UNSPSC 41116106: Chemistry test strips or test paper

UNSPSC 41116106 Chemistry test strips or test paper is a Commodity code covering laboratory testing consumables, reagents, and reference materials that state and local health departments, law enforcement agencies, and special districts procure for water quality analysis, food safety testing, forensic drug analysis, and disease surveillance. State and local buyers under this code include state health and human services commissions, state health services departments, state departments of public safety, county offices of community development, county forensic laboratories, and state environmental or public health agencies. The work typically involves supplying pre-packaged test kits, quality control materials, ELISA reagents, bacterial strain kits, certified reference standards, and radon measurement devices to support laboratory operations in compliance with federal regulatory requirements including the Safe Drinking Water Act and DEA licensing rules where controlled substances are involved. Contracts generally run one to two years with optional extensions at the issuing agency's discretion, and pricing is submitted as firm, fixed unit prices with potential adjustments permitted only at the buyer's discretion using Consumer Price Index formulas or Federal Minimum Wage calculations.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas and Florida, with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) procuring on behalf of the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) across multiple IFBs for lab consumables supporting drinking water and food safety testing—including IFB HHS0018026 (Standards, Consumables and Instrument parts, due October 9, 2026, with FY 2026 historical spend of $50,000 to $75,000) and IFB HHS0017881 (Lab Supplies for food, water dairy and shellfish testing, closed August 26, 2026, with FY 2025 historical spend of $25,000 to $50,000)—and the Texas Department of Public Safety issuing IFB 405-26R0008445A for Direct ELISA immunalysis reagent kits (due July 23, 2026). Pinellas County, Florida, in partnership with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, procured certified drug reference standards through ITQ 26-0305-ITQ (due April 23, 2026, funded at $72,126.85 through federal Coverdell Act grants with approximately $49,034.00 designated for supplies). Rockland County, New York, solicited radon measurement devices and laboratory analysis services through RFP RFBRC2026044 (due August 20, 2026), and Illinois established a joint purchase master contract for mosquito testing equipment through sole-source procurement to ADAPCO, LLC in May 2026. Pinellas County offers certified small business enterprise preference with five-percent price advantage for qualifying vendors; Texas HHSC encourages but does not require HUB Subcontracting Plans.