UNSPSC 12141602: Dysprosium Dy

UNSPSC 12141602 Dysprosium Dy, a Commodity code, shows activity misaligned with its narrow nominal scope — the code names a single rare-earth element, yet the recent opportunities block records no procurement of dysprosium itself. Instead, state and local agencies are soliciting laboratory consumables, reagents, chemicals, and diagnostic testing supplies that may involve dysprosium-containing compounds in trace or specialized applications, but are not described as such in the source material. The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, the District of Columbia Department of Forensic Sciences, the State of California public health laboratory, Gwinnett County Georgia, the City of Arlington Texas, Texas A&M University, the City of Meriden Connecticut, and Harris County Texas have posted opportunities ranging from June through October 2026 for items including DNA analysis kits, NGS consumables and reagents, Shiga Toxin diagnostic testing kits, water treatment chemicals, crime scene forensic supplies, and laboratory reagent standards — none of which are explicitly identified as dysprosium procurement. The code appears to serve as a catch-all tag for specialized chemical and laboratory commodity categories rather than designating actual dysprosium metal or compounds.

The geographic spread of recent activity spans Texas (Houston, Arlington, College Station), California, Connecticut, Georgia, and the District of Columbia, with no concentration in any single state. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts' IFB 304T-27-175A1.1 (posted September 23, 2026, due October 20, 2026) for forensic laboratory consumables and sequencing kits serving the Texas Department of Public Safety and Parks and Wildlife; the State of California's RFB-IS-27200197 (posted September 21, 2026, due October 7, 2026) for Shiga Toxin QuikChek diagnostic kits with a CBE set-aside or preference requirement; and Harris County's ITB 250415 (posted May 15, 2026, due June 8, 2026) for crime scene and forensic supplies for the Sheriff's Office. The code shows no recent activity directly tied to dysprosium metal or dysprosium-specific procurement; pursuit under this code should be evaluated against the actual chemical and laboratory consumables being bought rather than the code's stated commodity name.