UNSPSC 41116128: Immunology or serology quality controls or calibrators or standards

UNSPSC 41116128 Immunology or serology quality controls or calibrators or standards (Commodity) covers diagnostic testing supplies, reagents, calibrators, and controls used in infectious disease screening and confirmatory testing by state and local health departments, public health laboratories, county health services, and criminal justice agencies. State and local governments procure HIV and syphilis testing reagents and controls, sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening kits and collection supplies, drug testing panels and confirmatory reagent sets, and analyzer-specific consumables to support population screening, disease surveillance, and offender monitoring programs. Issuing bodies include state health departments and their divisions of laboratories, county health services and criminal justice departments, municipal public health programs, and county community supervision and corrections departments. The Illinois Department of Public Health appears as a repeat buyer, procuring Abbott-manufactured HIV/syphilis reagents and controls for its Carbondale Laboratory ARCHITECT analyzer systems.

Recent activity spans Illinois, Texas, and Georgia. The Illinois Department of Public Health posted an emergency change order notice (IFB 27482DPHOFCDIB53956) in September 2026 to increase contract quantities for Hologic NG/NT testing kits and collection supplies, raising annual testing volume from 15,000 to 25,000 tests and kits from 15,000 to 30,000 units, with responses due October 13, 2026. The City of Austin issued two IFBs for rapid HIV 1/2 test kits (IFB 9100 AAM1023 in June 2026 and a rebid IFB 9100 AAM1023REBID in August 2026), each calling for approximately 375 test kits and 79 control kits annually. Collin County, Texas procured offender drug testing services (RFP 2026-327) requiring immunoassay screening and confirmatory testing (LC/MS/MS or GC/MS) for approximately 25,031 annual tests, with proposals due July 23, 2026. Gwinnett County, Georgia requested proposals for drug testing supplies compatible with a drugs of abuse analyzer (RFQ PE77023NONST2027000000764) due October 14, 2026. The Illinois Department of Public Health also awarded a sole-source emergency contract to Abbott Laboratories for HIV and syphilis reagents, calibrators, and controls totaling $38,079.50 in May 2026.