UNSPSC 12141731: Nobelium No

UNSPSC 12141731 Nobelium No, a Commodity code, does not appear in state and local procurement records with sufficient clarity to characterize current buying patterns. The code's nominal title bears no relation to the recent opportunities tagged under it, which instead describe forensic laboratory consumables, reagents, and diagnostic testing supplies—drug standards, DNA analysis kits, sequencing reagents, Shiga toxin testing kits, and crime scene collection materials. State and local buying under this code spans forensic science laboratories (Texas Department of Public Safety, District of Columbia Department of Forensic Sciences), public health laboratories (California State Laboratory), county law enforcement (Harris County Sheriff's Office), and water utilities (City of Meriden, City of Arlington). The mismatch between the code's name and its operational scope suggests either a cataloging error in the UNSPSC assignment or a nomenclature that does not reflect actual procurement intent.

Recent activity is geographically dispersed across Texas (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts statewide procurement, Harris County, City of Arlington, Texas A&M University), California (State of California public health laboratory), the District of Columbia (Department of Forensic Sciences, Department of Finance and Services), Connecticut (City of Meriden), and Georgia (Gwinnett County). The Texas Comptroller's IFB 304T-27-175A1.1 for proprietary chemical laboratory equipment and supplies, due October 20, 2026, represents the most detailed recent posting and illustrates the scale of state-level demand: 50 line items of branded DNA analyzer consumables, sequencing kits, and drug screening reagents from Life Technologies, Promega, Qiagen, Immunalysis, and ANDE Corporation, with four-year contract term and three one-year renewals. Harris County's ITB 250415 for crime scene supplies and related items (due June 8, 2026) and the City of Meriden's ITB B026-55 for water treatment chemicals (due June 25, 2026) illustrate localized municipal and county demand. The California RFB for Shiga Toxin QuikChek testing kits (due October 7, 2026) and the District of Columbia procurement for NGS consumables and reagents (due September 25, 2026) round out the geographic and functional scope.