NIGP 23375: Metal Craft Supplies

NIGP 23375 Metal Craft Supplies, an Item code, encompasses custom metal fabrication and artistic metalwork services for public installations and infrastructure projects that state and local governments commission directly from designers and fabricators. The scope includes permanent large-scale metal structures, shade installations, and public art pieces that integrate metalwork with functional and aesthetic requirements. Issuing bodies soliciting under this code span municipal arts departments and city planning offices partnering with public arts initiatives, typically through qualifications-based RFQ processes targeting artist-led design teams and specialized metal fabricators rather than traditional commodity suppliers.

The City of South Salt Lake and South Salt Lake Arts issued a recent RFQ (PN202620) on October 6, 2026, seeking qualifications from artists or artist-led design teams to design and fabricate a permanent large-scale artistic shade structure for Water Tower Plaza, with a commission budget up to $90,000 and a submission deadline of October 30, 2026 by 5:00 p.m. MST. The project targets approximately 1,025 square feet of lawn space and requires the structure to meet safety, durability, and functional shade requirements for a multi-generational public space. Recent activity under this code concentrates in the Mountain West region, with Utah municipalities leading visible procurement in the current cycle. The qualifications-based selection process, combined with strict submission formatting requirements through Jotform and the requirement for architectural and structural drawings, indicates that successful proposers must demonstrate both metalworking capability and public art project experience.