UNSPSC 41141714: Zinc sulfate intestinal cyst, egg, or parasite reagents

In this classification, this entry connotes a reagent made of Zinc sulfate intestinal cyst, egg, or parasite used in clinical chemistry testing.

UNSPSC 41141714 Zinc sulfate intestinal cyst, egg, or parasite reagents is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment between its nominal scope and actual recent state and local procurement activity. The source records nine recent opportunities tagged with this code, but only one—the Mississippi State Department of Health's sole-source notice for Colilert and Colisure reagents (posted August 3, 2026)—involves products reasonably related to the code's stated scope; that procurement covers EPA and FDA-approved reagents for total coliform and E. coli detection in drinking water and dairy water, with an estimated annual cost of $338,861.98. The remaining eight opportunities span drug testing supplies (Gwinnett County, Georgia), respiratory pathogen detection kits and culture media for foodborne illness testing (Texas Health and Human Services Commission on behalf of the Department of State Health Services), extraction columns (City of Philadelphia), biotech research and clinical diagnostics catalogs (University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio), and whole genome sequencing reagents for SARS-CoV-2 analysis (Mississippi State Department of Health)—none of which fall within the code's nominal parasitology or gastrointestinal-pathogen scope.

Issuing bodies across the opportunities include state health departments (Texas HHSC/DSHS, Mississippi MSDH), county governments (Gwinnett County), cities (Philadelphia), and academic health centers (UTHSA), with no repeat buyers under this specific code tier. Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Mississippi, Georgia, and Pennsylvania, with the Texas HHSC/DSHS generating five of nine opportunities. Representative recent solicitations include the Texas HHSC IFB HHS0017881 for lab supplies compatible with Biomerieux instruments (due August 26, 2026, estimated FY 2025 value $25,000–$50,000), the Mississippi MSDH sole-source procurement for Colilert and Colisure reagents with water-testing applications (objection deadline August 24, 2026, estimated cost $338,861.98), and the Texas HHSC IFB HHS0017132 for R&F brand culture media for E. coli O157:H7, Listeria, and Enterobacter detection (due June 2, 2026, estimated FY 2026 value $187,340.00). The code appears to function as a miscellaneous catch-all for laboratory reagents in state and local procurement systems rather than a targeted category for parasitology diagnostics.