UNSPSC 41122503: Laboratory cork borers

UNSPSC 41122503 Laboratory cork borers is a Commodity code that maps to a narrow, specialized segment of laboratory consumables procurement—specifically cork borers and related sample-collection instruments used in water quality testing, environmental surveillance, and analytical chemistry operations. The recent opportunities show state and local buyers treating this code alongside broader laboratory consumables, reagents, and analytical instrument components. The actual work being solicited spans water quality analysis under the Safe Drinking Water Act, wastewater surveillance testing, and environmental microbiology sampling. Issuing bodies include state health and environmental departments (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment), state transportation agencies (Texas Department of Transportation), municipal utilities (City of Arlington, Texas), and special-purpose environmental programs (Texas General Land Office). These agencies treat cork borers and related sample-collection apparatus as line items within larger consumables and reagent contracts rather than as standalone procurements.

The code shows recent activity concentrated in Texas and Colorado. In Texas, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued IFB HHS0018026 for standards, consumables, and instrument parts for drinking water analysis, closing October 9, 2026, with estimated fiscal year 2026 spend of $50,000 to $75,000; the City of Arlington issued an annual requirements contract (solicitation 270018) for laboratory supplies and chemicals across its laboratory services and water treatment operations, closing September 17, 2026. In Colorado, the Department of Public Health and Environment issued multiple sole-source procurements for specialized laboratory reagents and instruments (Qiagen wastewater surveillance testing, Standard BioTools sequencing reagents, Ceres Nanosciences microbiome reagents, and Twist Bioscience synthetic viral controls), all posted in May 2026 with estimated values ranging from $2.3 million to $3.5 million over multi-year terms. A South Dakota opportunity (RFBIS27200163, posted September 10, 2026, closing September 25, 2026) for laboratory consumables, reagents, and chemicals appears on file but lacks substantive scope detail. One opportunity posting shows a timing error (Texas General Land Office IFB 7643-LP lists a due date of April 10, 2026, earlier than the June 1, 2026 posting date; addendum No. 1 was issued March 24, 2026). The code sees modest recent volume; cork borers specifically appear subsumed within broader consumables contracts rather than as standalone line items.