UNSPSC 41122100: Tissue culture and high throughput screening supplies

UNSPSC 41122100 Tissue culture and high throughput screening supplies, a Class code, covers laboratory reagents, consumables, and specialized equipment that state and local governments procure for environmental monitoring, public health surveillance, and materials testing. Recent solicitations show purchasing of diagnostic reagents and consumables for water quality analysis, wastewater surveillance, lead testing, genomic sequencing, and laboratory sample analysis. State departments dominate the issuing-body mix, particularly Colorado's Department of Public Health and Environment and Texas agencies including the Health and Human Services Commission, General Land Office, and Department of Transportation. City and county governments also solicit under this code—the City of Arlington, Texas recently sought laboratory supplies for water treatment operations. Scope spans high-throughput screening platforms (such as digital polymerase chain reaction and metagenomics instruments), proprietary reagent kits, synthetic viral controls, capture particles, and consumable items including columns, septa, and protective equipment for analytical chemistry and microbiology workflows.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas and Colorado. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission posted an IFB (HHS0018026) due October 9, 2026 for standards, consumables, and instrument parts—columns, septa, liners, detector components, and ion source assemblies—with historical annual value between $50,000 and $75,000. The City of Arlington issued an annual requirements contract (270018) due September 17, 2026 for laboratory supplies and chemicals supporting municipal water treatment and laboratory services. Colorado's Department of Public Health and Environment issued multiple sole-source procurements in May 2026 for specialized reagents: Qiagen wastewater surveillance reagents and instruments ($3.14 million estimated value), Standard BioTools high-throughput genomics systems and reagents ($2.3 million equipment and service, plus $1 million in reagents), Ceres Nanosciences microbiome capture particles ($3.5 million), and Twist Bioscience synthetic viral assay controls and panels ($2.3 million). The Texas General Land Office's Beach Watch Program (IFB 7643LP) required water sample collection and laboratory analysis using EPA-approved methods. Sole-source procurements and equipment-focused competitive bids constitute the primary activity; most opportunities feature firm fixed pricing, with contract terms ranging from one to five years.