seminole County, Florida issued Invitation to Bid 19200044BLL on September 10, 2019, seeking 24 line items of art paper with sealed bids due October 1, 2019, at 3:00 PM EST; the contract awarded to multiple vendors including Pyramid School Products, Smith Office & Computer Supply, Cascade School Supplies, and School Specialty, Inc., with a total award of $43,089.75 for the 2019–2020 school year. The School Board of Marion County, Florida issued Bid 4153AM on February 2, 2026, for a ten-month term contract covering 31 line items of multi-purpose paper, colored copy paper, cardstock, and specialty papers, with responses due January 14, 2026, at 2:00 PM EST and contract award anticipated at the February 24, 2026 Board meeting. No explicit set-aside designations appear in the recent records, though Florida preference pricing (5 percent) applied to the Seminole County art paper bid.