UNSPSC 41113037: Microplate readers

UNSPSC 41113037 Microplate readers is a Commodity code that covers laboratory analytical instruments, though recent state and local activity under this code reflects a broader scope of specialized forensic and clinical laboratory equipment and consumables rather than microplate readers specifically. The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts and Brazoria County, Texas have posted solicitations tagged to this code that actually encompass DNA sequencing systems, mass spectrometry instruments, genetic analyzers, and associated forensic reagents and standards. State and local procurement offices are using the code to buy proprietary laboratory equipment, calibration standards, sequencing kits, drug-screening cartridges, and ELISA detection kits for law enforcement and public safety applications. Issuing bodies include state-level centralized procurement divisions and county sheriff offices with forensic laboratory missions.

Activity under the code concentrates in Texas, with the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts issuing a statewide IFB on September 23, 2026 for proprietary chemical laboratory equipment and supplies due October 20, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. CST, covering DNA analysis and drug-screening consumables for the Texas Department of Public Safety and Parks and Wildlife across 50 line items from vendors including Thermo Fisher Scientific, Promega, Qiagen, and Abbott, with contract term through October 31, 2027 and three optional one-year renewals. Brazoria County, Texas posted an RFP #26-48 in May 2026 for a Liquid Chromatograph-Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer system for its Sheriff's Office Crime Lab, with sealed bids due May 12, 2026. Both opportunities reflect law enforcement and public safety demand for high-sensitivity analytical instruments and forensic laboratory supplies, with contracts structured as multi-year agreements or centralized procurement vehicles to support statewide or regional forensic laboratory networks.