UNSPSC 12161500: Indicators and Reagents

UNSPSC 12161500 Indicators and Reagents is a Class code covering diagnostic assay kits, reagents, controls, and test materials that state and local health departments, correctional agencies, and public laboratories use for clinical screening, forensic analysis, newborn disease detection, and infectious-disease confirmation. Recent solicitations show state and local governments buying FDA-approved HIV differential assays, forensic DNA amplification kits, newborn screening substrates and controls, drug-testing reagents, laboratory culture media, plant-virus detection reagents, and therapeutic drug-monitoring test kits — often for sole-source or limited-competition procurement because validation, accreditation compliance, or proprietary formulations make switching vendors operationally costly or infeasible. Issuing bodies include state departments of health, state police and forensic laboratories, county health services and correctional supervision departments, public health laboratory bureaus, and specialized state agencies focused on agriculture and disease screening.

Recent opportunities span multiple states and jurisdictions. Maryland Environmental Service solicited bids for liquid emulsion polymer chemicals for biosolids treatment (due November 16, 2026). Collin County Community Supervision and Corrections Department in Texas sought offender drug-testing services with specimen collection at two sites and immunoassay screening with LC/MS/MS confirmation under RFP 2026-327 (estimated value $600,000; contract commencing September 1, 2026). Utah Department of Health and Human Services increased funding for an existing sole-source contract with Enfanos for newborn-screening substrates and internal standards for MPS-I and Pompe Disease (JM27116, October 2, 2026 challenge deadline; amendment value $116,000). Mississippi Department of Mental Health issued a sole-source notice for FDA-cleared Clozapine test kits (September 30, 2026 protest window). Oregon State Police procured Promega PowerPlex Y23 forensic DNA amplification kits and supplies under a five-year sole-source price agreement (estimated value $250,000). San Bernardino County Department of Public Health solicited bids on laboratory supplies including culture media, stains, reagents, and antimicrobial susceptibility disks under ITB DPHE26-DM-6460 (due July 31, 2026; five-year pricing agreement). Florida Department of Health Bureau of Public Health Laboratories procured Bio-Rad Laboratories Geenius System assays and Sickle Cell kits as a sole-source acquisition (estimated value $460,000). California Department of Food and Agriculture requested quotations for plant-virus detection reagents, extraction bags, and homogenizers under a three-year term (P26-0036, due July 21, 2026). Collin County Health Care Services in Texas issued an IFB for comprehensive laboratory services covering 200+ diagnostic test types (IFB 2025-166, estimated annual value $70,000).