UNSPSC 25101941: Mobile laboratory

A laboratory that is either fully housed within or transported by a vehicle such as a converted bus, RV, or tractor-trailer

UNSPSC 25101941 Mobile laboratory (Commodity) encompasses diverse rolling diagnostic, educational, and operational equipment that state and local governments procure for specialized field and institutional missions. Recent solicitations show school districts, counties, and state agencies buying custom-fabricated mobile STEM labs for K–12 education, pre-qualified contractor pools for disaster-recovery mobile home replacement programs, purpose-built mobile command posts for law enforcement field operations, mobile diagnostic imaging (MRI and CT) services for correctional facilities, and mobile audiometric testing vans for occupational health compliance. The scope spans both acquisition of purpose-built vehicles and procurement of mobile service delivery, with vendors providing either manufactured equipment or fully staffed operational services. Issuing bodies include independent school districts (Temple ISD in Texas), county governments and housing departments (Boulder County Colorado, Galveston County Texas, Orange County California, Yuma County Arizona), state health and corrections agencies (Utah Department of Health and Human Services), and county sheriff's offices. Counties appear as repeat buyers, particularly Boulder County Housing Department, which issued two separate SOQs for mobile home replacement contractors within the past four months.

Recent activity spans Texas, Colorado, Arizona, Utah, and California. Temple Independent School District posted RFP-00827 on October 1, 2026, seeking design, fabrication, and delivery of one custom Mobile STEM Lab vehicle with proposals due November 2, 2026, as a formal competitive solicitation exceeding the District's $100,000 threshold under Texas Education Code 44.031. Boulder County Housing Department posted SOQ299262 on September 11, 2026, requesting pre-qualified contractors for mobile home replacement services (SOQs due October 13, 2026) with approximately $900,000 in CDBG-DR funding anticipated for three projects and first task orders expected October or November 2026. Galveston County posted a mobile command post solicitation (RFP #26117) due October 15, 2026, seeking a self-propelled unit 40 to 45 feet in length for Sheriff's Office field command operations. The Utah Department of Health and Human Services posted a five-year mobile MRI and CT diagnostic imaging services RFP (DHHS26117) due July 31, 2026, requiring self-contained 1.5T MRI and 64-slice CT units with ARRT-certified technologists and Board-Certified radiologists at Utah State Correctional Facility. The County of Orange Sheriff-Coroner issued IFB-0603013202JG for mobile audiometric testing services (three-year contract with two optional one-year renewals, bids due June 26, 2026) at four enforcement locations across Orange County.