UNSPSC 26141800: Hot cell devices

UNSPSC 26141800 Hot cell devices (Class) covers specialized containment and handling equipment for radioactive materials, though the code shows no recent state and local procurement activity. State and local governments do not typically acquire hot cells — the equipment is primarily deployed in federal research facilities, national laboratories, and specialized medical institutions operating under federal licensing and oversight. Hot cells are engineered containment systems used to manipulate highly radioactive materials remotely, common in nuclear research, isotope production, and radiopharmaceutical manufacturing rather than in the ordinary goods and services that state agencies, counties, municipalities, school districts, and transit authorities procure through public notice.

The absence of recent opportunities under this code reflects the federal and specialized nature of the asset class. When state or local entities do touch hot cell procurement, it typically occurs as a subordinate line item within larger federal grant cycles or capital projects at university research hospitals and state laboratory systems, not through standalone state or local RFPs, RFQs, or ITBs. Firms pursuing state and local procurement contracts should monitor this code only if they operate within academic research or state public-health radiological programs; for most state and local business development professionals, this code is unlikely to yield contract opportunity.