UNSPSC 12141721: Iron Fe

UNSPSC 12141721 Iron Fe (Commodity) captures specialized laboratory consumables, reagents, and reference materials—DNA analysis kits, forensic drug screening supplies, genetic analyzer components, Shiga toxin diagnostic tests, and brand-name laboratory standards—that state and local governments procure for forensic sciences, public health surveillance, and water quality testing. State and local jurisdictions across this code span state departments of public safety and forensic sciences, county sheriff's offices, municipal water utilities, university procurement operations, and city laboratory services divisions. The work ranges from high-volume consumable supply contracts with annual requirements frameworks to branded-product procurements and emergency diagnostic kit sourcing. Recent solicitations show Texas Department of Public Safety, District of Columbia Department of Forensic Sciences, California Department of Public Health, Harris County Sheriff's Office, and city water treatment operations all actively buying under this code within the past four months.

Recent activity clusters in Texas, California, and the District of Columbia, with secondary buyers in Connecticut and Georgia. The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts issued IFB 304T-27-175A11 for proprietary chemical laboratory equipment and DNA analysis consumables from Life Technologies, Promega, Qiagen, and ANDE Corporation—due October 20, 2026—supporting four-year statewide delivery to the Department of Public Safety and Parks and Wildlife with firm pricing through October 2027 plus three one-year renewal options. The State of California posted RFB-IS-27200197 for Shiga Toxin QuikChek diagnostic kits with scheduled delivery (due October 7, 2026) supporting public health laboratory operations, and earlier sought brand-name Sigma-Aldrich/Cerilliant drug standards and controls for pharmaceutical testing under RFB 26200957-1 (due June 2, 2026). Harris County, Texas solicited forensic and crime scene supplies including DNA collection items, evidence tubes, fingerprint supplies, and specialized chemicals through ITB 250415 (due June 8, 2026) on a one-year term. The City of Arlington, Texas established an annual requirements contract for laboratory supplies and chemicals serving laboratory services and water treatment plants (IFB 270, due September 17, 2026), and the City of Meriden, Connecticut bid water treatment chemicals under ITB B026-55 (due June 25, 2026) with NSF certification and domestic manufacturing requirements under Build America Buy America Act compliance. District of Columbia Forensic Sciences has posted multiple consumables solicitations including NGS reagents and supplies with compressed response windows of three to seven days, indicating urgent replenishment cycles.