UNSPSC 55101504: Newspapers

UNSPSC 55101504 Newspapers, a Commodity code, covers printing and publication services that state and local governments procure for internal communications, constituent outreach, and tourism marketing. State agencies and county tourism divisions solicit under this code for newsletter printing, visitor guides, and promotional publications that combine design, content development, printing, binding, and distribution. The work spans both print production and increasingly digital delivery, with vendors typically responsible for end-to-end project management including layout, photography, editorial content, advertising sales (in tourism-focused publications), and fulfillment. Issuing bodies include state departments and county boards of commissioners, particularly those with tourism, employee benefits, or constituent communications functions.

Recent activity shows the code in use across Minnesota and Florida. The State of Minnesota issued an RFP on July 7, 2026 for printing services for the Teachers Retirement Association newsletter on an as-needed basis, with responses due July 21, 2026 through the SWIFT Supplier Portal (Event ID 2000018285, Contract Release P-946). Collier County Board of County Commissioners Procurement Services Division issued RFP 26-8664 on May 11, 2026 for a high-end Tourism Visitor Guide targeting the Naples, Marco Island, and Everglades region, seeking a qualified firm to deliver comprehensive turnkey services including design, advertising sales and management, photography, editorial content, research, writing, printing, binding, packaging, and distribution of up to 25,000 printed copies annually with an initial three-year term and two optional one-year renewals; responses were due June 3, 2026. The Collier County solicitation emphasized local vendor preference for vendors with current business tax receipts from Collier or Lee County and required ten years of successful experience producing high-end lifestyle and travel destination publications in both print and digital formats.