UNSPSC 26142007: Neutron generators

UNSPSC 26142007 Neutron generators is a Commodity code representing specialized radiation-source equipment acquired by state and local public bodies for scientific, industrial, and security applications. State and local governments procure neutron generators primarily for use in research institutions, university laboratories, and public-health or materials-analysis facilities, though the code also covers industrial radiography and nondestructive testing equipment operated under state licensing and oversight. The generators themselves range from sealed-tube sources for portable field work to larger stationary units for laboratory and manufacturing environments; purchases typically include the source unit, shielding or containment apparatus, and ancillary instrumentation for dose measurement or beam modulation. Issuing bodies soliciting under this code are predominantly state universities and research institutions, state departments of health or environmental quality managing radiation-safety programs, and occasionally municipal or county facilities supporting public-health or materials-testing operations.

The source material provided contains no recent state or local contract opportunities under UNSPSC 26142007, so geographic spread and current market activity cannot be characterized from posted solicitations. Procurement under this code appears episodic rather than continuous; neutron generators are capital equipment with long service lives, and replacement or acquisition cycles do not follow routine schedules. Firms pursuing this code should monitor state university research-administration RFPs, state radiation-safety program equipment solicitations, and state health-department procurement notices for sporadic opportunities, and establish relationships with purchasing offices at large state research universities and state-level scientific-facilities management organizations.