NIGP 570: Metal: Bars, Plates, Rods, Sheets, Strips, Structural Shapes, Tubing, and Fabricated Items

NIGP 570 Metal: Bars, Plates, Rods, Sheets, Strips, Structural Shapes, Tubing, and Fabricated Items is a Class code encompassing structural steel, fabricated metal components, and specialty metal products that state and local governments procure for infrastructure repair, construction, and operations. Recent state and local solicitations show jurisdictions buying sheet metal and steel plate for maintenance operations, structural steel for building and roadway projects, metal guzzler components for wildlife management, canal liner materials, guardrail systems, fencing materials, and specialized metal fabrications including elevator systems and historical markers. The mix of issuing bodies includes state departments of transportation and natural resources, county and municipal public works departments, school districts, water authorities, and special-purpose districts. Florida (FDOT, City of Tampa, Gainesville, Palm Bay, St. Cloud, Fort Pierce area), Utah (state agencies, city and county governments, school districts, water districts), Maryland (state and county), and Arizona see recent activity under this code.

Representative recent opportunities include the Florida Department of Transportation soliciting utilities relocations on US 17/92 (RFQU26016, due November 19, 2026); the City of Tampa requesting sealed bids for various steel parts including sheet metal, diamond plate, angle iron, tubing, and pipe for container shop and waste-to-energy facility repairs (ITB 26-P-00555, bids due October 2, 2026 with a 5% small local business enterprise discount available); Orange County Public Works requesting competitive bids for 34 line items of steel, aluminum, stainless steel pipe, tubing, bars, sheets, and structural shapes with inventory maintained within a thirty-mile radius and a three-year contract term starting March 19, 2027 (IFB-080-3113903, due November 4, 2026); the Commonwealth of Kentucky Department of Education seeking bids on sheet metal and steel products for welding, HVAC, and machining at area technology centers statewide with reciprocal and fixed preferences for Kentucky residents and qualified vendors (RFB 758 2700000102, due September 23, 2026); and the Utah Department of Transportation requesting bids for W-beam and Thrie-beam guardrail panels and components on an as-needed five-year basis (IFB UDOT260292BG, due October 3, 2026). Procurement activity under this code remains steady across state infrastructure maintenance, municipal operations, school and transit facility projects, and water utility operations.