NIGP 74567: Patching Mix, Cutback Asphalt

NIGP Item 74567, Patching Mix, Cutback Asphalt, represents a narrow but consistent procurement category where state and local governments buy pre-mixed asphalt patching materials—both hot-mix and cold-mix formulations—for road maintenance and repair work. Recent solicitations show governments purchasing cutback asphalt cold mix, pre-packaged cold patch (available for year-round use with twelve-month workability warranties), hot patch and cold patch asphalt on blanket purchase order or supply-contract bases, and specialized products such as recycled asphalt concrete patching and open-graded crack relief interlayer for larger resurfacing campaigns. The buying population includes county departments of transportation and public works (Barrow County, Waukesha County, Brevard County, Okaloosa County), municipal utilities and transportation departments (City of Palo Alto, City of Owensboro, City of Johns Creek), special districts and authorities (Harris County Department of Education as a cooperative purchasing hub, Berkshire Regional Group Purchasing Program acting for multiple Massachusetts municipalities), and state transportation departments (Nevada Department of Transportation). Issuing bodies range from single-jurisdiction RFQs to cooperative purchasing vehicles that aggregate demand across dozens of participating jurisdictions.

The geographic spread is national and diverse: California (Palo Alto, Santa Clara County), Texas (Harris County), Georgia (Barrow, White, Heard, Fulton counties; Cities of Fairburn and Johns Creek), Florida (Brevard County, Okaloosa County, Citrus County schools), Kentucky (City of Owensboro), Massachusetts (Berkshire County cooperative), Wisconsin (Barrow County, Waukesha County), and Nevada. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Palo Alto Utilities Department RFQ197088 (posted March 2026, due April 8, 2026) seeking primary and secondary suppliers of hot-mix and cold-mix cutback asphalt for three-year blanket purchase orders with F.O.B. destination pricing and firm Year 1 rates followed by escalation ladders; the Berkshire Regional Group Purchasing Program FY27-02 cooperative solicitation (posted April 19, 2026, due April 2, 2026) for cold patch as one of twenty highway supply and service categories serving municipalities across Berkshire County, Massachusetts, with prevailing wage and MassDOT prequalification requirements; Waukesha County Bid No. 2026003 (posted January 22, 2026, due February 19, 2026) soliciting hot patch and cold patch asphalt for county and state use with approximately $60,000 allocated for 2026; and the Nevada Department of Transportation 80DOTS3729 (posted April 9, 2026, due May 4, 2026) seeking all-season cold patch in 48–50 pound poly bags from pre-approved vendors on an FOB destination, freight-prepaid basis for one year with potential extension through April 30, 2027. The code sees consistent, routine procurement activity across multiple issuing bodies and geographic regions, driven by ongoing road maintenance cycles and weather-related patching needs.