UNSPSC 41181704: Bass allergenic extracts

In this classification, this entry connotes an extract made of Bass used in an Immunological Allergenic test.

UNSPSC 41181704 Bass allergenic extracts (Commodity) does not align with state and local government procurement activity reflected in recent solicitation records. The code's nominal scope—bass allergenic extracts used in immunotherapy or diagnostic testing—bears no relationship to the actual work being solicited under this code identifier. Recent opportunities tagged under 41181704 instead cover offender drug and specimen testing, HIV and syphilis diagnostic reagents and screening assays, forensic laboratory analysis, pool maintenance services, and clinical chemistry laboratory services. The mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding in state and local procurement systems or that this commodity code is being used as a catch-all for laboratory and testing services broadly rather than for its intended allergenic-extract purpose.

Opportunities appear across multiple jurisdictions and issuing body types, including county criminal-justice departments (Collin County Community Supervision and Corrections), state health departments (Illinois Department of Public Health, Texas Department of Criminal Justice), municipal health programs (City of Austin), and higher-education institutions (University of Houston). Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Illinois, and Florida. Representative recent opportunities include Collin County's RFP for offender specimen collection and drug testing services (RFP 2026-327, due July 23, 2026, $600,000 estimated annual value), the City of Austin's IFB for HIV test kits (IFB 9100AAM1023, due July 17, 2026), the Illinois Department of Public Health's emergency procurement for Abbott HIV and Syphilis reagents (due August 18, 2026, $38,079.50), and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's RFP for forensic analysis services (696-IG-26-P034, due May 13, 2026). Given the code's documented misuse, pursuit decisions should be based on actual service lines—laboratory reagents, diagnostic testing, forensic analysis—rather than the bass allergenic-extract definition.