UNSPSC 41141815: Iron substrate

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

UNSPSC 41141815 Iron substrate is a Commodity code that does not reflect the actual work being solicited under recent state and local opportunities bearing this designation. The recent opportunities tagged with this code involve laboratory consumables, reagents, test kits, and analytical instruments—including drug testing supplies for abuse analyzers, food and water testing lab supplies compatible with Biomerieux instruments, whole genome sequencing reagent bundles, culture media for E. coli and Listeria detection, extraction columns, solid-phase extraction disks, gas chromatography standards, and biotech research catalogs. None of these procurements involve iron substrate or iron-based materials in any form. The code appears to be a data-entry or tagging mismatch rather than a valid descriptor of the commodities and services actually being purchased.

State and local issuing bodies posting opportunities under this code include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (posting multiple IFBs for laboratory consumables on behalf of the Department of State Health Services), the Mississippi State Department of Health (sole-source procurements for sequencing reagents), Gwinnett County, Georgia (drug testing supplies RFP), the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (biotech research catalog RFP), and the City of Philadelphia (extraction columns micro-purchase). Recent activity is concentrated in Texas and Mississippi, with secondary activity in Georgia and Pennsylvania. Representative opportunities include Texas HHSC's IFB HHS0017881 for lab supplies for food, water, dairy, and shellfish testing (responses due August 26, 2026, historical value $25,000–$50,000), Mississippi MSDH's sole-source notice for Illumina sequencing kits and reagents (objections due May 14, 2026, estimated cost $393,667.98), and Gwinnett County's RFP for drug testing supplies compatible with drugs of abuse analyzers (due October 14, 2026). Given the categorical mismatch, this code warrants investigation with the issuing bodies to confirm whether a different UNSPSC classification would better capture laboratory reagents and analytical consumables procurement activity.