UNSPSC 41112243: Laboratory heat block thermometer

Thermometer used for critical temperature monitoring in laboratory heat blocks

UNSPSC 41112243 Laboratory heat block thermometer (Commodity) shows minimal recent state and local procurement activity directly aligned with the code's nominal scope. The eight recent opportunities tagged under this code span instrumentation and sensor procurement, but only one — the Georgia Department of Agriculture Laboratory Division's August 2026 RFQ for an environmental conditions monitoring system to replace aging laboratory equipment across facilities in Tifton and Atlanta — addresses laboratory-grade thermal monitoring in a direct application. That solicitation seeks a system to monitor temperature and humidity across fifty-eight critical units including refrigerators, freezers, ultra-low freezers, incubators, and forced-air drying ovens, with responses due August 21, 2026. The remaining seven opportunities are unrelated: they cover thermoplastic pavement-marking applicators, boiler instrumentation for waste-to-energy facilities, water system pressure and temperature transmitters, wastewater panel and switch inventory, commercial kitchen equipment repair services, and thermocouple procurement for a waste-to-energy facility. These represent mistagging under the code rather than legitimate laboratory heat-block thermometer procurement.

Issuing bodies in the sparse relevant activity include state agencies and county water utilities (Georgia Department of Agriculture, Gwinnett County Department of Water Resources) and municipalities (City of Phoenix, City of Tampa, Texas Water Development Board). Geographic spread of recent opportunities spans Florida, Georgia, Texas, and Arizona, with no standout pattern of repeat purchasing for laboratory thermal instrumentation specifically. The mismatch between the code's explicit commodity definition and the work actually being solicited suggests that either the code has low current demand in state and local markets or that procurement offices are applying it inconsistently to broader instrumentation and sensor categories. A business development professional should treat this code as dormant for direct laboratory heat-block thermometer sales and investigate whether customer segments are sourcing such equipment through parent codes or alternate procurement channels.