UNSPSC 41121706: Culture tubes

UNSPSC 41121706 Culture tubes (Commodity) covers laboratory consumables and reagents that state and local health, environmental, and transportation agencies procure for water quality monitoring, disease surveillance, and materials testing. Recent opportunities show state and local buyers acquiring culture tubes and related consumables—including chromatography columns, septa, protective equipment, and detection components—as part of broader laboratory supply contracts supporting drinking water compliance testing, wastewater surveillance, and environmental analysis. The issuing bodies span state health and environmental departments (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Department of State Health Services, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment), cities (Arlington, Texas), state transportation agencies (Texas Department of Transportation), and special-purpose state agencies (Texas General Land Office, Mississippi state government). Culture tubes and allied consumables appear as line items within larger multi-category procurements rather than standalone purchases, often bundled with reagents, instruments, and related laboratory apparatus.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas and Colorado. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued IFB HHS0018026 on September 24, 2026, with bids due October 9, 2026, for 19 line items of standards, consumables, and instrument parts—including chromatography columns, septa, and protective gloves—for drinking water analysis, with a fiscal year 2026 historical value of $50,000 to $75,000. The City of Arlington solicited an annual requirements contract (due September 17, 2026) for laboratory supplies and chemicals across its laboratory services and water treatment operations. Colorado's Department of Public Health and Environment conducted multiple sole-source procurements in May 2026 for specialized reagents and service agreements supporting wastewater surveillance and genomic sequencing; while those records do not isolate culture tubes, they illustrate the context in which consumables contracts operate in state laboratory operations. South Dakota posted a laboratory consumables and chemicals RFB (RFBIS27200163, due September 25, 2026), though substantive scope details were not available. Culture tubes and consumables appear primarily in multi-item competitive procurements open to all qualified vendors, with occasional sole-source reagent agreements for proprietary laboratory systems.