UNSPSC 13111200: Plastic films

UNSPSC 13111200 Plastic films is a Class code that represents laboratory reagents, testing supplies, and consumable materials used in environmental and forensic analysis, genomic surveillance, and pathogen detection workflows—a category significantly narrower than its nominal scope. State and local governments procure under this code primarily through state departments of public health, transportation agencies, and cities conducting water quality monitoring, wastewater surveillance, genomic testing, and forensic analysis. Recent solicitations show strong activity from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (multiple sole-source awards for reagents and kits), the Texas General Land Office, the Texas Department of Transportation, the City of Palm Bay, and the State of California. The work being solicited includes xGen CFTR Amplicon sequencing reagents for newborn screening, Qiagen dPCR reagents and instruments for wastewater surveillance, Ceres Nanoscience microbiome capture particles for pathogen concentration, Twist Bioscience synthetic viral controls for diagnostic assays, Integrated DNA Technologies oligonucleotides and custom probes for genomic surveillance, laboratory equipment and accessories for concrete and materials testing, Agilent vacuum manifolds for sample preparation, and forensic consumables for DNA and trace evidence analysis.

Recent procurement activity concentrates in Colorado, Texas, California, and Florida, with Colorado dominating through five separate sole-source reagent and instrument contracts posted between April and May 2026, each valued between $375,000 and $3.5 million over multi-year terms. The Texas General Land Office posted Invitation for Bids 7643-LP for beach water sample collection and analysis (response due April 10, 2026), and the Texas Department of Transportation posted Invitation for Bid 601320000070474 for laboratory equipment and accessories at the Corpus Christi Area Office (due April 24, 2026). The City of Palm Bay, Florida issued Invitation to Bid 19-ITB-26 for comprehensive laboratory testing services across water, wastewater, and groundwater programs (historical annual spending $66,360 to $95,440; due March 17, 2026). The State of California posted multiple competitive bids for forensic laboratory consumables and sample preparation equipment (RFBs 26200750, 26200738, 26200748, and 26200641, all with April deadlines in 2026). Sole-source awards to named vendors—Qiagen, Standard BioTools, Ceres Nanoscience, Twist Bioscience, and Integrated DNA Technologies—dominate Colorado's procurement calendar and represent infrastructure lock-in driven by specialized assay compatibility and federal grant compliance requirements.