UNSPSC 41116025: Flame photometer analyzer reagent or kit

Reagent or kit utilized for the quantitation of sodium, potassium, chloride and lithium in serum, plasma or aqueous solutions by automated flame photometric analysis

UNSPSC 41116025 Flame photometer analyzer reagent or kit, a Commodity code, describes laboratory diagnostic and research reagents, kits, and consumables that state and local health departments, universities, and municipal laboratories procure to support pathogen detection, water quality testing, and clinical diagnostics. Recent solicitations show state health agencies buying next-generation sequencing consumables, solid phase extraction disks, culture media, chromatography supplies, and molecular biology standards—reagents and kits designed for infectious disease surveillance, drinking water compliance testing, food safety screening, and wastewater analysis. The issuing bodies are predominantly state health departments (Texas HHSC and DSHS, Mississippi MSDH), the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, the City of Philadelphia municipal procurement office, and the State of California. Texas agencies have issued the largest volume of recent solicitations under this code, with HHSC/DSHS posting multiple IFBs for respiratory pathogen detection kits, culture media, SPE disks, gas chromatography columns, and pesticide standards between February and June 2026.

Procurement activity concentrates in Texas, with secondary activity in Mississippi, California, and Pennsylvania. Texas IFBs show response deadlines spanning February through June 2026, with historical contract values ranging from $25,050 to $393,667; Mississippi issued two sole-source procurements (total estimated cost $619,739.98) for Clear Labs and Illumina sequencing reagents in April 2026 with May 14 objection deadlines; California posted brand-name-restricted RFBs for MyCodeDR reagents and Cerilliant certified spiking solutions in April 2026; and Philadelphia issued a micro-purchase for chromatography extraction columns with a May 30, 2026 quote deadline. Most solicitations are IFBs with firm, fixed pricing required; competitive sealed awards go to lowest responsive and responsible bidders or best-value determinations. Set-asides are uncommon, though California incorporates CBE consideration and the University of Texas requires HUB subcontracting plans. All Texas HHSC solicitations mandate extensive affirmation compliance including debarment, E-Verify, human trafficking, and state-specific statutory certifications; Mississippi sole-source procurements allow objections proposing alternative sources.