UNSPSC 41115709: High pressure liquid chromatography HPLC columns

UNSPSC 41115709 High pressure liquid chromatography HPLC columns (Commodity) spans the analytical instrumentation and consumables that state and local laboratories procure for environmental testing, forensic analysis, and water quality monitoring. Recent state and local activity shows this code capturing both the capital equipment for mass spectrometry systems and the disposable consumables—columns, cartridges, vials, and sampling materials—that support ongoing analytical operations. The issuing bodies are primarily county sheriff's offices, municipal water and wastewater utilities, and city environmental testing divisions, each sourcing equipment and supplies for regulatory compliance testing, forensic crime-lab work, and drinking-water PFAS and contaminant screening.

Geographic representation spans Texas, Florida, and Arizona, with Brazoria County, Texas conducting a competitive RFP for a Liquid Chromatograph-Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer (LC-QQQ) system for the Sheriff's Office Crime Lab, due May 12, 2026, funded through the federal Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Grant at an estimated project budget of $300,000 with evaluation weighting 25 points for technical compliance, 20 points for price, 15 points for experience, 20 points for training, and 10 points for warranty and service support. The City of Palm Bay, Florida issued Invitation to Bid 19-ITB-26 for laboratory testing services (originally due March 17, 2026) spanning water, wastewater, groundwater, and industrial pretreatment analyses across multiple facilities, with 188 line items and historical annual spending of $66,360 to $95,440. The City of Tucson, Arizona solicited IFB 240045 for Waters Technologies brand consumables—polypropylene vials, screw caps, OASIS WAX cartridges, and SPE cartridges—for PFAS and Dioxane drinking-water analysis, with a mandatory pre-bid conference and HUD Section 3 workforce requirements mandating 25 percent of labor hours from Section 3 workers and 5 percent from Targeted Section 3 workers.