UNSPSC 12352502: Glutaraldehyde

A chemical substance used in biochemistry applications as an amine-reactive homobifunctional crosslinker and fixative prior to SDS-PAGE, staining, or electron microscopy. It kills cells quickly by crosslinking their proteins. It is usually employed alone or mixed with formaldehyde as the first of two fixative processes to stabilize specimens such as bacteria, plant material, and human cells.

UNSPSC 12352502 Glutaraldehyde, a Commodity code, captures chemical products used in water treatment, facility maintenance, and sterilization applications procured by state and local governments. Recent opportunities show the code aligns with as-needed procurement of treatment chemicals and related biocides for municipal water systems and county maintenance operations. State and local issuing bodies soliciting under this code include county facilities-maintenance operations and municipal water utilities, typically posting as Invitations for Bid on multi-year or indefinite-quantity contracts. Vendors must hold Material Safety Data Sheets documentation, maintain appropriate hazardous-materials handling credentials, and meet NSF/ANSI certification standards where drinking-water applications are involved. Insurance and bonding requirements typically include workers' compensation, general liability, and performance bonds scaled to estimated contract value. Most solicitations reserve the right to award to multiple vendors and accept pricing on a line-item or lump-sum basis with no guaranteed minimum order volumes.

The most recent activity appears concentrated in Florida and Georgia. Pasco County, Florida, posted IFB-SP-26-074 on May 12, 2026, seeking herbicides, fertilizers, and pesticides including water-treatment biocides for delivery to two county facilities through September 30, 2029, with responses due June 16, 2026. The City of Flowery Branch, Georgia, posted IFB 26-007 on March 4, 2026, for a five-year water-treatment chemical supply contract beginning Fiscal Year 2027, specifying products including Sodium Hypochlorite (bleach) in both drinking-water and wastewater formulations, with a mandatory pre-bid meeting on March 24, 2026, and bids due April 21, 2026. The Flowery Branch solicitation named incumbent suppliers Brenntag Mid-South, Inc. and R&M Water Solutions, LLC, with baseline pricing data provided. Neither solicitation disclosed specific award values, contract budgets, or designated set-asides for disadvantaged enterprises, though Pasco County offered Local Vendor Preference consideration.