UNSPSC 41121813: Cuvettes

UNSPSC 41121813 Cuvettes is a Commodity code that in practice captures laboratory consumables and supplies procured as line items within broader municipal testing service contracts. The City of Palm Bay, Florida's ITB 19-ITB-26 for Laboratory Testing Services illustrates the actual purchasing pattern: while the solicitation's primary deliverable is analytical testing for water, wastewater, and groundwater compliance, the 188 line-item bid table includes pricing for individual laboratory consumables and supplies that contractors must furnish to perform the work. Cuvettes and related laboratory glassware appear as embedded cost components within unit-price bids for specific analyses rather than as standalone procurements. State and local governments acquire cuvettes almost exclusively through contracts with certified environmental testing laboratories that bundle consumables into comprehensive service pricing, not through direct commodity purchases of the glassware itself. The issuing bodies soliciting under this code are municipal and county water and wastewater utilities managing regulatory compliance programs.

The City of Palm Bay's ITB 19-ITB-26, posted April 13, 2026, with a bid deadline of March 17, 2026, represents the recent activity in this space. Three laboratories bid on the contract—Advanced Environmental Laboratories, Inc. ($80,872.00 total), Flowers Chemical Laboratories, Inc. ($91,775.40), and Pace Analytical Services, LLC ($107,946.10)—with unit prices for individual analyses ranging from $0 for field measurements to $425 for specialized testing such as Cryptosporidium and Giardia analysis. The City of Palm Bay historical spend of $66,360 in 2024 and $95,440 in 2025 establishes the scale of annual laboratory-service procurement. Geographic activity centers on Florida municipalities with substantial water and wastewater infrastructure; the source provides no evidence of recent opportunities in other states. The UNSPSC code has limited direct procurement relevance for vendors selling cuvettes as standalone products; the actionable market is bundled into certified laboratory service contracts where consumables are cost-absorbed by the service provider.