UNSPSC 11171602: Stainless steel alloy 304l

A type of stainless steel alloy with the following main characteristics: Cr 18,00 to 20,00 percent, Ni 10,00 to 12,00 percent, balance equals Fe + minor metallurgical pollutions. This commodity matches a stainless steel quality used to manufacture some parts like forks and knives.

UNSPSC 11171602 Stainless steel alloy 304L is a Commodity code, but recent state and local opportunities show little direct procurement of this material. Instead, solicitations tagged under this code reflect broader metal supply and fabrication services — coiled aluminum for license plate manufacturing, pallet rack wire decking, and on-site mobile welding and fabrication. The code appears to capture metal materials and related services across diverse end uses rather than stainless steel 304L specifically. State and local buyers under this code span state correctional industries (Colorado Department of Corrections), county facilities management (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners), and judicial administration (Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles). The mix reflects both production-oriented procurement (license plate manufacturing) and maintenance-and-repair contracting (mobile welding).

Colorado Department of Corrections dominates recent activity, issuing multiple Invitations for Bid for coiled aluminum (3105H21 alloy, not 304L) to support the CCi Tag Plant license plate production, with solicitations posted between May and August 2026 seeking 350,000 to 70,000 pounds of 21-gauge material to Canon City facilities. Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners issued ITB-26-00389 on August 26, 2026, for mobile welding and fabrication services (three-year, $207,429.10 contract) covering on-site repairs at Solid Waste Management facilities, with bids due September 16, 2026. The Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles posted a quote solicitation on April 24, 2026 (due May 7) for pallet rack wire decking (606 units, 52" × 42", 2,500-pound load capacity). No stainless steel 304L specifications appear in any recent opportunity; aluminum alloy and mild steel fabrication dominate the code's current state and local activity.