UNSPSC 41171608: Microbiological assay culture medium

In this classification, a Microbiological assay culture medium connotes a device that consists primarily of liquid or solid biological materials intended for medical purposes to cultivate selected test microorganisms in order to measure by microbiological procedures the concentration in a patient's serum of certain substances, such as amino acids, antimicrobial agents, and vitamins US FDA regulates Microbiological assay culture medium under 21 CFR 866.2350 and under FDA product code JSA.

UNSPSC 41171608 Microbiological assay culture medium is a Commodity code that, based on recent state and local activity, does not map cleanly to the literal procurement category. The single recent opportunity tagged to this code—Pinellas County School District's ITB #26-CD-039 for Indoor Air Quality Services—solicits environmental testing and mitigation work including asbestos surveys, mold assessment, air sampling, laboratory analysis, and reporting. The scope explicitly requires an in-house laboratory staffed with microbiologists and environmental analysts capable of providing same-day through five-day turnaround on air quality results, but the primary deliverables are investigation, mitigation, and consulting services rather than culture medium products. The contractor must hold Florida asbestos, mold assessor, and environmental laboratory certifications, and all work must be performed by the contractor's own employees with no subcontracting permitted.

The recent opportunity is limited to a single school district in Florida. Pinellas County School District issued the ITB with a response deadline of November 6, 2026, and a mandatory pre-bid meeting on October 28, 2026, at the Walter Pownall Service Center in Largo, Florida. The estimated contract value is approximately $100,000 for a term running December 16, 2026, through December 15, 2027, with mutual renewal and unilateral extension options. The mismatch between the Commodity code's stated scope—microbiological culture media—and the actual solicitation scope suggests either a tagging error in the procurement system or incidental procurement of culture media as a supply input to the broader environmental testing contract. No additional recent opportunities under this code are present in the source.