UNSPSC 73121500: Metal smelting and refining and forming processes

UNSPSC 73121500 Metal smelting and refining and forming processes is a Class code that, based on recent state and local opportunities, captures the supply and collection of finished metal materials—aluminum, iron, rebar, and steel—rather than smelting or refining operations. State and local governments use this code to procure structural metals, reinforcing steel, and scrap metal collection services for municipal infrastructure, utilities maintenance, and equipment projects. Issuing bodies soliciting under the code include county utilities departments, county waste management and recycling offices, and city procurement bureaus. The scope spans as-needed supply agreements for construction-grade metals in multiple grades and dimensions, subcontracting opportunities for metal building systems and metal canopies on public facility projects, and collection and recycling services for mixed metals and appliances from county landfills and recovery stations.

Recent opportunities show activity in Florida and California, with the City of Fort Worth, Texas, also in the mix. The Sacramento County Department of Waste Management and Recycling posted a collection and recycling RFQ (2026GEN0053) with a due date of June 9, 2026, for pickup and transport of unprocessed mixed metals and waste appliances from two county facilities, with projected tonnages of 10,800 tons in 2024 and 11,775 tons in 2025, priced on a percentage multiplier of American Metal Market scrap prices. The City of Fort Worth issued RFP 26-0222 (posted June 24, 2026, due July 23, 2026) for a non-exclusive agreement to supply aluminum, iron, rebar, and steel on an as-needed basis with a 30 percent small business participation goal and a requirement for 48-hour delivery to city-designated locations. Marion County, Florida, through construction manager Charles Perry Partners, Inc., posted prequalification for subcontractors on a utilities maintenance building project (20Q-161-TO-58, due October 8, 2026) that includes metal canopies and metal building systems among the trade packages.