UNSPSC 41103026: Benchtop ice bucket or chilling container

Ice buckets and containers used for chilling specimens on the workbench

UNSPSC 41103026 Benchtop ice bucket or chilling container is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local opportunities tagged under it are overwhelmingly focused on specialized refrigeration and freezer equipment for evidence storage, medical and pharmacy use, and vaccine handling—not benchtop ice buckets. The City of Austin is seeking three evidence refrigerators with secured lockers and one evidence freezer (IFQ 9000 JG1039, due August 3, 2026); the Illinois Department of Corrections has posted multiple solicitations for countertop medical pharmacy refrigerators with alarms (due May 18, 2026) and medical-grade refrigeration units with vaccine data loggers across 26 statewide facilities (IFB 26-426DOC-CENTO-B-52227, due May 18, 2026). The District of Columbia Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs posted a laboratory refrigerator and freezer solicitation (DOC838293, due July 20, 2026). The issuing bodies are state correctional and public health departments and municipal law enforcement and public health agencies. Other opportunities in the recent block—a roof replacement in Madison, Wisconsin; a classroom furniture catalog discount bid through Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative; water sample collection and analysis for the Texas General Land Office; and a Sourcewell law enforcement equipment RFP—are plainly unrelated to benchtop ice buckets or refrigeration units and appear to be misclassified under this code.

Geographic activity in the recent opportunities centers on Texas (Austin), Illinois (statewide), and the District of Columbia, with limited visible activity in other states. The code shows material recent activity only in specialized medical and forensic refrigeration, a narrow slice of the nominal scope. State and local buyers soliciting under this code are primarily seeking sealed, temperature-controlled storage units with digital monitoring, alarms, and security features rather than consumer-grade or laboratory benchtop cooling containers. Vendors pursuing this code should focus on medical-grade and evidence-storage refrigeration equipment, not generic ice buckets or chilling containers.