UNSPSC 11191609: Zinc scrap

Scrap made of zinc.

UNSPSC 11191609 Zinc scrap (Commodity) encompasses the collection, processing, and sale of scrap metals—including ferrous metals, non-ferrous metals such as aluminum, and mixed metal streams—from municipal and county facilities. State and local governments buy under this code primarily through revenue-sharing arrangements with recycling vendors who collect, transport, weigh, and sell recovered materials on the open market, with the government retaining a percentage of commodity sale proceeds or receiving net payments based on published metal-market indices. Counties, municipalities, and state transportation departments are the primary issuing bodies. Recent work includes Sacramento County's mixed-metals and waste-appliance collection (solicitation 2026GEN0053, competitive bid, due June 9, 2026), Ventura County's metal recycling services (RFB 6527, due June 24, 2026, award to highest-revenue bidder per American Metal Market pricing), and Kentucky Transportation Cabinet's scrap metal and aluminum procurement across highway districts (RFB 605 2600000483, due April 7, 2026, multiple awards to percentage-of-AMM bidders).

Activity concentrates in California (Sacramento, Ventura), Georgia (DeKalb, Clayton), Kentucky, and Oregon (Marion County), with additional recent opportunities in Arizona (City of Tucson RFP 240070, scrap metal and appliances), Michigan (City of Detroit RFQ 543297, ferrous and non-ferrous metals from public lighting infrastructure), and Texas. Contracts typically run one to three years with optional renewal periods and require vendors to furnish containers, handle pickup within 24 hours of notification, maintain certified scales, provide monthly settlement reports tied to published commodity indices, and comply with prevailing wage and insurance requirements. Most issuers structure awards around highest revenue return to the jurisdiction rather than lowest cost, and several (including Ventura, Sacramento, and Detroit) explicitly reject bids that include fees charged to the government. Geographic spread suggests consistent recycling-revenue-sharing demand across multiple regions, though no concentration of activity at any single jurisdiction.