UNSPSC 23161607: Foundry sand

UNSPSC 23161607 Foundry sand is a Commodity code that in recent state and local activity encompasses pottery studio supplies — clay, kiln materials, pottery wheels, and related consumables and equipment — rather than industrial foundry sand. The City of Orlando issued IFB 27-0025 in October 2026 for pottery supplies to support its municipal Pottery Studio, soliciting bids on sixty-one enumerated line items plus a catch-all sixty-second item covering clay (ordered on a forty-five-day cycle in 4,000–5,000 pound quantities), kiln fuel, wheel parts, and studio maintenance consumables. The contract runs one year from execution with four optional one-year renewals, and the City applies a Veteran Business Enterprise preference in evaluation while considering Small and Local Business Enterprise participation; respondents must carry Workers' Compensation, Employer's Liability ($1 million combined single limit), Comprehensive Automobile Liability ($1 million combined single limit), and Commercial General Liability ($1 million combined single limit) insurance and maintain a local service representative. The issuing body is a city government rather than a state agency, county, or special district.

The City of Orlando represents the only recent state and local opportunity under this code in the source. Bids for IFB 27-0025 are due November 5, 2026, at 2:00 PM, with questions due October 26 by 5:00 PM; deliveries must occur within one week of order placement for in-stock items on an F.O.B. Destination basis, and the City does not reimburse federal excise taxes or state sales taxes. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope (foundry sand used in industrial metal casting) and the pottery studio supplies actually being solicited suggests either a misclassification in the municipal procurement system or that the code is not commonly used in state and local procurement for its intended purpose.