UNSPSC 44121513: Postage stamp

A small paper rectangle which is attached to an envelope, signifying that the person sending the letter or package has paid for postal delivery.

UNSPSC 44121513 Postage stamp (Commodity) represents government demand for metered postage services and bulk stamp purchasing to support routine administrative mailing operations. State and local governments buy postage as a consumable input across departments and utilities — vehicle registration processing, unemployment insurance mailings, property tax bills, utility billing, and general correspondence. The code attracts state fiscal agencies, state transportation and employment departments, municipal finance offices, and municipal utilities. Recent solicitations show two distinct procurement patterns: direct metered postage services contracts awarded to postage-meter vendors like Pitney Bowes on a sole-source basis, and large-scale printing-and-mailing service contracts that bundle postage costs with document composition, dynamic laser printing, insertion, and mail finishing. Kentucky has issued three sequential IFBs (RFB75826000005901, RFB75826000005902, RFB75826000005903) for printing and mailing vehicle titles, each amended once, with June 2026 due dates; Illinois has secured metered postage renewals and modifications with Pitney Bowes worth $3.78 million for fiscal 2027 plus a $560,000 cost increase to the fiscal 2026 contract; and Madison, Wisconsin issued an RFP in March 2026 for city-wide printing and mailing spanning water utility billing (580,000 pieces weekly) and tax/delinquency notices (127,000 monthly).

Kentucky's vehicle-title RFBs dominate recent activity and illustrate the scope and rigor of this work: contractors print approximately 1.5 million titles annually (125,000 monthly), including salvage and vessel titles, on specialized security paper with embedded threads, pantograph features, micro-printing, and chemical sensitization; supply all paper, forms, envelopes, and postage; mail within 40 hours of data receipt; maintain dual processing facilities for disaster recovery; and achieve a one percent daily penalty per missed deadline. Bids are evaluated 90 points on price and 10 points on experience; bidders must post a performance bond equal to 20 percent of the bid, carry $1 million per occurrence and $2 million aggregate general liability insurance, and complete a 2,000-form test run within 60 days. The Kentucky Finance and Administration Cabinet is the contracting office on behalf of the Transportation Cabinet Department of Vehicle Regulation. Illinois postage procurement, by contrast, concentrates on sole-source metered postage to support federal statutory mailing deadlines (1099-G unemployment forms by January 31) and has sustained continuous contracts with Pitney Bowes since 2020 totaling $17 million across nine prior awards. Kentucky and Illinois dominate the recent visible activity under this code.