UNSPSC 41104806: Extracting equipment for laboratories

UNSPSC 41104806 Extracting equipment for laboratories (Commodity) spans laboratory analytical equipment and tools state and local governments procure to conduct water quality, wastewater, environmental, and chemical analysis work — though recent opportunities under this code show a significant mismatch between the nominal taxonomy and actual buying patterns. One representative solicitation is the City of Fort Worth's RFQt for a programmable TKN/TPO4 Digestion Block System with digital controller and heating capability for total kjeldahl nitrogen and total phosphorus analysis. Another is the City of Palm Bay, Florida's ITB for comprehensive laboratory testing services supporting water, wastewater, groundwater, and industrial pretreatment compliance, encompassing 188 line items across analytical testing, sampling, and courier work across multiple municipal facilities. The issuing bodies are primarily cities and municipalities with water and wastewater treatment infrastructure; Fulton County, Georgia also appears in the recent block with an IFB for fire and rescue tools and self-contained breathing apparatus maintenance services, which lies outside the code's nominal laboratory equipment scope and signals tagging inconsistency across state and local procurement systems.

Geographic activity centers on Florida and Georgia, with Texas representation from the Fort Worth procurement. The City of Palm Bay's laboratory services ITB, posted April 13, 2026 with a deadline of March 13, 2026, received three competitive bids ranging from Advanced Environmental Laboratories, Inc. at $80,872.00 to Pace Analytical Services, LLC at $107,946.10, with the City spending $95,440 on these services in 2025. The City of Fort Worth's digestion block RFQt, due March 25, 2026, specifies equipment delivery to the Centralized Water Laboratory at 2600 SE Loop 820 and includes mandatory vendor compliance with the City's Small Business Program under local ordinance. The Fulton County fire and rescue IFB (PE66062NONST2027000000447), due July 28, 2026, covers six groups of equipment and breathing apparatus maintenance but does not align with extracting laboratory equipment; this mismatch suggests the code receives occasional off-target tagging from state and local procurement offices.