UNSPSC 13111200: Plastic films

UNSPSC 13111200 Plastic films, a Class code, encompasses laboratory consumables and testing supplies—including protective films, membranes, collection media, and reagent containers—that state and local governments procure for environmental testing, water quality monitoring, and pathogen surveillance. Recent opportunities show state health and environmental agencies buying plastic and composite film products as incidental components within broader laboratory supply and reagent solicitations, rather than as standalone film procurement. The issuing bodies include state departments of health, public health and environment, and transportation; municipal water and laboratory services divisions; and county-level environmental testing operations. The code appears to function primarily as a classifier within composite laboratory procurement bundles rather than as a discrete product family driving independent procurement activity.

Recent solicitations span Texas, Colorado, California, Mississippi, and South Dakota. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued an IFB (HHS0018026, due October 9, 2026) for standards, consumables, and instrument parts used in drinking water analysis, with a fiscal year 2026 value between $50,000 and $75,000. The City of Arlington, Texas solicited an annual requirements contract (270018, due September 17, 2026) for laboratory supplies and chemicals for its Laboratory Services and water treatment plants. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has issued multiple sole-source procurements for reagents and specialized testing supplies from vendors including Qiagen, Standard BioTools, Ceres Nanosciences, and Twist Bioscience, with contract values ranging from $2.3 million to $3.5 million over multi-year terms. The Texas General Land Office issued an IFB (7643LP) for water sample collection and analysis services under the Texas Beach Watch Program. A South Dakota RFB (RFBIS27200163, due September 25, 2026) for laboratory consumables, reagents, and chemicals provides no substantive detail. Plastics-specific opportunities are sparse; the code's recent activity reflects broader environmental and water-quality testing procurement rather than demand for film products as primary deliverables.