UNSPSC 41141834: Urea/blood urea nitrogen

In this classification, this entry connotes a substrate made of Urea/blood urea nitrogen that is used in clinical chemistry testing.

UNSPSC 41141834 Urea/blood urea nitrogen is a Commodity code that in recent state and local procurement activity describes laboratory consumables, reagents, and diagnostic kits used in public health testing and surveillance—particularly respiratory pathogen detection, whole genome sequencing, and drinking water quality analysis. The issuing bodies are predominantly state health departments and public health laboratories, with one municipal purchase (City of Philadelphia) and one academic health system (University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio). Texas Health and Human Services Commission Procurement and Contracting Services, procuring on behalf of the Department of State Health Services, is the dominant repeat buyer, appearing in five of the nine opportunities posted since mid-February 2026. The work solicited includes next-generation sequencing consumables (Illumina and Clear Labs kits), solid phase extraction disks for EPA drinking-water testing, culture media for foodborne and shellfish pathogen detection, gas chromatography columns and chemical standards for organic chemistry analysis, and branded reagent bundles for microbial surveillance and variant detection. The geographic spread centers on Texas (six opportunities), with activity also in Mississippi (two state health department sole-source procurements for sequencing reagents), California (two procurements for mycobacterial and forensic diagnostic reagents), and Pennsylvania (one Philadelphia municipal purchase).

Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission issuing IFB HHS0017272 on May 4, 2026, for consumable respiratory pathogen detection kits and Illumina viral surveillance panels with a May 19 response deadline and historical spending guidance of $35,050–$90,000; HHSC issuing IFB HHS0017132 on May 15, 2026, for R&F brand culture media for pathogenic organism detection with a June 2 response deadline and prior-year spending of $187,340; the Mississippi State Department of Health posting sole-source notices on April 28, 2026, for both Clear Labs kits and reagents ($226,072 estimated cost) and Illumina sequencing products ($393,667.98 estimated cost), each with objection deadlines of May 14; the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio conducting RFP 745-26-P19 for a comprehensive biotech research and clinical diagnostics catalog with a June 4, 2026, proposal deadline and approximately 8,768 line items ordered in the prior contract year; and the City of Philadelphia requesting quotes for Clean Thru Extraction Columns as a micro purchase with a May 30, 2026, deadline and a $43,000 contract value limit. Most opportunities specify firm, fixed pricing with separate freight line items, mandatory HHS or state affirmations and certifications, and contract terms running through August 31, 2026, or extended periods tied to state appropriations and fund availability.