UNSPSC 41103006: Cryogenic or liquid nitrogen freezers

UNSPSC 41103006 Cryogenic or liquid nitrogen freezers is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local opportunities posted under this code show minimal relevance to cryogenic or liquid nitrogen equipment. Instead, the opportunities span roof replacement, classroom furniture catalogs, water quality sampling, pharmacy refrigerators, law enforcement equipment, medical-grade refrigeration units, and emergency evidence storage trucks — none of which involve cryogenic systems or liquid nitrogen technology. The code shows little substantive procurement activity aligned with its nominal scope, suggesting either misclassification of opportunities by issuing bodies or dormant buying activity in the cryogenic freezer category itself.

One opportunity does involve temperature-controlled storage: the Illinois Department of Corrections' May 2026 IFB for medical-grade refrigeration units and vaccine data loggers across 26 statewide correctional facilities, and the City of Tucson's RFQ for emergency freezer and refrigerator semi-truck rental services for police evidence storage. However, these procurements specify standard pharmaceutical and evidence-grade refrigeration (2°C to 8°C or freezer ranges down to 10°F), not cryogenic or liquid nitrogen systems. The mismatch between the code's technical scope and the actual opportunities suggests that state and local procurement offices are not consistently tagging temperature-controlled equipment under this commodity code, or that cryogenic freezer procurement remains minimal in recent state and local contracting.