UNSPSC 42183510: Anomaloscopes

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as an instrument that are used for testing human color vision and have an optical facility for producing a red, a green and a yellow spectral color, and a facility for mixing the green and red spectral colors in a medical setting. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 900630.

UNSPSC 42183510 Anomaloscopes is a Commodity code with minimal recent state and local procurement activity. The single directly relevant solicitation shows that state and local governments use this code for laboratory analytical instruments—specifically, spectrophotometers used in environmental testing and water quality monitoring at utility facilities. The City of Tampa's June 2026 RFQ for a Heck DR4900 Spectrophotometer at its McKay Bay Waste to Energy facility exemplifies the scope: direct replacement of aging analytical equipment with firm-fixed pricing, FOB Destination delivery, and standard municipal compliance requirements including proof of insurance, E-Verify employment eligibility verification, Florida Public Records Law compliance, and indemnification obligations. Issuing bodies are predominantly single municipalities or utility departments rather than school districts or regional authorities.

The code shows activity concentrated in Florida, with the Tampa Solid Waste & Environmental Program Management sourcing the known recent opportunity. Two other opportunities tagged to this UNSPSC code in the source—Sourcewell's Law Enforcement Equipment RFP and Klein ISD's Career Technical Education RFP—are plainly unrelated to anomaloscopes or spectrophotometers and do not represent genuine market activity under the code's nominal scope. Absent additional recent solicitations, anomaloscopes represent a low-volume procurement category driven by equipment replacement cycles at specific government facilities. The Tampa RFQ closed June 12, 2026, with Jack Walker (jack.walker@tampagov.net) as the primary contact for municipal sources.