UNSPSC 14111818: Thermal paper

Heat sensitive paper used in credit card terminals, receipt generating machines, and other point of sale machines.

UNSPSC 14111818 Thermal paper, a Commodity code, sees limited direct activity in recent state and local solicitations, though the code's scope nominally covers specialty papers used in printing, copying, and forms reproduction. Recent opportunities under or near this code predominantly involve standard copy paper, carbonless forms, and related office paper supplies rather than thermal-receipt or thermal-label stock specifically. Issuing bodies soliciting paper supplies span transit authorities, school districts, and cooperative purchasing vehicles. The Orange County Transportation Authority issued an IFB for approximately 70 line items of specialty papers including carbonless forms, colored stock, envelopes, cover stock, labels, foam board, and shipping boxes, with delivery to the OCTA Print Shop and a $200,000 budgeted one-year term. Rockwood School District in St. Louis County, Missouri solicited bids for district-wide prepaid copier paper through an RFB requiring 6,310 cases of acid-free, 20 lb., 92 brightness white USA-milled 8" x 11" copy paper across 30 schools and facilities, with no specific budget disclosed and a one-year contract period. These solicitations indicate that state and local buyers under or adjacent to this code are procuring commodity office paper stocks on volume, recurring bases with firm-fixed unit pricing and as-needed delivery logistics.

Recent activity concentrates in California and Missouri. The Orange County Transportation Authority (California) RFB posted October 7, 2026 with bids due August 24, 2026 at 11:00 a.m., with a DBE goal and prevailing-wage and Davis-Bacon Act compliance required; award was to be made to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder at 100 percent cost weight, with the incumbent being Spicers. Rockwood School District (Missouri) issued its RFB May 5, 2026 with a May 22, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. CST deadline, requiring five vendor references including prior government or school district clients, a Missouri Certificate of Good Standing, evidence of financial stability, and $1,000,000 general liability insurance. Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative issued a catalog discount bid for copy machines (CM2628) posted August 24, 2026 with September 29, 2026 due date and an estimated total expenditure of $9,378,324 over two years, though that opportunity sits outside the thermal-paper code scope. The code shows sporadic state and local procurement activity; thermal paper as a distinct commodity (receipt rolls, label stock) does not appear prominently in recent postings.