UNSPSC 12161506: Diverting agents

UNSPSC 12161506 Diverting agents (Commodity) covers laboratory and forensic consumables and reagents used in DNA analysis, drug screening, and pathogen detection — not chemical diverting or traffic management agents as the code name suggests. State and local governments procuring under this code are buying genetic analyzer cartridges, sequencing kits, DNA quantification standards, forensic drug-screening reagents (ELISA kits for cannabinoids, opiates, amphetamines, cocaine, benzodiazepines), Shiga Toxin diagnostic testing kits, precipitant solutions for crystallography, and crime scene collection supplies. The issuing bodies span state forensic laboratories, public health agencies, county sheriff's offices, and municipal water and laboratory services departments. Recent opportunities are concentrated in Texas, California, and the District of Columbia, with representation also from Georgia and Connecticut.

The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts is soliciting brand-name laboratory consumables and reagents (IFB 304T-27-175A1.1, due October 20, 2026) for the Texas Department of Public Safety and Parks and Wildlife, with line items ranging from 8 to 5,000 units and requiring FOB statewide delivery, 2–8 degree Celsius storage, and compatibility with Applied Biosystems 3500 and SeqStudio Flex analyzers. The District of Columbia Department of Forensic Sciences is seeking Next-Generation Sequencing consumables and reagents (RK332307, due September 25, 2026). The State of California is requesting bids for Shiga Toxin QuikChek testing kits on scheduled delivery (RFB-IS-27200197, due October 7, 2026) with CBE preference language. Harris County, Texas is soliciting crime scene supplies including DNA swabs, GSR collection kits, evidence tubes, and forensic reagents (ITB 250415, due June 8, 2026) for a one-year contract with options to renew four times. The City of Arlington, Texas is establishing an annual requirements contract for laboratory supplies and chemicals serving laboratory services and two water treatment plants (IFB 270018, due September 17, 2026). Texas A&M University is requesting precipitant solutions (ITB TAMU-ITB-26-5055, closed July 15, 2026) through the AggieBid platform. The City of Meriden, Connecticut is soliciting water treatment chemicals including calcium hypochlorite and sodium permanganate under Build America Buy America Act compliance (ITB B026-55, closed June 25, 2026).