UNSPSC 31231215: Ferrous alloy machined plate stock

UNSPSC 31231215 Ferrous alloy machined plate stock (Commodity) covers coiled aluminum and related rolled metal stock used by state and local governments for industrial production and facility operations. Recent solicitations show the code is being used to procure coiled aluminum alloy for license plate manufacturing and warehouse infrastructure components, though the nominal code name references ferrous materials and machined plate stock rather than the aluminum coil and wire decking actually being bought.

The Colorado Department of Corrections, operating through its Colorado Correctional Industries division, has posted two substantially identical IFBs for 350,000 pounds of 3105H21 aluminum alloy coil (21-gauge, 11.98- to 12.00-inch width) for license plate production at the CCi Tag Plant in Canon City, with monthly delivery in three-truckload installments and specific pretreatment and conversion coating requirements per ASTM B-449-Class 2 specifications. A separate opportunity from the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, solicits 606 units of pallet rack wire decking (52 inches by 42 inches, 2,500-pound load capacity) via IFB due May 7, 2026. Colorado shows the most recent activity under this code; the Los Angeles solicitation represents an outlier in scope and issuing-body type. The Colorado IFBs (numbered IFB1CFAA20260001792 and IFB1CFAA20260001791) closed May 22–23, 2026 and May 18, 2026 respectively, with public bid openings scheduled via Google Meet and Intent to Award dates in late May 2026. Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses receive a 5% preference on pricing in the Colorado opportunities. All vendors responding to the Colorado Correctional Industries solicitations must pass CDOC criminal background checks and comply with facility security protocols if personnel access correctional facilities.