UNSPSC 14111816: Applicant fingerprint cards

UNSPSC 14111816 Applicant fingerprint cards (Commodity) comprises forensic and identification equipment and supplies that state and local law enforcement agencies procure for crime scene investigation, evidence collection, and suspect identification—but recent solicitation activity under this code shows minimal direct alignment with the nominal category. The most recent opportunities tagged to this code include a Charlotte police body armor RFP, Harris County Sheriff's Office crime scene supplies ITB (DNA collection kits, fingerprint supplies, sharps containers, evidence bags), a Sourcewell cooperative law enforcement equipment framework, Rockland County ammunition and less-lethal supplies RFB, and various Dallas city police equipment and supplies informal bids. The disconnect between the code name and actual procurement scope suggests that state and local jurisdictions are using this Commodity code as a catch-all for law enforcement consumables and equipment rather than restricting it to fingerprint cards alone. Issuing bodies include city police departments (Dallas, Charlotte), county sheriffs' offices (Harris County, Rockland County), state police agencies (Illinois State Police), and cooperative purchasing vehicles serving multi-jurisdiction networks (Sourcewell). The code also appears in state-level biometric procurement—California's recent RFB for IDEMIA MORPHOWAVE XP2 facial recognition and fingerprint capture equipment was tagged under this code despite being enterprise-scale identification infrastructure rather than consumable supplies.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas (Dallas, Harris County), North Carolina (Charlotte), New York (Rockland County, statewide distribution), California, Illinois, and Minnesota via Sourcewell. Recent representative opportunities include Harris County Sheriff's Office ITB 250415 for crime scene supplies (DNA swabs, fingerprint collection kits, evidence tubes, sharps containers) due June 8, 2026; Illinois State Police IFB 25493ISPADMINB49824 for stationary and portable Livescan fingerprinting equipment with FBI FAP-50/FAP-60 certification due March 4, 2026 (contract term three years, renewable to ten years maximum); and City of Dallas informal solicitation IFSDPDB2300025 for general police equipment and supplies due March 17, 2026. Rockland County's RFB RFBRC2026035 established a three-lot ammunition and less-lethal supplies contract for New York State law enforcement via cooperative purchasing under General Municipal Law Section 103(3), with the accelerated two-week response window (due April 23, 2026) reflecting expiration of the prior statewide ammunition contract. Sourcewell's June 16, 2026 RFP 26RFP061626 for law enforcement equipment seeks to establish multi-vendor frameworks for its Participating Entities but provides no detailed specification of goods or deliverables in the available documentation. Prospective vendors should verify that any active opportunity is actually buying fingerprint cards or closely related identification consumables rather than accepting the code classification at face value.