UNSPSC 41141828: Pyruvate

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

UNSPSC 41141828 Pyruvate, a Commodity code, does not reflect the work actually being procured under this classification in recent state and local solicitations. The recent opportunities tagged to this code are laboratory reagents, consumables, and supplies used in public health and clinical testing — culture media for food and water pathogen detection, whole genome sequencing kits, respiratory pathogen detection panels, solid phase extraction disks, gas chromatography standards, drug-testing supplies, and microbiology collection devices. None of these solicitations involve pyruvate, a specific chemical compound used in biochemical assays and metabolic research. The mismatch suggests either a tagging error in the source data or a drift in how this code is being applied by issuing bodies. The actual scope under recent procurement is broad-spectrum laboratory supplies and reagents for infectious disease surveillance, food safety, wastewater monitoring, and clinical diagnostics — work that falls more naturally under laboratory reagent and testing consumables classifications.

State and local health departments and university research centers dominate recent activity. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), procuring on behalf of the Department of State Health Services (DSHS), has issued multiple IFBs since late May 2026 for culture media, SPE disks, gas chromatography standards, and respiratory surveillance kits; the Mississippi State Department of Health has posted sole-source notices for Illumina and Clear Labs sequencing reagents; Gwinnett County, Georgia has solicited drug-testing supplies; and the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio issued an RFP for a comprehensive biotech catalog. Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Mississippi, Georgia, and Pennsylvania, with responses posted through June 2026. Representatives include the Texas HHSC IFB HHS0017287 for Atlantic ReadyDisk HC-C18 extraction disks (due May 13, 2026), the Mississippi State Department of Health sole-source for Illumina WGS reagents totaling $393,667.98 (objection deadline May 14, 2026), and the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio RFP 745-26-P19 for a multi-category biotech and diagnostics catalog (due June 4, 2026). Code activity is substantial but misaligned with the nominal commodity definition; business development professionals evaluating this code should verify whether their offerings fit actual procurement behavior rather than the abstract code name.