UNSPSC 12141729: Nickel Ni

UNSPSC 12141729 Nickel Ni is a Commodity code. State and local governments use this code to procure laboratory chemicals and reagents—specifically nickel compounds and related chemical consumables—for water treatment, pharmaceutical testing, forensic analysis, and public health laboratory operations. The code sees activity primarily in municipal water utilities procuring treatment chemicals, state forensic and public health labs acquiring specialized reagents and consumables, and university research facilities sourcing analytical materials. Recent solicitations frame the work concretely: the City of Meriden's ITB for water treatment chemicals includes caustic soda, aluminum sulfate, and sodium permanganate used in municipal water systems; the State of California's procurement for Sigma-Aldrich and Cerilliant drug standards and reagents targets forensic and pharmaceutical testing; and the District of Columbia Department of Finance and Services has issued multiple recent ITBs and RFTOPs for laboratory consumables and supplies supporting public health operations. Issuing bodies include municipal water utilities, state forensic and public health agencies, county government, university procurement offices, and special-purpose districts, with no single repeat buyer dominating the code's recent activity.

Geographic spread spans Texas, California, Florida, Connecticut, and Washington D.C., with additional activity scattered across other states and jurisdictions. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Meriden's ITB B026-55 for water treatment chemicals (due June 25, 2026), soliciting seven line items of caustic soda, calcium hypochlorite, aluminum sulfate, and other chemicals with NSF and AWWA certification and Build America Buy America Act compliance for domestic manufacturing; the State of California's brand-name RFB 26200957-1 for Sigma-Aldrich and Cerilliant forensic reagents (due June 2, 2026); Harris County, Texas's ITB 250415 for crime scene and forensic laboratory supplies including chemicals such as petroleum ether and indanedione (due June 8, 2026); and Texas A&M University's ITB TAMU-ITB-26-5055 for precipitant solutions (due July 15, 2026). The code shows steady if modest recent activity, with most opportunities structured as competitive ITBs with response windows of one to four weeks, unit pricing models, and multi-year contract terms with renewal options.