UNSPSC 41104821: Static sample concentrator

Units for the static concentration of clinical samples prior to analysis

UNSPSC 41104821 Static sample concentrator (Commodity) covers laboratory instruments and consumables that state and local governments buy to prepare, concentrate, and analyze environmental and clinical samples — specifically equipment, reagents, supplies, and associated services used in water quality testing, wastewater surveillance, genomic analysis, and hazmat screening. Recent solicitations show state health departments, environmental agencies, and municipal utilities procuring concentrators, manifolds, reagent kits, magnetic particles, and synthetic controls alongside consumables such as columns, septa, gloves, and detector components used in chromatography, PCR, and microbial analysis workflows. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission and Department of State Health Services issued an IFB in September 2026 for 19 line items of standards, consumables, and instrument parts (GC columns, UHPLC columns, ion source assemblies, extractor lenses) used by the Organic Chemistry Group to analyze drinking water samples in compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act, with a historical fiscal year 2026 value between $50,000 and $75,000 and response due October 9, 2026. Issuing bodies include state environmental and public health departments, municipal water utilities (the City of Arlington, Texas), and specialized state laboratories conducting surveillance and compliance testing.

Activity concentrates in Texas and Colorado, with additional procurement in Mississippi, California, and South Dakota. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has issued multiple sole-source awards since May 2026 for specialized reagents and instruments — Qiagen wastewater surveillance dPCR reagents and service ($3.14 million through December 2028), Standard BioTools X9 High-Throughput Genomics Systems ($2.3 million plus $1 million in reagents through December 2028), Ceres Nanoscience microbiome particles ($3.5 million through June 2029), and Twist Bioscience synthetic viral controls ($2.3 million through May 2030). The Texas General Land Office issued an IFB in June 2026 for water sample collection and analysis services under the Texas Beach Watch Program, including laboratory analysis using EPA-approved methods with approximately 1,421 samples annually and a VetHUB subcontracting requirement for awards valued at $100,000 or more. TxDOT solicited laboratory equipment and accessories for its Corpus Christi area office in May 2026 on an IFB basis, and California issued a brand-name RFB for Agilent vacuum manifolds and trap assemblies in April 2026. South Dakota posted a laboratory consumables, reagents, and chemicals RFB in September 2026 with limited detail available. These opportunities reflect both open competitive bidding and sole-source procurements, with contract values ranging from $50,000 to $3.5 million.