UNSPSC 41202053: Rickettsia serological reagents

In this classification, Rickettsia serological reagents are devices used in test to identify specific Rickettsia antibodies in serum. US FDA regulates Rickettsia serological reagents under 21 CFR 866.3500 and under FDA product code GPS.

UNSPSC 41202053 Rickettsia serological reagents is a Commodity code that in practice encompasses a broader range of infectious-disease testing supplies and reagents than the code name suggests. State and local governments soliciting under this code are actually purchasing HIV, syphilis, and sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing kits, reagents, controls, and analyzer consumables—along with associated laboratory services, specimen collection support, and drug-testing supplies. The issuing bodies span state health departments, county health services and community supervision departments, and municipal public health programs. The Illinois Department of Public Health appears twice in the recent record, reflecting sustained procurement of HIV and syphilis reagents for the IDPH Carbondale Laboratory's Abbott ARCHITECT analyzer platform. Collin County, Texas solicits multiple times across health services and criminal-justice offender testing. The City of Austin and Gwinnett County, Georgia round out the recent activity. Scope varies from manufacturer-specific reagent and consumable supply (Abbott HIV and syphilis kits at IDPH; Abbott Determine HIV test kits at Austin) to broader laboratory services contracts that include specimen processing, result reporting, and turnaround-time guarantees (Collin County Health Care Services' 200-plus test types, estimated $70,000 annually). Drug-testing services tied to community supervision and criminal-justice missions represent a secondary stream, with Collin County Community Supervision soliciting offender drug-testing including specimen collection, screening, and confirmation analysis at roughly $600,000 estimated value annually.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas (Collin County, City of Austin, Gwinnett County, Georgia, and Illinois). The Illinois Department of Public Health issued an emergency sole-source procurement to Abbott Laboratories in May 2026 for HIV/syphilis reagents valued at $38,079.50 and a follow-on change order in September 2026 (IFB) to increase annual NG/CT (gonorrhea/chlamydia) testing from 15,000 to 25,000 tests and collection kits from 15,000 to 30,000 units, raising contract value by $375,000 to a revised total of $900,000 over five years. The City of Austin issued two HIV test kit IFBs in June and August 2026 (responding July 17 and September 3, respectively) for Abbott Determine kits at modest annual volume—375 test kits and 79 control kits estimated. Collin County Health Care Services' IFB 2025-166 closed October 2, 2025, seeking a certified medical laboratory provider for approximately 217 different laboratory tests annually with expected 10 percent year-over-year growth. Collin County Community Supervision's RFP 2026-327 for offender specimen collection and drug testing services (approximately 25,031 tests annually) closed July 23, 2026, with contract commencement September 1, 2026. Gwinnett County, Georgia issued a brief RFP in September 2026 for drug-testing supplies compatible with an existing analyzer, response due October 14, 2026, with minimal scope detail disclosed.