UNSPSC 30102401: Ferrous alloy rods

UNSPSC 30102401 Ferrous alloy rods, a Commodity code, shows active procurement of coiled aluminum alloy materials for industrial production and facility operations. However, recent state and local opportunities under this code reveal a significant mismatch: the two most-recent solicitations from the Colorado Department of Corrections specify aluminum alloy (3105H21), not ferrous alloy rods, and a third opportunity from the Los Angeles Superior Court involves pallet rack wire decking—neither product aligns with the code's nominal scope of ferrous materials. The Colorado Department of Corrections has posted two related IFBs for coiled aluminum to support license plate manufacturing at its Canon City tag plant, each requesting 350,000 pounds of 21-gauge aluminum coil with specific tensile strength, yield strength, elongation, and conversion-coating requirements delivered monthly over a one-year term. Issuing bodies under the code appear limited; the recent opportunities identify only Colorado state corrections and the Los Angeles Superior Court, suggesting modest activity concentration among larger state agencies and county courts rather than a broad base of municipal or school-district procurement.

Geographic activity centers on Colorado, where the Department of Corrections' two coiled-aluminum IFBs were posted in May 2026 with bid submission deadlines of May 22–23, 2026 and May 18, 2026 respectively and public bid openings scheduled for May 26 and May 19, 2026. Los Angeles County, California represents the only other jurisdiction in the recent records, though the pallet rack wire decking solicitation does not fit the ferrous-alloy-rods code classification. The Colorado solicitations specify firm, per-pound pricing on an FOB Destination, freight-prepaid basis and apply a 5% SDVOSB preference; no incumbent vendors are identified in the available materials. The code shows limited relevant recent activity, and the mismatch between the nominal scope (ferrous alloy rods) and the actual materials being solicited (aluminum alloy coil) suggests the opportunities may be misclassified or that this code does not accurately reflect current state and local procurement demand in these product categories.