UNSPSC 10171614: Potassium chloride for agricultural use

Fertilizer ingredient for plant and crop growth

UNSPSC 10171614 Potassium chloride for agricultural use is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local opportunities tagged under it show a significant mismatch: the sourced records document procurement for vehicle transponders and granular road maintenance salt (sodium chloride), neither of which aligns with agricultural potassium chloride fertilizer. The code appears to have little relevant recent activity in state and local procurement, or the opportunities have been miscoded in the source system.

The City of Lubbock, Texas is the sole issuing body in the available records, soliciting granular road maintenance salt (approximately 1,000 tons of ASTM D632–compliant rock salt with minimum 95 percent sodium chloride content, specified gradation, and maximum 3 percent moisture) under ITB 26-19689-YB with a bid due date of June 10, 2026 at 3:00 p.m., and a one-year initial contract term with four optional one-year automatic renewal extensions. Delivery is F.O.B. to the City of Lubbock Street Maintenance Department at 502 North Interstate 27, Lubbock, Texas 79403, within 48 hours of purchase order placement and completed within five business days. The City applies a Texas Local Government Code 271.9051 local-vendor preference allowing award to principal-place-of-business residents within city limits whose bid is within 5 percent of the lowest non-resident bid, and considers Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) goals in award decisions. Contractors must maintain $1 million commercial general liability per occurrence with $2 million aggregate, $1 million automobile liability, and statutory workers' compensation with $1 million employer's liability limits. Bids may be submitted electronically through the Bonfire portal or in hard copy to Marta Alvarez, Director of Purchasing and Contract Management, 1314 Avenue K, Floor 9, Lubbock, TX 79401. No pre-bid meeting is scheduled. Activity under this code is limited and geographically concentrated in Texas, and the apparent coding error warrants verification before pursuing.