UNSPSC 12141760: Polonium Po

UNSPSC 12141760 Polonium Po is a Commodity code with no recent state and local procurement activity directly aligned to polonium acquisition. The code shows a fundamental mismatch between its nominal scope—radioactive polonium element—and what state and local governments are actually buying under this taxonomy assignment. Recent opportunities tagged to this code involve forensic laboratory consumables, diagnostic testing kits, water treatment chemicals, crime scene supplies, and specialized reagents for DNA analysis and drug screening, none of which involve polonium procurement. The issuing bodies span state departments (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, California Department of Public Health, Texas A&M University), county governments (Harris County, Texas; Gwinnett County, Georgia), city procurement offices (Arlington and Meriden), and the District of Columbia Department of Finance and Services, suggesting the code may be used as a catch-all for laboratory supplies and consumables across multiple jurisdiction types rather than as a specific polonium procurement vehicle.

The geographic concentration reflects activity in Texas (Texas Comptroller, Texas A&M, Arlington, Harris County), California (state public health laboratory), the District of Columbia (forensic sciences and public health labs), Connecticut (Meriden), and Georgia (Gwinnett County). Representative recent solicitations include the Texas Comptroller's IFB 304T27175A11 (due October 20, 2026) for proprietary DNA analysis and drug-screening consumables including genetic analyzer components, sequencing kits, and rapid toxicology cartridges; California's RFB-IS-27200197 (due October 7, 2026) for Shiga Toxin QuikChek diagnostic testing kits; and Harris County's ITB 250415 (due June 8, 2026) for crime scene and forensic supplies. Practitioners should treat this code as misaligned with actual polonium sourcing and investigate whether recent opportunities are genuinely polonium-related or whether the UNSPSC assignment reflects a data-entry or taxonomy-mapping error by the issuing jurisdiction.