UNSPSC 41111940: Color sensors

UNSPSC 41111940 Color sensors (Commodity) encompasses inspection equipment and sensing systems that state and local governments procure for infrastructure monitoring, wastewater management, laboratory analysis, and technical education. The scope of work in recent solicitations spans color video pipeline inspection systems with push-camera and lateral-launch capabilities, bore scanners, lock-in amplifiers, and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) systems for metals analysis. Issuing bodies include city departments of public works and watershed management, independent school districts, state environmental protection agencies, and university systems. The work includes not only equipment procurement but also installation, training, maintenance support, parts availability guarantees, and multi-year service contracts tied to the equipment supplied.

Recent activity spans Georgia, Texas, and Illinois. The City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management issued IFB GS/DWM/2604-1260190 on June 8, 2026, seeking color video pipeline inspection systems, sewer cleaning units, and accessories with a due date of June 23, 2026; the vendor must supply 90 percent of parts within 24 hours, provide four hours of onsite instruction, and deliver equipment within 14 business days. Klein Independent School District in Harris County, Texas posted RFP 26-101 on April 17, 2026, for Career Technical Education and Advanced Academics instructional resources across 17 program areas including STEM and technology equipment, with electronic proposals due June 5, 2026, through Bonfire. The Texas A&M University System issued ITB TAMUS-ITB-26-0534 for a bore scanner on March 25, 2026, and ITB TAMUS-ITB-26-0533 for a lock-in amplifier on February 26, 2026, both administered through the AggieBid platform. The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency posted IFB 26-532EPA-LAB53-B-50817 on January 23, 2026, for a complete ICP-MS system designed for USEPA metals analysis methods, with bids due February 17, 2026, installation and training required within eight weeks, and a service warranty obligation of at least seven years.