UNSPSC 12161503: Reagent kits

UNSPSC 12161503 Reagent kits (Commodity) covers diagnostic and screening reagent kits, test panels, and lab consumables that state and local governments procure for clinical laboratory, forensic, public health, and correctional offender-monitoring operations. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers acquiring immunoassay screening kits with confirmatory testing reagents (LC/MS/MS, GC/MS), drug-panel test kits for five- and six-panel screening, forensic DNA amplification kits, therapeutic drug-monitoring test kits for psychiatric medications, and comprehensive laboratory diagnostic supplies including culture media, stains, antimicrobial susceptibility disks, and control materials. Issuing bodies include county departments of public health and criminal justice, state police forensic laboratories, state mental health agencies, county health care services departments, and school districts procuring science lab supplies. Collin County (Texas) and San Bernardino County (California) appear as repeat buyers in recent postings.

Activity concentrates in Texas, California, Oregon, Mississippi, the District of Columbia, and Georgia. Recent representative opportunities include Collin County Community Supervision and Corrections Department's RFP 2026-327 for offender specimen collection and drug testing services (immunoassay screening with confirmation, approximately 25,031 tests annually, $600,000 estimated value, response deadline July 23, 2026); San Bernardino County Department of Public Health's ITB DPHE26-DM-6460 for laboratory supplies including culture media, stains, reagents, and diagnostic test materials (due July 31, 2026); Oregon State Police's sole-source notice S2570000017587 for Promega PowerPlex Y23 forensic DNA amplification kits (estimated five-year value $250,000, protest deadline July 31, 2026); Mississippi Department of Mental Health's sole-source notice 3150007008 for FDA-cleared Clozapine Test Kits (15-day objection window closing September 30, 2026); and Cobb County School District's IFB B26128 for science specimens, micromedia, and chemicals for 112 school sites (estimated annual expenditure $175,000, response deadline June 16, 2026). Contracts typically range from one to five years with renewal options and firm pricing terms of one to three years.