UNSPSC 41101803: Coulometers

UNSPSC 41101803 Coulometers is a Commodity code. State and local governments soliciting under this code are actually purchasing laboratory and research equipment—field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), lock-in amplifiers, electromagnetic pumps, high-power device analyzers, and probestations—rather than coulometers specifically. The recent solicitations show a clear mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the equipment actually being procured. Universities and higher-education systems dominate the issuing bodies, with Texas A&M University System, Texas State University, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison posting multiple separate ITBs and RFPs for specialized instrumentation. Educational procurement offices issue these solicitations through electronic bidding platforms (AggieBid, TXST MarketPlace, ShopUW+) with firm deadlines and no visible set-asides or preference programs for disadvantaged enterprises mentioned in the postings.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas and Wisconsin, with Texas A&M University System, Texas State University, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison each posting equipment solicitations between late February and early June 2026. Representative solicitations include Texas A&M University System's ITB for a lock-in amplifier (due February 26, 2026), Texas State University's RFPs for high-power probestation and high-power device analyzer equipment (due February 27, 2026), and the University of Wisconsin-Madison's RFB for an electromagnetic pump (due February 26, 2026). A single K-12 outlier—Klein Independent School District's RFP for Career Technical Education and Advanced Academics resources (due June 5, 2026, through Bonfire)—falls entirely outside the code's scope and suggests tagging error rather than genuine category alignment. The code shows recent but narrow activity limited to university research and teaching labs; most equipment solicitations are ITBs or RFPs with same-day or short closing windows typical of planned university capital equipment procurement cycles.