UNSPSC 41104903: Laboratory ultrafiltration equipment

A laboratory variant of membrane filtration equipment in which forces like pressure or concentration gradients lead to a separation through a semipermeable membrane.

UNSPSC 41104903 Laboratory ultrafiltration equipment is a Commodity code, yet the recent state and local opportunities tagged under it do not reflect laboratory filtration work. Instead, the tagged solicitations cover fire and rescue equipment maintenance and oyster hatchery filtration components—neither of which represents laboratory ultrafiltration in the traditional sense. The mismatch suggests that state and local procurement offices are applying this code to filtration-related purchases broadly, outside its nominal laboratory scope. The work actually being procured spans emergency-response breathing apparatus maintenance services (inspections, repairs, flow testing, and fit testing) and hatchery filtration system components. Issuing bodies include county fire departments (Fulton County, Georgia) and state research facilities (Mississippi's Oyster Hatchery and Research Center).

Recent activity appears limited and geographically dispersed. Fulton County, Georgia posted an IFB for fire and rescue tools, equipment, and SCBA maintenance services on July 10, 2026, with responses due July 28, 2026. The State of Mississippi posted an IFB for filtration components and associated items for the Oyster Hatchery and Research Center on May 11, 2026, with responses due May 29, 2026. These two opportunities represent the visible recent activity under the code; no pattern of repeat buying or concentration in a particular state or jurisdiction emerges from the source. The code shows little consistent procurement activity aligned with laboratory ultrafiltration equipment as traditionally defined, suggesting either sparse demand or systematic miscoding by state and local procurement offices.