UNSPSC 44102300: Packing machines

UNSPSC 44102300 Packing machines, a Class code, encompasses mailing and shipping equipment, technology, maintenance, and related solutions that state and local governments procure to support bulk mail operations, document finishing, and postal compliance. Recent solicitations reflect substantial demand for comprehensive mailing services including digital and offset printing, variable data printing, envelope insertion, postage metering, mail presort services, and USPS-compliant mail preparation across a broad range of jurisdictional types. School districts feature prominently as issuing bodies, with Dayton Public Schools (Ohio) issuing multiple RFPs for printing and bulk mailing services; other active buyers include community colleges (Collin County Community College District, Texas), municipal governments (City of Madison, Wisconsin), state agencies operating through cooperative purchasing programs (Texas Intergovernmental Purchasing Cooperative, NASPO ValuePoint), and special-purpose procurement cooperatives (Sourcewell). Vendors responding to these opportunities must frequently demonstrate FERPA compliance for student records, secure file transfer and production protocols, cyber liability insurance, and often must meet community inclusion or disadvantaged-business set-asides as a condition of award.

Activity concentrates in Texas, Ohio, and Arizona, with Dayton Public Schools and cooperative purchasing vehicles in those states generating multiple concurrent procurements. Representative recent opportunities include Dayton Public Schools RFP 26-012 for printing and bulk mailing services (responses due May 15, 2026), requiring 75,000 pages of black-and-white printing, 100,000 pages of color printing, 350,000 pieces of envelope stuffing, and 350,000 pieces of mail presort annually, with mandatory 20 percent EDBE utilization and 25 percent local workforce participation; TIPS USA Solicitation 260704 for printing, mailing, and shipping solutions on a statewide cooperative purchasing vehicle for Texas state agencies and local governments (responses due August 21, 2026); and the State of Arizona NASPO ValuePoint RFP BPM007409 for mailing and shipping equipment, technology, maintenance, and related solutions across 44 product and service categories with a two-year initial term and three-year renewal option (responses due June 23, 2026). Collin County Community College District ITB FY2025ITB035 seeks mail service for newsletter mailings in volumes of 300,000 to 500,000 pieces over a three-year contract term (responses due August 25, 2025), with vendor location restricted to a 75-mile radius. The City of Madison issued RFP 1500802026 for city-wide printing and mailing services (responses due April 3, 2026) requiring 580,000 pieces weekly for the Water Utility and 127,000 pieces monthly for tax notices and financial documents, with a two-year initial term and three one-year renewal options.