NIGP 19348: Drug Assay and Screening Test Kits (Except Radioimmunoassay)

NIGP 19348 Drug Assay and Screening Test Kits (Except Radioimmunoassay), an Item code, encompasses specialized test kits and assay supplies that state and local governments procure for clinical diagnostic, forensic, occupational health, and public health screening across multiple agency types and mission sets. Recent state and local opportunities show governments buying immunoassay screening kits for drugs of abuse panels (amphetamines, opiates, benzodiazepines, cocaine, fentanyl, cannabinoids), confirmatory testing supplies using LC/MS/MS or GC/MS instrumentation, at-home self-collection STI/HIV/HCV test kits, specimen collection materials for urinalysis and blood draw, clozapine assay kits for psychiatric monitoring, and proprietary consumables and reagents for forensic DNA analysis and genetic sequencing. Issuing bodies span state health and human services departments (Idaho Department of Health and Welfare), state law enforcement and forensic agencies (Texas Department of Public Safety), county community supervision and corrections departments (Collin County), county health care services and public health units (Collin County Health Care Services, Benton County Family Treatment Court), county procurement offices serving corrections operations, city governments (City of Charlotte), county purchasing departments, and state university systems (University of Wisconsin-Madison). Repeat buyers include Collin County across multiple test modalities and Benton County for family court drug testing.

Recent activity spans multiple regions with notable concentration in Texas (Collin County offender testing, Texas DPS statewide forensic supplies), the Pacific Northwest (Idaho Department of Health and Welfare STI/HIV/HCV kits, Benton County urinalysis testing, University of Wisconsin blood draw kits), the Southeast (Seminole County naloxone and drug deactivation systems, Charlotte drug and alcohol testing, Gwinnett County drugs-of-abuse analyzer supplies), and Mountain West (Utah Attorney General Rapid DNA chips, Bernalillo County occupational health services). Representative current solicitations include the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare's RFP 1466 for at-home STI/HIV/HCV self-collection test kits with proposals due November 30, 2026, at $1.44 million over five years and an indefinite quantity structure; Collin County Community Supervision and Corrections Department's RFP 2026-327 for offender specimen collection and drug testing (immunoassay screening with confirmation) at approximately $600,000 over two years with optional renewals, covering about 25,031 tests annually across Plano and McKinney collection sites; Benton County's RFQ for urinalysis testing for family treatment court participants with proposals due July 7, 2026, requiring CLIA-certified laboratory services twice weekly at minimum; and the Texas Comptroller's IFB 304T-27-175A1.1 for proprietary forensic laboratory consumables including DNA sequencing kits, RapidHIT cartridges, and direct ELISA cannabinoid/opioid/amphetamine detection kits, with bids due October 20, 2026.