UNSPSC 41181880: Thistle allergenic extracts

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

UNSPSC 41181880 Thistle allergenic extracts is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local opportunities posted under this designation are unrelated to allergenic extracts. Instead, the code is being used to tag solicitations for HIV and syphilis testing kits, rapid HIV test kits, drug testing supplies, laboratory testing services, and specimen collection services—a fundamental mismatch between the code's nominal scope and what state and local governments are actually buying under it. The opportunities show that health departments, counties, and state laboratories are procuring diagnostic testing supplies, reagents, controls, and related consumables for infectious disease screening and criminal justice drug testing. Issuing bodies include state health departments (Illinois Department of Public Health), county health and criminal justice agencies (Collin County, Gwinnett County), municipal public health programs (City of Austin), and state corrections agencies (Texas Department of Criminal Justice). The mix reflects both routine public health surveillance and offender supervision and drug-testing operations.

Recent activity is concentrated in Texas and Illinois. The Illinois Department of Public Health has issued multiple emergency procurements for Abbott HIV and syphilis reagents and related supplies (May 2026 and May 2026 emergency notices; August 2026 change order for NG/NT testing kits from Hologic). The City of Austin issued two successive IFBs for Abbott Determine HIV test kits and controls (IFB 9100 AAM1023 due July 17, 2026 and rebid IFB 9100 AAM1023REBID due September 3, 2026), with estimated annual volumes of 375 test kits and 79 control kits. Collin County, Texas, posted an RFP for offender specimen collection and drug testing services (RFP 2026-327, due July 23, 2026, estimated value $600,000) encompassing approximately 25,031 annual tests across multiple panel configurations with SAMHSA and Texas DPS lab certification required, and a separate IFB for medical laboratory services (IFB 2025-166, estimated annual value $70,000). Gwinnett County, Georgia, requested proposals for drug testing supplies compatible with a drugs of abuse analyzer (due October 14, 2026). The Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued a broad laboratory testing services solicitation (696-IG-26-P034, due May 13, 2026) across nine service classifications, though specific volumes and scope detail were not provided. The code shows no relevant activity—the mismatch suggests either categorization error in the source data or administrative use of an allergenic-extract code for unrelated diagnostics procurement.