UNSPSC 41121606: Gel loading pipette tips

UNSPSC 41121606 Gel loading pipette tips is a Commodity code that covers disposable pipette tips designed for use with gel electrophoresis and laboratory gel-loading equipment. State and local procurement activity under this code shows a material mismatch between the nominal product scope and what is actually being solicited. The three recent opportunities posted between April 7 and April 14, 2026, do not target gel loading pipette tips specifically; instead, they reflect broader laboratory supply, testing services, and information systems procurements that may incidentally include pipette tips as line items within larger forensic, environmental, or public health lab portfolios.

The Albuquerque Police Department's Scientific Evidence Division (RFB 2026-762-POL-DV, due May 12, 2026) is the clearest match, soliciting 124 line items of forensic and laboratory supplies for crime lab operations, which could encompass gel loading tips among consumables. The City of Palm Bay, Florida (19-ITB-26, closed March 17, 2026) procured laboratory testing services for water, wastewater, and industrial pretreatment programs—a services contract rather than consumables supply. The County of Santa Clara (RFITSSFY260686, due April 22, 2026) issued a Request for Information for a lab information management system replacement, which is software procurement unrelated to consumable pipette tips. Geographic activity appears limited to New Mexico, Florida, and California based on these three records. Buyers under this code tend to be municipal police departments and city environmental/public health agencies rather than distributed school districts or county facilities departments. The code shows sparse recent activity; most solicitations tagged to it are higher-level lab supply bundles or services rather than targeted purchases of gel loading pipette tips as a discrete commodity.