UNSPSC 41115716: Liquid chromatography fittings

UNSPSC 41115716 Liquid chromatography fittings is a Commodity-tier code encompassing specialized consumables, components, and reagents used in laboratory chromatography and analytical instrumentation systems. State and local governments procure under this code primarily DNA analysis cartridges, buffer containers, polymers, sequencing kits, reagents for drug screening and forensic analysis, and replacement parts for genetic analyzers and mass spectrometry instruments, including items compatible with Applied Biosystems 3500 and SeqStudio Flex analyzers. Solicitations are issued by state agencies (particularly public safety and forensic laboratories), county sheriffs' offices, and other law enforcement procurement bodies conducting forensic and criminal justice work. The work involves acquiring both consumable supplies for ongoing laboratory operations and larger analytical instruments such as liquid chromatograph-triple quadrupole mass spectrometer systems that incorporate or depend on compatible fittings and consumables.

Recent activity centers in Texas. The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Statewide Procurement Division issued IFB 304T-27-175A1.1 on September 23, 2026, soliciting proprietary chemical laboratory equipment and supplies for the Texas Department of Public Safety and Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife, with bids due October 20, 2026, covering 50 line items of DNA analysis consumables, forensic reagents, and drug-screening kits from manufacturers including Life Technologies Corp., Promega, Qiagen, Immunalysis Corporation, and ANDE Corporation, with quantities ranging from 8 to 5,000 units per line item and a firm fixed-price contract running through October 31, 2027 with three one-year renewal options. Brazoria County, Texas Sheriff's Office Crime Lab issued RFP 26-48 in May 2026 for acquisition of a liquid chromatograph-triple quadrupole mass spectrometer system, soliciting through the county's electronic bidding platform with bids due May 12, 2026, underscoring the intersection of larger instrumentation procurement and the consumables and fittings required for operation and maintenance of such systems.