UNSPSC 41112602: Automated swab test kits

UNSPSC 41112602 Automated swab test kits is a Commodity code, but the recent opportunities posted under it show little relevance to the code's nominal scope. The most recent solicitation posted under this code was a forensic proficiency testing services procurement from San Mateo County, which involves designing, administering, and evaluating proficiency tests for forensic laboratory analysts — not swab kit procurement or supply. Other opportunities in the block — antifreeze for Detroit's transit authority, offender drug testing for Collin County, respirator medical exams for Illinois state employees, occupational medical surveillance for Washington State Ferries, general laboratory services for Collin County Health Care Services, sex assault kit procurement for the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, and forensic laboratory testing for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice — span specimen collection, testing administration, medical examination delivery, and analysis services rather than automated swab test kit supply. The single procurement that directly addresses swab kits is the Colorado Bureau of Investigation's sex assault kit solicitation (Documented Quote REAA 2026-0495, due June 3, 2026), which explicitly names victim and suspect sex assault kits as the deliverable, with a five-year term commencing July 1, 2026, SDVOSB 3% price preference, and firm pricing inclusive of delivery and installation costs.

The geographic spread across these opportunities spans Texas (Collin County, TDCJ), California (San Mateo County), Michigan (Detroit), Illinois (Secretary of State), Washington (Department of Transportation), and Colorado (Bureau of Investigation), with no concentration in any single jurisdiction. Issuing bodies include county criminal justice agencies (Collin County Community Supervision and Corrections, San Mateo County), state law enforcement or public safety departments (Colorado Bureau of Investigation, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois Secretary of State, Washington Department of Transportation), and municipal utilities (City of Detroit). The code shows minimal activity that directly addresses automated swab test kit supply — the sex assault kit opportunity is the clearest match — and the mismatch between the code's nominal product and most of the posted opportunities suggests either miscoding by issuing bodies or that state and local buyers rarely tag swab kit procurement under this code.