UNSPSC 12141914: Astatine At

UNSPSC 12141914 Astatine At, a Commodity code, does not reflect the work actually being solicited under this taxonomy entry in recent state and local procurement. The recent-opportunities block shows no purchases of astatine or astatine-related materials; instead, the opportunities tagged to this code involve welding materials, gases for laboratory and medical applications, and fire-suppression agents—none of which align with the code's nominal scope of astatine procurement. State and local procurement activity under this code shows a significant mismatch between the UNSPSC designation and the goods being bought. The issuing bodies include community colleges in Texas (Collin College), the City of Dallas, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Of these, Collin College appears twice with nearly identical welding-materials ITBs posted in the same cycle. The frequency and specificity of welding-supply solicitations suggest that educational institutions and municipalities are using this code to tag industrial supplies and gases, but the code designation itself does not track astatine procurement.

Recent opportunities are concentrated in Texas and Wisconsin. Collin College issued two three-year welding-materials ITBs (FY2024ITB020 and FY2024ITB024) with response deadlines in March and April 2024 and estimated annual volumes of approximately $400,000 each; both solicitations were open to all vendors, with evaluation weighting 35 percent on price and 15 percent each on references, quality, and meeting district needs. The City of Dallas posted an Informal Solicitation for gases and containers in March 2026 (due April 3, 2026) on a lowest-responsive-and-responsible-bidder basis with FOB delivery pricing. The University of Wisconsin-Madison issued an RFB for Halon gas in February 2026 (due March 19, 2026). This code shows little relevant recent activity for astatine itself and appears to be a mis-tagging problem in state and local procurement systems.