UNSPSC 41141811: Galactose

In this classification, this entry connotes a substrate made of Galactose that is used in clinical chemistry testing.

UNSPSC 41141811 Galactose, a Commodity code, does not reflect the actual scope of state and local procurement activity found in recent solicitations. The code nominally describes a single chemical compound, but the posted opportunities show state health departments, universities, and municipal agencies procuring laboratory consumables, reagents, and diagnostic kits across a far broader chemical and biochemical spectrum — including respiratory pathogen detection kits, culture media, solid-phase extraction disks, gas chromatography columns, mycobacterial culture products, certified spiking solutions, and whole-genome-sequencing reagent bundles. The mismatch between the code's narrow naming and the actual procurement scope suggests either systematic miscoding in state UNSPSC assignment or that "Galactose" serves as a catch-all repository for specialized laboratory and diagnostic chemistry not precisely mapped elsewhere in the taxonomy. The issuing bodies are predominantly state health departments and related public health laboratories — Texas Health and Human Services Commission / Department of State Health Services, Mississippi State Department of Health, and California's centralized procurement — alongside academic health centers such as University of Texas Health Science Center and municipal procurement (City of Philadelphia). These entities are procuring under the code to support disease surveillance, drinking water compliance testing, foodborne illness outbreak detection, and routine diagnostic operations.

Recent activity clusters in Texas and Mississippi, with California and Pennsylvania represented less frequently. Representative opportunities include Texas HHSC's Invitation for Bids HHS0017272 (due May 19, 2026) for Illumina respiratory pathogen detection kits and library prep consumables to support wastewater surveillance; Texas HHSC's IFB HHS0017132 (due June 2, 2026) for R&F brand culture media for E. coli and Listeria testing; Mississippi State Department of Health's sole-source procurements for Clear Labs and Illumina whole-genome-sequencing reagent bundles (objection deadline May 14, 2026) supporting foodborne illness and SARS-CoV-2 analysis; and Texas HHSC's IFB HHS0017287 (due May 13, 2026) for Atlantic ReadyDisk HC-C18 solid-phase extraction disks for EPA drinking-water methods. The City of Philadelphia issued a micro-purchase RFQ (due May 30, 2026) for Clean Thru Extraction Columns with a contract ceiling of $43,000. Solicitations are structured as competitive IFBs with firm fixed-pricing requirements, questions-and-clarifications cycles, and initial terms through August 31, 2026, with optional one-year renewals. Historical spending guidance in Texas solicitations ranges from $25,050 to $393,667 depending on product line. No explicit HUB, SBE, or MBE set-asides are stated; however, Texas solicitations uniformly mandate extensive HHS Solicitation Affirmations covering debarment, E-Verify, human trafficking, cybersecurity, and state-specific policy compliance. The code shows active procurement but with persistent mismatch between its nominal scope and the chemical-reagent-and-diagnostic-consumables work actually being bought.