UNSPSC 41101701: Laboratory mills

UNSPSC 41101701 Laboratory mills (Commodity) encompasses laboratory testing services that state and local governments procure to support regulatory compliance and monitoring of water, wastewater, groundwater, and industrial pretreatment programs. Despite the code's abstract name, the actual work being solicited under it involves comprehensive analytical testing at municipal treatment facilities and monitoring wells, performed to standards set by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Municipalities are the primary issuing bodies for this work. The scope extends across multiple service categories—water testing, wastewater testing, industrial pretreatment testing, and courier and sampling services—with unit prices varying by analysis type, from zero cost for calculated field measurements to $425 for specialized analyses such as Cryptosporidium and Giardia testing. Contractors must hold Florida Department of Health Environmental Laboratory Certification Program certifications, maintain NELAP accreditation, possess a minimum of five years of municipal water and wastewater utility experience, and maintain a primary laboratory within one hundred miles of the customer facility with at least 75 percent of analytical work performed in-house.

The City of Palm Bay, Florida issued ITB 19-ITB-26 in April 2026 for laboratory testing services supporting three wastewater treatment facilities, two water treatment facilities with an option for a third, groundwater monitoring wells, and industrial pretreatment facilities. The procurement included 188 line items with estimated annual quantities ranging from single analyses to 15,000 tests depending on service type. The bid deadline was March 17, 2026, with three responses received: Advanced Environmental Laboratories, Inc. at $80,872.00 total bid, Flowers Chemical Laboratories, Inc. at $91,775.40, and Pace Analytical Services, LLC at $107,946.10. The contract term is twelve months with four optional twelve-month renewal periods for a maximum cumulative term of sixty months. City spending on laboratory services was $66,360 in 2024 and $95,440 in 2025, establishing recent budget context for this activity.