NIGP 57068: Steel, Fabricated: Beams, Gabions, Gratings, Walkways, Window Bars, and Custom-Made Steel Items

NIGP 57068 Steel, Fabricated: Beams, Gabions, Gratings, Walkways, Window Bars, and Custom-Made Steel Items is an Item code under which state and local governments procure structural steel components and fabricated steel products for infrastructure projects, water treatment facilities, and building improvements. Recent solicitations show a mix of commodity-grade structural steel (W-beams, H-piles, expanded metal) acquired through competitive sealed bidding and custom fabrication work, including mobile welding services for equipment repair, sign panel fabrication and installation, and specialty items such as fiber-reinforced polymer composite boardwalk materials. Issuing bodies include county transportation and public works departments (Greenville County, South Carolina; Sarasota County, Florida; State of Nevada Department of Transportation), state corrections agencies (Georgia Department of Corrections at multiple facilities), county solid waste management operations (Hillsborough County, Florida), state toll authorities (Illinois State Toll Highway Authority), university systems (Texas A&M), and municipal water and parks departments (West Basin Municipal Water District, California Department of Parks and Recreation, City of Lavonia, Georgia). Greenville County appears as a repeat buyer, soliciting both W-beams and H-piles for bridge yard delivery within the past two months.

Recent procurement activity spans South Carolina (Greenville County bridge components), Georgia (state prison steel and expanded metal; Statesboro City Hall stair renovation), Florida (Hillsborough County mobile welding services, Sarasota County steel truss pedestrian bridge), Illinois (systemwide sign fabrication across twelve counties), California (Mono Lake ADA boardwalk composite materials), Texas (Texas A&M range pipe fabrication), Nevada (precast concrete cattle guards), and Michigan (school district student activity center with implied structural steel scope). Greenville County issued IFB 27022 for 12 structural W-beams (four at 27 inches / 114 pounds per foot and eight at 27 inches / 94 pounds per foot, each 27 feet long), F.O.B. destination to its Bridge Yard in Travelers Rest, South Carolina, with bids due October 9, 2026 at 3:00 p.m., evaluation weighted 99 percent on price and 1 percent on responsiveness, and tentative award October 15, 2026. Hillsborough County issued ITB 26-00389 for mobile welding and fabrication services under a three-year contract estimated at $207,429.10, with sealed bids due September 16, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time, requiring response to service calls within four hours during business hours and emergency repairs within 24 hours at four South County Facility locations. The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority issued RFQ RR-26-2050 for systemwide sign panel fabrication and installation (Type 1, 2, and 3 panels, structural steel and wood supports, concrete foundations) across twelve Illinois counties, with bids due July 9, 2026 at 10:30 a.m., a 4 percent Illinois business bid preference, DBE and VOSB participation goals, prevailing wage requirements, and work commencing October 19, 2026 with completion by May 31, 2028.