UNSPSC 41122114: In situ culture harvester

Automated or robotic in situ sample surface harvester of cell cultures, providing standardization and uniformity of sampling

UNSPSC 41122114 In situ culture harvester (Commodity) covers field sampling and laboratory analysis services for environmental and public health surveillance, with state and local governments using this code to procure water quality monitoring, wastewater surveillance testing, and microbial analysis operations. Recent state-local solicitations show procurement of reagents, equipment, and consumables supporting genomic surveillance programs, newborn screening, and regulatory compliance testing rather than harvesting equipment per se; the code's scope in practice encompasses the full analytical workflow from sample collection through testing and data management. Issuing bodies include state departments of public health and environment (Colorado, Texas), municipal utilities (City of Palm Bay, Florida), and state transportation agencies (Texas Department of Transportation). Colorado's Department of Public Health and Environment appears repeatedly across multiple genomic surveillance and wastewater testing procurements. The work being solicited reflects specialized laboratory infrastructure: Colorado CDPHE has procured Qiagen digital PCR instruments and reagents, Standard BioTools high-throughput genomics systems for metagenomics testing, Ceres Nanoscience microbiome capture particles, Twist Bioscience synthetic viral controls, and Integrated DNA Technologies reagents across five separate sole-source contracts totaling over $10 million. The Texas General Land Office issued an IFB for water sample collection and analysis under the Texas Beach Watch Program across Brazoria, Matagorda, and Harris counties, requiring EPA-approved methods for Enterococcus detection and microbial source tracking at cost-per-sample pricing.

Geographic activity concentrates in Colorado and Texas, with additional procurement in California (Agilent vacuum manifolds and trap assemblies) and Florida (City of Palm Bay's laboratory testing services for three wastewater and two water treatment facilities). Colorado shows the highest concentration, with the state lab system pursuing multi-million-dollar reagent and equipment renewal contracts through sole-source procurements running through 2028–2031. The Texas Beach Watch Program RFB (IFB 7643LP) closed April 10, 2026, and required NELAP accreditation and OSHA compliance with 1,421 annual samples across 43 sampling events; the City of Palm Bay's laboratory testing services ITB (19-ITB-26) closed March 17, 2026, encompassing 188 line items across water, wastewater, groundwater, and pretreatment programs with incumbent Advanced Environmental Laboratories and three competing bids ranging from $80,872 to $107,946. Colorado's sole-source reagent and equipment contracts posted in April and May 2026 with rapid turnaround (April 9–14, April 13–16, May 19–22, May 22–28) indicate renewal cycles tied to existing validated workflows and infrastructure lock-in that effectively restrict competition to specialized vendors (Qiagen, Standard BioTools, IDT, Twist Bioscience, Ceres Nanoscience). California's forensic and trace evidence laboratory procurements (RFB 26200641, 26200738, 26200748, 26200750) posted March–April 2026 with CBE set-aside consideration; Santa Clara County posted an RFI for LIMS replacement April 7–22, 2026, signaling future lab modernization activity.