UNSPSC 41202101: General purpose reagent

In this classification General purpose reagents are a chemical reagent that has general laboratory application, that is used to collect, prepare, and examine specimens from the human body for diagnostic purposes, and that is not labeled or otherwise intended for a specific diagnostic application. US FDA regulates General purpose reagents under 21 CFR 864.4010 and under FDA product code HZI.

UNSPSC 41202101 General purpose reagent, a Commodity code, covers diagnostic and testing reagents and kits procured by state and local health departments, public health agencies, criminal justice systems, and healthcare providers. State and local governments buy rapid HIV and Syphilis test kits, Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis (NG/CT) testing kits with collection supplies, drugs-of-abuse screening reagents compatible with immunoassay and confirmation systems, and laboratory consumables including calibrators, controls, and analyzer-specific reagent cartridges. The Illinois Department of Public Health and City of Austin emerge as repeat buyers. Issuing bodies span state health departments (Illinois), municipal public health programs (Austin), county health services and criminal justice supervision departments (Collin County, Gwinnett County), and state criminal justice agencies (Texas Department of Criminal Justice). Recent solicitations emphasize high-volume, mission-critical testing — sexually transmitted infection screening at state public health laboratories, rapid HIV testing for public health programs, offender drug testing for community supervision, and routine diagnostic laboratory panels for county health services. Contracts typically include unit pricing per test, strict compliance with CLIA, SAMHSA, or state laboratory certification, and mandatory electronic result reporting.

Recent activity spans Texas, Georgia, and Illinois. Illinois Department of Public Health has issued both change orders and emergency sole-source procurements for Abbott reagents (HIV/Syphilis kits and NG/CT kits through the Hologic Panther platform) with contract values reaching $900,000 and $38,079.50 respectively; an August 2026 change order increased NG/CT testing volume from 15,000 to 25,000 tests annually and kit volume from 15,000 to 30,000 units, raising the total five-year contract cost to $900,000. The City of Austin has issued two HIV test kit solicitations (IFBs 9100 AAM1023 in June 2026 and a rebid in August 2026) for Abbott Determine kits at approximately 375 test kits and 79 control kits annually, with responses due July 17 and September 3, 2026 respectively. Collin County Community Supervision and Corrections Department solicited offender specimen collection and drug testing services through RFP 2026-327 (due July 23, 2026, with an estimated contract value of $600,000 for approximately 25,031 tests annually across five-panel and six-panel immunoassay screens and LC/MS/MS or GC/MS confirmation). Collin County Health Care Services issued an IFB for laboratory diagnostic services (IFB 2025-166, due October 2, 2025) covering over 200 test types with an estimated annual value of $70,000. Gwinnett County, Georgia posted RFP PE77023NONST2027000000764 for drug testing supplies compatible with a drugs-of-abuse analyzer (due October 14, 2026), though minimal scope detail was available.