UNSPSC 41103808: Platelet mixers

UNSPSC 41103808 Platelet mixers (Commodity) shows minimal alignment with recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes equipment for blood platelet processing, yet the two most recent opportunities tagged under it involve unrelated work: Pinellas County Utilities solicited mixer parts and accessories for an unnamed application via ITQ 26-0647 (due June 30, 2026), and the City of Palm Bay issued ITB 19-ITB-26 for laboratory testing services across water, wastewater, and industrial pretreatment programs. Neither solicitation describes platelet-mixer procurement. The mismatch between the code's intended scope and the work actually being bought suggests either data-entry error in the source records or that state and local procurement systems are applying this code to general mixer or mixing-related parts rather than blood-bank equipment specifically.

Recent activity under this code spans Florida jurisdictions—Pinellas County Utilities and the City of Palm Bay (Brevard County)—with performance at multiple locations including Clewiston City. The Pinellas County parts solicitation features a compressed six-day proposal window and references an existing blanket purchase agreement (BPA 457764) from prior ITB 22-0279, suggesting renewal procurement. The Palm Bay laboratory-testing contract, with historical annual spending of $66,360 (2024) and $95,440 (2025), reflects ongoing municipal compliance work rather than platelet-mixer acquisition. No current procurement activity matches the equipment category the code describes, making this code a skip for suppliers of blood-processing equipment absent further clarification from buying bodies on actual intended scope.