NIGP 17514: Chromatography Supplies: Developing Tanks, Columns, Packing, Septums, Tlc Plates, etc.

NIGP Item 17514, Chromatography Supplies: Developing Tanks, Columns, Packing, Septums, TLC Plates, Etc., describes consumables and components for chromatographic analysis that state and local governments procure to support forensic laboratories, environmental testing, and water-quality monitoring programs. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers acquiring both capital-grade analytical instruments (liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry systems) and recurring consumable supplies (cartridges, vials, caps, and specialty columns) for environmental and forensic applications. Issuing bodies include county sheriffs' offices conducting forensic procurement, municipal water and wastewater utilities managing regulatory compliance testing, and water departments operating analytical laboratories. Work spans equipment acquisition with installation and training, contracted laboratory testing services using chromatographic methods, and purchase of consumable supplies for ongoing analytical operations.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Florida, and Arizona. Brazoria County, Texas (Sheriff's Office Crime Lab) issued RFP #26-48 in April 2026 for a Liquid Chromatograph-Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer system with delivery, installation, training, and integration, with proposals due May 12, 2026, and an estimated project budget of $300,000 funded through the Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Grant Program. The City of Palm Bay, Florida, issued ITB 19-ITB-26 in April 2026 for comprehensive laboratory testing services encompassing 188 line items across water, wastewater, and industrial pretreatment programs, with three bids received ranging from $80,872 to $107,946; Advanced Environmental Laboratories, Inc. was awarded at $80,872. The City of Tucson, Arizona, issued IFB No. 240045 in September 2023 for Waters Technologies consumables (polypropylene vials, screw caps, OASIS WAX cartridges, and SPE cartridges) required for PFAS and Dioxane analysis in drinking water, with a mandatory pre-submittal conference scheduled for October 9, 2023, and bids due October 20, 2023. The Tucson procurement included HUD Section 3 Program set-asides requiring 25 percent of labor hours performed by Section 3 Workers and 5 percent by Targeted Section 3 Workers.