UNSPSC 41122406: Laboratory knives

UNSPSC 41122406 Laboratory knives (Commodity) comprises cutting implements and blade tools purchased by state and local governments for medical, surgical, laboratory, and public health operations. The code's recent activity shows minimal alignment with its nominal scope — the only directly relevant solicitation involves tick pullers, which are specialized extraction and identification implements rather than traditional laboratory knives. State and local issuing bodies under this code include public health departments, county medical centers, municipal procurement offices, and cooperative purchasing vehicles serving multiple jurisdictions. Work being solicited includes surgical power instruments, law enforcement equipment (through cooperative purchasing frameworks), and public health identification and extraction tools, signaling that the code's practical application extends beyond laboratory blades to encompass a broader range of specialized cutting, extraction, and identification instruments used in clinical and field-service settings.

Recent activity spans California, Minnesota, Washington, and Pennsylvania. The City of Philadelphia issued a micro purchase (B2727868) for tick pullers plus identification cards, due September 2, 2026, with a contract ceiling of $41,000 and a 365-day term, requiring lowest-responsible-bidder selection and complete line-item quotation. San Mateo County, through San Mateo Medical Center, solicited Surgical Power equipment via RFP 666002526249 with a five-year contract term and a May 28, 2026 proposal deadline, applying a local business preference of five percent additional evaluation points and requiring $1,000,000 general and professional liability coverage. Sourcewell, a Minnesota local government cooperative, issued RFP 061626 on behalf of participating entities across Washington, Minnesota, and other jurisdictions for law enforcement equipment with a June 16, 2026 deadline, establishing a multi-jurisdiction contracting framework available to governmental agencies, school districts, and nonprofits nationally. The mismatch between the code name and the opportunities suggests either classification drift in issuing-body tagging systems or that the code is underutilized relative to the breadth of cutting and extraction instruments actually purchased by state and local health and safety operations.