UNSPSC 10171615: Potassium sulphate

A soluble substance used in making fertilizers

UNSPSC 10171615 Potassium sulphate (Commodity) shows minimal relevant state and local procurement activity. The recent opportunities block contains two solicitations from the City of Lubbock, Texas for granular road maintenance salt under ITBs posted in May and June 2026, but neither specifies potassium sulphate as the product being procured — both call for rock salt (sodium chloride) meeting ASTM D632 standards with minimum 95 percent sodium chloride content. A third listing tags a City of Lubbock ITB for Vehicle Movement Area Transponders under this code number, which is plainly unrelated to chemical commodities. The code's abstract name does not align with what state and local governments are actually purchasing under this number in current solicitations.

The Lubbock road salt ITBs (ITB 26-19689-YB, due June 10, 2026) represent the only substantive state and local opportunity tagged to this code. Both solicitations call for approximately 1,000 tons of granular sodium chloride delivered to the City Street Maintenance Department within 48 hours of purchase order placement, with a one-year initial term and four optional one-year renewals. Pricing is F.O.B. delivered with all delivery and packaging costs included; prices are firm for 60 days minimum and guaranteed for six months, with potential adjustments thereafter based on Consumer Price Index or Product Price Index changes subject to quarterly documentation. Texas Local Government Code 271.9051 local-vendor preference applies, permitting award to Lubbock-area bidders within 5 percent of the lowest non-resident bid. The solicitations require $1 million commercial general liability per occurrence, $1 million automobile liability, and statutory workers' compensation coverage. No minimum purchase volume is guaranteed, and the City reserves the right to terminate with 30 days' written notice. The narrowness and specificity of the recent activity — concentrated in a single Texas municipality procuring a chemically distinct commodity — suggests this code number may be mistagged for potassium sulphate procurement at the state and local level.