UNSPSC 12164602: Thickening agent

A substance which, when added to a mixture, increase its viscosity without substantially modifying its other properties including its chemical properties. They provide body, increase stability, and improve suspending action.

UNSPSC 12164602 Thickening agent is a Commodity code covering chemical additives that state and local governments procure for water treatment, food service operations, maintenance of roads and facilities, and industrial processes. The code captures products such as polymers, starches, gums, and proprietary formulations used to increase viscosity or suspend solids in liquids. State and local buyers—including public works departments, school districts, transit authorities, water and wastewater utilities, and county maintenance operations—source thickening agents as consumables for routine operations and capital projects.

The source material provided contains no recent state or local contract opportunities tagged to this code, making it difficult to characterize current issuing-body mix, geographic concentration, or representative procurement activity. Without posted solicitations to ground the analysis, no definitive statement about which jurisdictions are actively buying thickening agents under this code or where procurement demand is concentrated can be made at this time.