UNSPSC 41111512: Triple beam balances

UNSPSC 41111512 Triple beam balances, a Commodity code, encompasses precision weighing instruments procured by state and local education, environmental, and municipal laboratories. State and local governments buy triple beam balances and related precision scales for science instruction, water quality testing, chemical analysis, and general laboratory operations. Issuing bodies include school districts, municipal utilities and environmental divisions, cooperative purchasing vehicles such as Sourcewell, and city laboratories. The code also captures supporting laboratory supplies and related instrumentation that accompany balance purchases or are solicited in bundled laboratory-equipment procurements.

Recent activity shows procurement centered in the upper Midwest and Southwest. Sourcewell, a Minnesota local government unit and service cooperative, posted RFP 26RFP111026 on September 21, 2026, requesting proposals for laboratory and science equipment, supplies, and related technology and services on behalf of its Participating Entities, with proposals due November 10, 2026 at 3:30 p.m. Central Time through the Sourcewell Procurement Portal. The City of Arlington, Texas issued IFB 270018 on August 19, 2026, soliciting bids for an annual requirements contract supplying laboratory supplies and chemicals to the city's Laboratory Services, two water treatment plants, and Water Resources Services Division, with bids due September 17, 2026 via the Euna Procurement platform. Both solicitations treat triple beam balances and related laboratory supplies as elements of broader, bundled laboratory-procurement vehicles rather than standalone equipment buys.