UNSPSC 41122102: Multiwell plates

UNSPSC 41122102 Multiwell plates is a Commodity code that spans laboratory sample collection vessels and preparation consumables used in diagnostic, surveillance, and forensic testing workflows. State and local governments procure multiwell plates primarily as consumable components within broader laboratory testing and reagent supply contracts, not as standalone inventory items. Recent activity shows the code overlapping with water quality monitoring, genomic surveillance, and forensic evidence processing, where multiwell plates serve as sample holders in membrane filtration, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and nucleic acid analysis workflows. The issuing bodies are predominantly state public health and environmental laboratories, municipal water utilities, and state transportation agencies. Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment appears as a repeat buyer across genomic surveillance and newborn screening programs; the Texas General Land Office, Texas Department of Transportation, City of Palm Bay (Florida), and the State of California also appear as recent solicitors, though California's recent postings emphasize equipment and reagent procurement rather than consumable vessels explicitly.

Recent activity clusters in Colorado, Texas, Florida, and California. Representative solicitations include the Texas General Land Office IFB 7643-LP (June 2026) for beach water sample collection and laboratory analysis under the Texas Beach Watch Program, which required EPA-approved membrane filtration and quantitative PCR analysis methods compatible with multiwell plate workflows; the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment sole-source procurements (April–May 2026) for Qiagen dPCR instruments, Twist Bioscience synthetic viral controls, Integrated DNA Technologies reagents, and Ceres Nanosciences microbiome particles, all of which integrate multiwell plate-based assays into wastewater and genomic surveillance pipelines; and the City of Palm Bay ITB 19-ITB-26 (April 2026) for laboratory testing services across water and wastewater treatment facilities, where unit pricing reflected analytical methods routinely performed in multiwell formats. The State of California RFB 26200738-1 (March 2026) for semi-automated microplate sealing equipment signals concurrent procurement of both equipment and consumables. Recent opportunities are concentrated in public health surveillance and regulatory compliance testing rather than research or clinical diagnostics, reflecting state and local focus on water quality, pathogen monitoring, and disease surveillance in response to environmental and epidemiological needs.