UNSPSC 41104818: Structured packing

Specially designed material for use in distillation columns and chemical reactors.

UNSPSC 41104818 Structured packing is a Commodity code that encompasses laboratory reagents, testing materials, and consumable supplies used in environmental monitoring, genomic surveillance, forensic analysis, and public health laboratory operations. State and local governments procuring under this code are acquiring proprietary reagent kits, synthetic biological controls, microbiome capture particles, oligonucleotides, and specialized consumables for water quality testing, wastewater surveillance, newborn screening, viral genomic sequencing, forensic evidence analysis, and trace evidence testing. Issuing bodies include state public health and environmental departments (Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Texas General Land Office), state transportation agencies (Texas Department of Transportation), county health laboratories (Santa Clara County), and municipal utilities (City of Palm Bay, Florida). Colorado's Laboratory Services Division appears as a repeat buyer across multiple sole-source reagent procurements. Work solicited under this code ranges from annual water and wastewater sample analysis contracts requiring EPA-approved testing methods to specialized genomic surveillance reagents and synthetic viral controls supporting CDC-funded programs and state public health missions.

Geographic activity concentrates in Colorado, Texas, California, and Florida based on recent posting dates. Representative opportunities include the Texas General Land Office's IFB 7643-LP (posted June 1, 2026, due April 10, 2026) for water sample collection and analysis under the Texas Beach Watch Program across Brazoria, Matagorda, and Harris counties, requiring approximately 1,421 annual samples and cost-per-sample pricing; Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's sole-source procurements for Qiagen wastewater surveillance reagents and Ceres Nanosciences microbiome particles (posted May 19–22, 2026, due May 22–28, 2026), totaling $3.14 million and $3.5 million respectively; and the City of Palm Bay's ITB 19-ITB-26 (posted April 13, 2026, due March 13, 2026 — closed) for comprehensive laboratory testing services across water, wastewater, and groundwater programs, with three bids received ranging from $80,872 to $107,946. California has posted multiple competitive bids for forensic laboratory consumables and sample preparation supplies (RFB 26200738, 26200748, 26200750, 26200641) between February and April 2026. Most solicitations are sole-source or brand-name-only procurements driven by equipment-specific workflow integration requirements, proprietary synthesis technologies, or regulatory compliance mandates, with limited open competitive opportunity.