UNSPSC 41116164: Test kit or probe for laboratory proficiency assessment or laboratory performance improvement tracking

Test kits for laboratory personnel provider performed proficiency assessment and laboratory performance improvement tracking probes in multidepartmental platforms

UNSPSC 41116164 Test kit or probe for laboratory proficiency assessment or laboratory performance improvement tracking — a Commodity code — covers rapid diagnostic test kits and reagent supplies that state and local health departments, criminal justice agencies, and county health services procure to conduct STI screening, HIV testing, drug abuse monitoring, and related public health surveillance. Recent solicitations show state and local governments buying HIV/syphilis testing reagents and kits, drug testing supplies compatible with existing analyzers, rapid HIV antibody tests, and NG/CT (gonorrhea/chlamydia) test kits and collection devices for statewide sexual-transmitted infection programs. The issuing bodies span state health departments (Illinois Department of Public Health, Florida Department of Health), county criminal justice and health services agencies (Collin County Community Supervision and Corrections Department, Collin County Health Care Services, Gwinnett County Georgia), and municipal public health programs (City of Austin). Illinois Department of Public Health and Collin County appear multiple times in recent activity. The scope of work includes not only test kits themselves but also reagents, controls, calibrators, collection devices, consumables, and in some cases bundled maintenance services for analyzer systems.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Illinois, Florida, and Georgia. Representative opportunities include the Illinois Department of Public Health's change order for Hologic NG/NT testing kits and collection devices (IFB, response due October 13, 2026) expanding annual testing volume from 15,000 to 25,000 tests and kit quantities to 30,000 units, increasing contract cost by $375,000 to a revised total of $900,000 over five years; Collin County Community Supervision and Corrections Department's RFP for offender specimen collection and drug testing services (RFP 2026-327, response due July 23, 2026, estimated value $600,000 over two years with three optional one-year renewals) covering screening and confirmation testing at approximately 25,031 tests annually; and the City of Austin's IFB for rapid HIV Type 1 and Type 2 test kits including Abbott Determine test kits and controls (IFB 9100 AAM1023REBID, response due September 3, 2026) at estimated annual volumes of 375 test kits and 79 control kits. Illinois also conducted emergency sole-source procurements with Abbott Laboratories for HIV and syphilis reagents, kits, and maintenance services totaling $38,079.50 (May 2026).