UNSPSC 11101516: Nephelite

UNSPSC 11101516 Nephelite is a Commodity code that shows limited alignment with recent state and local procurement activity. The three most recent opportunities tagged to this code involve irrigation system installation (City of DeBary), structural metals procurement (City of Fort Worth), and law enforcement equipment supply (Sourcewell cooperative purchasing on behalf of multiple Washington counties and other jurisdictions). None of these activities—park irrigation infrastructure, metals supply contracts, or law enforcement equipment—reflects the mineral commodity scope that the code's nominal name suggests. The source provides no evidence that nephelite, a feldspathoid mineral used in ceramics, glass, and industrial applications, is actually being procured by state and local governments under this code in current market activity.

The recent opportunities span Florida, Texas, and a multi-state cooperative centered on Washington, with issuing bodies ranging from municipal public works departments to state-authorized cooperative purchasing entities. However, because the tagged opportunities do not match the code's commodity definition, this code does not present a meaningful buying category for business development professionals focused on mineral procurement or the specific end-uses nephelite serves. The mismatch suggests either a data tagging error in the source records or that this code receives little relevant procurement activity. State and local governments appear not to be actively soliciting nephelite or closely aligned mineral commodities under this code designation at present.