UNSPSC 41171603: Automated colony counter

In this classification, a Automated colony counter connotes a device used for the automated counting colonies of bacteria growing in a culture US FDA regulates Automated colony counter under 21 CFR 866.2170 and under FDA product code KZB.

UNSPSC 41171603 Automated colony counter is a Commodity code whose nominal scope — laboratory instrumentation for microbial enumeration — does not align with the recent state and local solicitation activity posted under it. The sole recent opportunity tagged to this code is Pinellas County School District's ITB #26-CD-039 for Indoor Air Quality Services, which solicits investigation, mitigation, asbestos and mold testing, laboratory analysis, and reporting work — a facilities and environmental health service, not the purchase or rental of automated colony-counting equipment. The service scope covers air sampling, same-day to five-day turnaround analysis, and laboratory reporting, none of which require or reference automated colony counters as a procurement line item. No recent state and local opportunities show purchases of automated colony-counter equipment itself under this code.

The Pinellas County School District ITB, posted October 9, 2026, with response due November 6, 2026, is the only recent solicitation on record. Mandatory pre-bid attendance is required October 28, 2026, at the Walter Pownall Service Center in Largo, Florida. The contract is valued at approximately $100,000, with a term from December 16, 2026, through December 15, 2027, and mutual renewal options available. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the actual service being solicited suggests either a classification error by the issuing body or that the automated colony counter code is not seeing active procurement demand in state and local markets at present.