NIGP 91458: Metal Work, Miscellaneous Metals

NIGP 91458 Metal Work, Miscellaneous Metals, an Item code, encompasses metal fabrication, welding, installation, repair, and miscellaneous metal components state and local governments procure as part of facility renovation, construction, and maintenance projects. Recent solicitations show demand for metal work integrated into larger building or infrastructure scopes—metal canopies, metal building systems, seismic anchorage and bracing of non-structural components, sheet metal ducting, signage, doors and frames, and miscellaneous metal items bundled within multi-trade renovation bids. The issuing bodies are predominantly Washington state community colleges (Everett Community College, South Seattle College, Big Bend Community College, Clark College, Pierce College, Shoreline Community College, Tacoma Community College, Skagit Valley College, Wenatchee Valley College, Lake Washington Institute of Technology), state agencies (Washington Department of Corrections, Department of Children, Youth and Families, Department of Social and Health Services, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Ecology, Military Department), and California counties (Santa Clara County and Sanitation District No. 2-3). Repeat buyers include the Washington community college system and state correctional or healthcare facilities executing capital renewal programs. Metal-work solicitations typically arrive as line items or trade packages within larger IFBs for building renovation, seismic compliance upgrade, or infrastructure repair rather than as standalone metal-fabrication RFPs.

Activity concentrates in Washington state, with secondary volume in California. Representative recent opportunities include Coleman Community Schools (Coleman, Michigan) soliciting bids on ten prime-contract divisions including Metals for 2025 Bond renovation projects (IFB 2026 renovation, due November 4, 2026); Santa Clara County soliciting pre-qualification for prime contractors on the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Building M Operating Room Renovation (design-bid-build, bids due December 3, 2026), which includes metal-component fabrication and installation as part of four phased clinical-space buildouts; Sanitation District No. 2-3 (Santa Clara County) requesting bids for sewer mainline extensions and repairs including metal fittings and connections (IFB, bids due September 17, 2026); and Marion County, Florida, accepting subcontractor prequalification for metal canopies, metal building systems, and miscellaneous metal-trade packages on a Maintenance Equipment Building project (prequalification, bids due October 8, 2026). Metal-work volume is modest relative to broader facility-construction activity; most solicitations do not disclose standalone metal-trade budgets, reflecting the commodity's role as a subordinate scope within integrated renovation and construction contracts.