NIGP 49535: Cabinets and Cases, Storage (for Slides and Specimens)

NIGP 49535 Cabinets and Cases, Storage (For Slides and Specimens), Item tier, encompasses specialized storage and laboratory equipment used by state forensic and environmental testing agencies to maintain validated crime laboratory and water-testing operations. State and local governments procure storage cabinets, laboratory implements, reagents, chemical consumables, and equipment maintenance services under this code to support DNA analysis, PCR-based forensic testing, and water microbiology certification requirements. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement and Florida Department of Health dominate recent activity, both using single-source procurements to sustain long-standing validated laboratory platforms that require compatibility with incumbent vendor systems and certified testing methodologies. Agencies justify single-source awards on the basis of established equipment standardization, accreditation linkage to proprietary reagents and software, and the absence of functionally equivalent alternatives within their certified operational scope.

Recent opportunities reflect two distinct procurement drivers in Florida. The FDLE has posted multiple statutorily mandated fifteen-business-day advertisements for single-source procurements: a May 11, 2026 notice (SS15912) for Qiagen implements and equipment supporting DNA analysis across Regional Operations Centers, with an estimated value of $1.85 million and a June 2, 2026 response deadline; and an April 29, 2026 notice (SS15823) for Life Technologies Corporation implements, reagents, software, and maintenance services valued at $8 million with a May 20, 2026 deadline. The Florida Department of Health Environmental Laboratory posted parallel single-source notices for IDEXX Laboratories reagents and water-testing supplies: one on March 6, 2026 (SS15309) for a one-year term valued at $75,000, and a second on March 4, 2026 (SS15284) originally structured for three years but amended on March 13, 2026 to one year with a total contract value of $204,771.60. All four procurements are statutorily mandated fifteen-business-day advertisements of intended single-source purchases rather than competitive requests, limiting responsive opportunity to designated incumbent vendors.