UNSPSC 41116105: Chemistry reagents or solutions

UNSPSC 41116105 Chemistry reagents or solutions is a Commodity code encompassing diagnostic test kits, forensic DNA amplification reagents, drug-screening chemistry, therapeutic drug monitoring supplies, and laboratory culture media and stains used across clinical, forensic, and public health laboratory operations. State and local governments procure these materials to support drug-testing programs, forensic casework, newborn screening, mental health patient monitoring, and routine clinical diagnostics. Recent solicitations reflect heavy use by county health departments, state law enforcement, state mental health agencies, and county criminal-justice community-supervision departments. Issuing bodies include county departments of health care services and public health, state police, state mental health departments, and county community supervision and corrections departments. Work being solicited ranges from immunoassay screening with LC/MS/MS or GC/MS confirmation in offender drug-testing programs, to forensic DNA Y-STR amplification kits for casework, to FDA-cleared clozapine therapeutic drug monitoring test kits, to general laboratory culture media and diagnostic test supplies for clinical settings.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Florida, Oregon, Georgia, Mississippi, and the District of Columbia. Representative recent opportunities include Collin County Community Supervision and Corrections Department's RFP 2026-327 for offender specimen collection and drug testing services (due July 23, 2026, estimated contract value $600,000, annual demand approximately 25,031 tests across five-panel and six-panel screening protocols with SAMHSA or CAP lab certification required); the Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Public Health Laboratories' single-source procurement for Sebia CAPILLARS 3 DBS analyzer reagents, controls, and calibrators for newborn screening (June 3, 2026 deadline, $2,695,571 estimated three-year contract value); Oregon State Police's sole-source notice for Promega PowerPlex Y23 forensic DNA amplification kits and supplies (July 31, 2026 protest deadline, $250,000 estimated five-year value); San Bernardino County Department of Public Health's ITB for laboratory culture media, stains, reagents, antimicrobial susceptibility disks, and diagnostic test materials (July 31, 2026 deadline, five-year pricing agreement); and Collin County Health Care Services' IFB for certified medical laboratory provider services processing over 200 specimen types with unit pricing per test (October 2, 2025 deadline, approximately $70,000 estimated annual value).