UNSPSC 41114723: Bursting strength tester

A tester that measures the pressure when the specimen is broken with the pressure applied to the thin-plate shaped material, such as paper, fiber, vinyl film, medical leather and others.

UNSPSC 41114723 Bursting strength tester is a Commodity code that does not align with the state and local procurement activity shown in recent opportunities. The nominal code describes a device for measuring the strength of materials under pressure, but the most recent opportunities posted under or near this code span laboratory testing and analytical equipment across unrelated domains — optical surface profilers, airfield photometric systems, pharmaceutical drug-discovery software, electric meter test boards, high-voltage capacitance modules, sterilization equipment maintenance, atmospheric gas monitors, nanoindentation systems, and brake testers. None of these solicitations involve bursting strength measurement or material-property testing in the traditional sense. The issuing bodies include higher-education institutions (Valencia College, Jackson State University, Texas State University, Texas A&M University System), municipal utilities (City of Ocala Electric Utility, Kissimmee Utility Authority, City of Tampa Water Services, City of Phoenix Water Services, Lubbock Power & Light), county and regional agencies (Lee County Port Authority, Collier County, Marion County, Colorado State Patrol), and state health departments (Texas DSHS/HHSC). Geographic spread reflects activity across Florida, Texas, Colorado, Oregon, and Arizona, with Florida showing the highest concentration of recent solicitations.

Representative recent opportunities illustrate the scope mismatch. Lee County Port Authority issued two nearly identical RFQs and an e-quote request (Solicitations 2026115BW and 2026061BW, posted October 2026 and August 2026 respectively) for airfield photometric testing at Southwest Florida International Airport — measuring runway and taxiway lighting performance using mobile test systems and delivering results in Excel format, with three-year contract terms. The City of Ocala Electric Utility issued RFP #ELE/260570 (posted September 28, 2026, due April 30, 2026) for a three-phase meter test board system with 0.04% accuracy and AMI compatibility, evaluated on qualifications (25 points), technical compliance (50 points), and price (25 points). Jackson State University posted two sole-source notices (Solicitations 3170036730 and 3150007041, posted October 5 and September 22, 2026) for a five-year Schrodinger Small Molecule Drug Discovery Suite software license at $65,318.25, with objection periods for alternative vendors. These examples show that the code currently tags diverse analytical and testing equipment unrelated to bursting strength measurement, suggesting either taxonomic miscoding at the source or that this code is not actively used for state and local burst testing procurement.