UNSPSC 44103105: Ink cartridges

UNSPSC 44103105 Ink cartridges is a Commodity code that covers the supply of replacement ink and toner cartridges for office printers and multifunction devices across state and local government operations. State and local buyers procure these consumables as ongoing requirements to support printing needs across departments, schools, courts, and administrative facilities. The issuing bodies include regional educational service agencies, school districts, county governments, state agencies, and municipal courts. Recent solicitations show a mix of single-brand requests (Toshiba copier supplies, Noritsu printer supplies, Toner cartridges for Brady, Epson FX-890II dot matrix printers) and multi-brand consolidated buys (OEM cartridges from HP, Canon, Xerox, Okidata, Brother, Dell, Lexmark across districts and counties). Contracts typically run one to five years with optional renewal periods, and award is frequently made on a lowest-responsive-and-responsible basis to a single vendor or split by line item. Volume ranges from micro purchases under $45,000 to districtwide and countywide requirements spanning thousands of units.

Geographic activity is concentrated in the South and Southwest, with recent solicitations from Georgia (Griffin RESA, Gwinnett County, Cobb County School District), Texas (Texas Comptroller for TDCJ, Rockland County Collin County, Northside Independent School District, Austin ISD), Missouri (Rockwood School District), and California (State of California, Los Angeles Superior Court). Additional recent activity appears in Washington State (Pierce County), Illinois, Pennsylvania (City of Philadelphia), and New York (Rockland County). Representative opportunities include Griffin RESA (Griffin, Georgia) requesting art materials, office supplies, copy paper, ink and toner, and janitorial products via IFB 2027 with bids due November 6, 2026, as a requirements contract with one-year base and three optional one-year renewals; Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners (Georgia) soliciting OEM toner and inkjet cartridges via sealed bid BL122-26 with bids due September 14, 2026, on a one-year contract with four optional renewals; and Rockwood School District (Missouri) requesting OEM toner cartridges from HP and other brands via RFB posted May 1, 2026, with proposals due May 22, 2026, for a five-year term commencing November 1, 2026. Texas Comptroller Statewide Procurement Division also released IFB 304T-26-696-6-M0025 for toner cartridges (Canon and Okidata, 5,975 units across line items) with responses due August 20, 2026, as a statewide contract available to multiple state entities and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.