UNSPSC 41141502: Ammonia standards

In this classification, this entry connotes a standardized formulation of Ammonia used to conduct Anion tests.

UNSPSC 41141502 Ammonia standards is a Commodity code that state and local procurement offices tag for a range of laboratory reagents, reference materials, and diagnostic equipment used in forensic drug analysis, toxicology, and disease screening. The recent opportunities show little activity centered on ammonia standards per se; instead, jurisdictions are using this code to procure immunoassay reagent kits for substance testing, certified drug reference materials for forensic validation, DNA screening kits for laboratory analysis, and mass spectrometry equipment for chemical identification. The issuing bodies include state forensic laboratories and health agencies—the Texas Department of Public Safety Crime Lab Division, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement working with Pinellas County, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission on behalf of the Department of State Health Services, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. These are primarily state-level procurement operations, though Florida's solicitation involves county partnership with state pass-through funding.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas and Florida. The Texas Department of Public Safety issued an IFB for immunalysis reagent kits (Direct ELISA testing kits for substance analysis) due July 23, 2026, under sole-source authority with a one-year contract term. Pinellas County, Florida, with FDLE as pass-through entity, issued an Invitation to Quote for certified drug reference standards (131 line items) due April 23, 2026, with Certified Small Business Enterprise preference and funding of approximately $49,034.00 for equipment and supplies from the Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Act Program. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission on behalf of DSHS solicited QIAxcel and QIAamp DNA screening kits via IFB with a response deadline of January 29, 2026 and historical fiscal-year 2025 procurement value between $25,050.00 and $30,000.00. The code shows modest but consistent use by state forensic and public health laboratories for laboratory consumables and diagnostics; the mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the actual work being procured suggests the code is a catch-all for laboratory reagents across multiple domains rather than ammonia standards specifically.