UNSPSC 41103019: Plasma storage freezers

UNSPSC 41103019 Plasma storage freezers (Commodity) covers medical-grade and laboratory refrigeration equipment that state and local governments procure for healthcare, correctional, and public health operations. Recent solicitations show state agencies, correctional departments, and municipal public health units buying countertop pharmacy refrigerators with digital temperature controls and alarms, vaccine storage units with data logging capability, portable medical refrigerator and freezer units with casters, and emergency backup refrigerated transport for evidence storage. The Illinois Department of Corrections has posted two separate bids within the past two months for medical-grade refrigeration and vaccine data logging systems across 26 statewide facilities, and the Tucson Police Department issued an RFQ for emergency freezer and refrigerator truck rentals to back up its evidence storage infrastructure. These solicitations indicate active procurement driven by regulatory requirements for precise temperature maintenance in pharmaceutical and evidence custody environments, often bundled with continuous monitoring, alarm systems, and data logging features to meet compliance standards.

Issuing bodies include state departments of corrections, municipal police departments, and state public health and natural resource agencies. The Illinois Department of Corrections emerges as a repeat buyer, with two active solicitations in May 2026 (IFB 26-426DOC-CENTO-B-52227 for medical-grade refrigeration and vaccine data loggers across 26 facilities, due May 18, 2026; and IFB 26426DOCGRANTB52493 for 28 countertop medical pharmacy refrigerators with alarms, also due May 18, 2026). The City of Tucson Police Department issued RFQ 250119 for emergency freezer and refrigerator truck rentals with an 18-hour response requirement and a contract ceiling of $100,000. Recent activity concentrates in Illinois and Arizona, with no reported opportunities in other states in the available records. Vendors responding to Illinois procurements must be original manufacturers or authorized direct distributors without third-party resellers, provide one-year minimum warranties with four-year compressor warranties, maintain $1,000,000 general liability and workers' compensation coverage, and comply with state vendor registration and minority contractor opportunity disclosure requirements.