Summary
McHenry County is soliciting proposals for vote-by-mail (VBM) ballot package fulfillment and polling place ballot printing services to support the November 2026 General Election and the April 2027 Consolidated Election. The vendor must print compliant ballots and related packet components, process and fulfill up to 5,000 VBM requests per day (initial mailings ~32,000 scaling to ~40,000), provide mailing/tracking services, maintain daily reporting/archives, and produce polling-place ballots (approx. 150,000 for Nov 2026 and 70,000 for Apr 2027). The solicitation was posted 2026-07-16 and proposals (electronic submissions) are due 2026-08-04 by 9:00 AM local time; the County provides a Q&A period and requires specified mandatory forms with submission instructions on the County site.