UNSPSC 12141910: Selenium Se

UNSPSC 12141910 Selenium Se is a Commodity code covering specialty industrial gases and chemical elements used in welding, laboratory, medical, and fire suppression applications. State and local governments procure this material primarily as part of broader welding-supply contracts and specialized gas procurement for facilities and emergency systems. The code sees activity from community colleges establishing multi-vendor welding-supply contracts, municipalities purchasing industrial gases, and universities procuring specialty fire-suppression agents. Issuing bodies include two-year colleges with active welding programs, city procurement departments, and university procurement offices; Collin College appears as a repeat buyer, issuing two separate welding-materials solicitations in early 2024 within months of each other.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, with Collin College (two ITB notices for welding materials, supplies, and equipment in March and April 2024, estimated annual volume approximately $400,000 each), the City of Dallas (Informal Solicitation for gases, containers, and equipment including welding applications posted March 27, 2026, due April 3, 2026), and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (RFB for Halon gas posted February 26, 2026, due March 19, 2026). The Collin College solicitations emphasize multi-vendor awards evaluated on purchase price (35 percent), quality, references, total cost of ownership, and state-of-Texas vendor preference (5 percent each); both solicitations encourage small, minority, veteran, and female-owned business participation. Dallas and Wisconsin activity represents narrower, specialty-gas procurement, though the Dallas solicitation requires FOB delivery pricing and one-year warranties on newly manufactured goods. Geographic spread beyond Texas is limited in the recent record; the single out-of-state opportunity is the Wisconsin Halon procurement.