NIGP 32042: Nuts, Steel (Including Nutserts)

NIGP 32042 Nuts, Steel (Including Nutserts), an Item code, covers fastening hardware that state and local governments procure as consumable components and as part of larger equipment, infrastructure, and construction assemblies. Recent solicitations show governments buying steel nuts in bulk as inventory stock for public works maintenance, as components within guardrail systems meeting federal crash-test standards, as elements of water treatment facility upgrades, and embedded in equipment such as welders and snowblowers. Issuing bodies span county public works departments, state transportation and general services agencies, municipal water utilities, and special-purpose districts, with procurement notices appearing across California, Texas, and Georgia.

County of Orange Public Works posted IFB 080-3113903 on October 7, 2026 (due November 4, 2026) for various metals and related hardware with an aggregate ceiling of $855,000 and a three-year initial term, requiring a 30-mile local inventory and ten-day delivery windows; the scope covers 34 line items of steel, aluminum, stainless steel, and galvanized materials including nuts as part of a broader metals package. The California Department of General Services Procurement Division issued an RFI on August 28, 2026 (due September 14, 2026) for main line guardrails anticipated to move to formal IFB in October 2026, with an estimated annual value of $5 million across 12 California districts; the scope explicitly names bolts, washers, plates, and nuts meeting MASH and NCHRP 350 compliance standards as components of a statewide two-year contract with three one-year extension options. The City of Lavonia, Georgia sealed-bid construction procurement for Water Treatment Plant 2026 Improvements (due May 26, 2026) reflects nuts and fasteners as embedded requirements within larger municipal infrastructure work. Activity concentrates in California and Georgia, with scattered procurement across municipal and state jurisdictions nationwide.