UNSPSC 41181878: Sumac allergenic extracts

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

UNSPSC 41181878 Sumac allergenic extracts (Commodity) shows a significant mismatch between its nominal scope and recent state and local procurement activity. The code's stated commodity name refers to allergenic extracts for clinical or research use, but state and local governments are not soliciting sumac extracts under this designation. Instead, the recent opportunities tagged to this code involve HIV and Syphilis diagnostic testing services, reagents, and laboratory supplies; offender drug testing; and unrelated forensic analysis and pool maintenance services. The two opportunities with direct relevance to diagnostic testing—the Illinois Department of Public Health's emergency procurements for Abbott HIV/Syphilis reagents (two separate awards to Abbott Laboratories Inc., totaling $38,079.50 combined across a three-month and ongoing term) and the IDPH Division of Laboratories' IFB for HIV, Syphilis, and Hepatitis screening assays and instrumentation in Jackson County—represent critical public health laboratory operations, not allergenic extract procurement. The Collin County Community Supervision and Corrections Department's RFP for offender specimen collection and drug testing services (estimated $600,000 over two years with three optional one-year renewals, proposals due July 23, 2026) and the City of Austin's IFB for rapid HIV test kits (due July 17, 2026) add diagnostic testing volume, but neither addresses sumac extracts. A small number of opportunities in the dataset are entirely unrelated to the code: pool maintenance and repair services at Collier County, forensic stain analysis at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, and clinical laboratory services at the University of Houston.

The code displays minimal relevant recent activity for the stated commodity. Illinois jurisdictions dominate the diagnostic testing opportunities (IDPH conducting two separate Abbott reagent procurements and an IFB for combination screening instrumentation in Jackson County), Texas localities account for the drug testing and forensic analysis work, and Florida and a single university represent the unrelated procurement volume. No pattern of repeat buyers, geographic concentration, or active market for sumac allergenic extracts emerges from these records. The classification appears to be a data-entry or taxonomy-mapping error; prospective vendors in allergenic extracts or diagnostic laboratory services should verify the actual commodity coding before pursuing opportunities listed under this designation.