UNSPSC 41116303: Flammability tester

Flammability indicates the degree of resistance to the flame for certain material. It is stringently regulated for clothes, interior materials, construction materials and others, and there are several types of tester in accordance with the product use and test method.

UNSPSC 41116303 Flammability tester (Commodity) encompasses diagnostic and screening testing equipment and services that state and local governments procure for public health, criminal justice, and medical laboratory operations. Recent state and local solicitations reveal that this code captures HIV and Syphilis testing kits, reagents, and related diagnostic instrumentation—not traditional flammability testing equipment. The scope includes rapid diagnostic test kits (such as Abbott Determine HIV 1/2 Ag/Ab Combo test kits), automated screening assays with simultaneous multi-pathogen detection, reagent supplies and calibrators, control kits, consumables for laboratory analyzers, maintenance and repair services, specimen collection and processing services, and expert witness testimony for forensic laboratory analysis. Issuing bodies include state health departments (Illinois Department of Public Health), county corrections and supervision agencies (Collin County Community Supervision and Corrections Department), municipal health departments (City of Austin Public Health), state criminal justice agencies (Texas Department of Criminal Justice), and institutions of higher education (University of Houston). State health laboratories and criminal justice forensic operations represent the most active buyers under this code.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Illinois, and Florida, with recent solicitations posted by the Collin County Community Supervision and Corrections Department (Plano and McKinney, Texas), City of Austin, Illinois Department of Public Health (Carbondale laboratory), Texas Department of Criminal Justice, and Collier County (Florida). Representative recent opportunities include Collin County Community Supervision and Corrections Department RFP 2026-327 for offender specimen collection and drug testing services with responses due July 23, 2026 and an estimated contract value of $600,000 for approximately 25,031 annual tests across two sites; City of Austin IFB 9100AAM1023 for rapid HIV test kits posted June 15, 2026 with bids due July 17, 2026; Illinois Department of Public Health IFB for Hepatitis/HIV/Syphilis fourth-generation assay screening and instrumentation services with bids due March 16, 2026, covering an estimated 41,500 annual tests across four pathogenic targets; and Texas Department of Criminal Justice RFP 696-IG-26-P034 for forensic analysis services including urine and feces stain examination with expert witness testimony, proposals due May 13, 2026. The code shows active procurement demand across public health disease surveillance, criminal offender drug testing, and forensic laboratory operations, with contract values ranging from under $40,000 for reagent supplies to $600,000 for multi-site specimen collection and testing services.