UNSPSC 11181511: Aluminum oxide

A chemical compound of aluminium and oxygen with the chemical formula Al2O3. It is the most commonly occurring of several aluminium oxides,

UNSPSC 11181511 Aluminum oxide is a Commodity code that in theory designates industrial abrasive and refractory materials, but the recent state and local procurement activity posted under this code shows no actual purchasing of aluminum oxide products. Instead, Bernalillo County tagged an opioid settlement grant solicitation under this code—a fundamental mismatch between the UNSPSC classification and the work being procured. The county is soliciting grant applications for capital projects and operating expenses to support treatment of opioid use disorder and co-occurring substance use or mental health conditions, with funds restricted to evidence-based or evidence-informed programs and shovel-ready capital projects. This solicitation bears no relationship to industrial materials purchasing and suggests either a data-entry error in the code assignment or a systematic tagging problem in Bernalillo County's procurement system.

No state and local contract opportunities for actual aluminum oxide products or services appear in the recent posting record for this code. The single recent record (RFP5326EM, posted May 27, 2026, with applications due July 1, 2026) is a grant administration process entirely outside the scope of materials procurement. This code currently shows no actionable market activity for firms supplying aluminum oxide or related abrasive and refractory materials to state and local public bodies.