UNSPSC 47131823: Deicers or defrosters

UNSPSC 47131823 Deicers or defrosters (Commodity) spans the full range of winter road treatment and de-icing chemical products that state and local governments procure for snow and ice control operations — solid products including rock salt, calcium chloride, calcium magnesium acetate, and liquid de-icers including non-chloride formulations and magnesium chloride solutions. Recent solicitations show state departments of transportation, city public works and transportation departments, county fiscal courts, and cooperative purchasing councils are the primary issuing bodies, with repeat activity from the Michigan Department of Transportation, the Illinois Department of Transportation, and the cities of Fort Worth and Lubbock, Texas. Geographic concentration is strongest in the Midwest — Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and neighboring states — with secondary activity in Texas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Kentucky, Ohio, and South Dakota.

Representative recent opportunities illustrate the code's scope: the Michigan Department of Transportation issued an intent to award RFP 260000002292 for 110 tons of Calcium Magnesium Acetate (CMA) solid deicer on July 16, 2026, with a June 30 posting date and July 14 response deadline, awarding to General Atomics International Services Corporation dba Cryotech Deicing Technology at $277,970 ($2,527 per ton); the City of Little Rock issued ITB 243640 on July 9, 2026, for bulk rock salt and pretreated bulk rock salt with responses due July 30, 2026; the Illinois Department of Transportation rebid de-icer solutions for Districts 2-7 through IFB 26-494DOT-FINAD-B-51683, posted April 1, 2026, with responses due April 16, 2026, including a 3% Business Enterprise Program participation goal; the South Dakota Department of Transportation issued IFB 26IFB19841 on June 9, 2026, for a statewide contract covering road salt, brining salt, and liquid magnesium chloride across four regions with responses due July 7, 2026; and the Berkshire Regional Group Purchasing Program in Massachusetts sought bids for winter rock salt, winter sand, and pre-treat liquid and treated winter salt on behalf of 32 participating municipalities through its April 2, 2026, deadline. Contracts typically span one-year terms with multiple one-year renewal options, carry firm-fixed or estimated pricing structures, and require compliance with ASTM standards for product composition, moisture content, and particle size distribution. Delivery timelines commonly demand 24- to 10-business-day turnarounds from order placement, with emergency orders requiring 48-hour delivery in many jurisdictions.