UNSPSC 31191508: Bort

UNSPSC 31191508 Bort (Commodity) is a narrow industrial abrasive material code that shows minimal recent state and local procurement activity. The limited sourcing currently visible involves specialized applications in municipal infrastructure, particularly wastewater treatment facilities where bort may serve in valve components, sealing systems, or process equipment requiring hardened abrasive or wear-resistant properties. State and local issuing bodies soliciting under this code appear limited to county-level purchasing departments and special-purpose authorities managing utility operations and capital infrastructure projects. Broward County, Florida is the only jurisdiction with a directly relevant recent solicitation — a Request for Information (RFI) issued September 18, 2026 with a due date of September 29, 2026 regarding DeZurik/APCO valves, parts, and repair services for wastewater facilities, where the specification or underlying commodity application may intersect with bort-class abrasives used in high-wear valve and actuator assemblies for SCADA-compatible remote operation and permit-compliant sludge and aeration processes.

Recent opportunities tagged to this code show geographic activity limited to Florida and surrounding regions, with the bulk of visible solicitation volume concentrated in adjacent infrastructure categories rather than bort itself. The Broward County RFI remains the primary state and local opportunity with explicit relevance to the commodity code; other recent notices in the underlying data reflect unrelated municipal services (pest control, design consulting, bore and trenching, and administrative notices) that do not align with bort procurement. The code reports minimal sustained activity and should be monitored rather than actively pursued unless a firm has established relationships with wastewater utility purchasing offices or can credibly serve embedded abrasive applications within valve, pump, or treatment-equipment supply chains serving the municipal water and sewer segment.