NIGP 13547: Refractories, Castable

NIGP 13547 Refractories, Castable is an Item code covering heat-resistant ceramic and refractory materials used in industrial furnaces, kilns, and high-temperature processing equipment. State and local governments procure castable refractories primarily for maintenance and repair of municipal waste-to-energy facilities, water treatment plants, and other infrastructure requiring thermal containment. The code attracts bids from industrial suppliers and specialty refractory contractors, though issuing bodies span municipalities, counties, water authorities, and public works departments where capital equipment maintenance budgets support refractory replacement cycles.

The source provided contains no recent state and local contract opportunities for castable refractories. The two records in the opportunities block are a departmental relocation notice from Williamson County Purchasing (Texas) and a cooperative purchasing RFP for law enforcement equipment through Sourcewell, neither of which relates to refractory procurement. Without recent solicitation activity visible in the state and local market, the code does not present current visibility into active demand, issuing-body concentration, or geographic procurement patterns.