UNSPSC 10191523: Bacillus thuringiensis (H-14)

Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is a species of bacteria that lives in soil. It makes proteins that are toxic to some insects when eaten, but not others. The proteins are not toxic to humans because, like all mammals, we cannot activate them. Bt is not toxic to non-target wildlife.

UNSPSC 10191523 Bacillus thuringiensis (H-14) is a Commodity code tracking procurement of this specific microbial larvicide, but recent state and local opportunities show minimal activity directly aligned with the code's nominal scope. The source contains one opportunity explicitly requesting a mosquito-control product—Pinellas County's aerial larvicide application services (ITQ 26-0443, April 2026)—which involves application rather than supply of the organism itself. The remaining opportunities tagged under this code are plainly unrelated: golf course chemicals (Kentucky Department of Parks, multiple RFBs), general herbicides and pesticides (Pasco County, Hillsborough County), pest control services (Valencia College, City of Tucson), turf application materials (City of Dallas), and municipal infrastructure (DeKalb County, City of Buda). The code appears to be a misfiling artifact in the state and local procurement taxonomy, with no substantive recent solicitations for Bacillus thuringiensis products themselves.

The geographic spread of the tagged opportunities spans Florida (Pasco County, Pinellas County, Hillsborough County), Kentucky (Department of Parks), Texas (Dallas, Buda), Georgia (DeKalb County), Arizona (Tucson), and other jurisdictions, but this breadth reflects the misclassification of general pesticide and vegetation-management buys rather than actual demand for the Bacillus thuringiensis organism. Issuing bodies include state departments, county commissioners' offices, cities, special districts, and educational institutions, but none are soliciting the coded product. The single larvicide application contract—Pinellas County's estimated $400,000 annual aerial services—involves insecticide application logistics and pilot services, not supply of Bacillus thuringiensis itself. This code shows no meaningful recent procurement activity aligned with its stated commodity.