UNSPSC 12141756: Seaborgium Sg

UNSPSC 12141756 Seaborgium Sg is a Commodity code that, despite its nominal reference to the synthetic element seaborgium, does not reflect the actual work state and local governments buy under this classification. The recent opportunities posted against this code show no procurement of seaborgium or related nuclear chemistry materials. Instead, issuing bodies are soliciting laboratory consumables, reagents, chemicals, and diagnostic supplies used in forensic analysis, drug screening, public health testing, and water treatment operations. The scope includes DNA sequencing kits and reagents, forensic drug-screening cartridges and immunoassay reagents, diagnostic testing kits such as Shiga Toxin QuikChek, specialized laboratory chemicals including caustic soda and liquid aluminum sulfate, crime scene evidence collection supplies, and reference standards for pharmaceutical testing. The issuing bodies include state agencies (Texas Department of Public Safety, California Department of Public Health, Texas A&M University), county governments (Harris County, Gwinnett County), cities (Arlington, Meriden), and specialized district agencies (District of Columbia Department of Forensic Sciences). The code shows little taxonomic alignment with its nominal name and appears to be a miscoding or legacy classification artifact within the state and local procurement data.

Activity under the code concentrates in Texas, California, Connecticut, Georgia, and the District of Columbia. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts' IFB 304T27175A11 (posted September 23, 2026, due October 20, 2026) for proprietary DNA sequencing and drug-screening consumables including Life Technologies, Promega, Qiagen, and Immunalysis products—a four-year statewide contract for the Texas Department of Public Safety and Parks and Wildlife—and the State of California's RFB IS27200197 (posted September 21, 2026, due October 7, 2026) for Shiga Toxin QuikChek diagnostic kits with CBE set-aside language. The City of Meriden's ITB B026-55 (posted June 9, 2026, due June 25, 2026) solicited water treatment chemicals including caustic soda and sodium permanganate with Build America Buy America Act compliance. Harris County's ITB 250415 (posted May 15, 2026, due June 8, 2026) sought forensic and crime scene supplies including DNA swabs, evidence containers, and chemicals on a one-year renewable term. The posting velocity and diversity of chemistry-based consumables across law enforcement, public health, water utilities, and forensic laboratories suggest active procurement in these verticals, though the code's misalignment with seaborgium creates classification confusion.