UNSPSC 42261903: Postmortem blood detection kits or supplies

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product that is a prepackaged collection (either custom or standard) of the equipment and supplies used to perform a postmortem blood detection procedure in a medical setting. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901811.

UNSPSC 42261903 Postmortem blood detection kits or supplies, a Commodity code, encompasses forensic and evidence-collection materials that state and local law enforcement and higher education institutions procure for crime scene investigation, DNA collection, and implied consent blood draws. State and local buyers under this code include county sheriff's offices, city police departments, and university public safety operations, with occasional cooperative purchasing vehicles managed by service cooperatives channeling purchases to broader networks of participating entities. The scope of work spans DNA and evidence collection items (sterile cotton swabs, DNA swab boxes, GSR collection kits), blood draw kits for implied consent procedures, sharps containers and evidence tubes, fingerprint collection supplies, labels and identification materials, and evidence bags and containers, procured on as-needed bases or through standing contracts with multiple-vendor pools.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas and Wisconsin. Harris County, Texas issued an ITB for Crime Scene Supplies and Related Items for the Harris County Sheriff's Office in May 2026, seeking a one-year contract beginning approximately June 1, 2026, with bids due June 8, 2026, establishing a multiple-vendor pool for forensic and crime scene supplies including DNA collection items, sharps containers, and evidence tubes; the contract carried a $1,000,000 commercial general liability insurance requirement per occurrence and $2,000,000 general aggregate, with a minimum wage policy of $21.65 per hour. The University of Wisconsin-Madison issued an RFB for Implied Consent Blood Draw Kits (2027-UWMSN-01386-RFB) in July 2026, with bids due August 3, 2026, submitted online through ShopUW+. The City of Dallas issued a bid for forensic equipment for the Dallas Police Department Crime Scene Response unit in June 2026, with bids due June 26, 2026, requiring FOB delivery to 1400 Botham Jean Boulevard, 5th Floor, Dallas, Texas 75215. Sourcewell, a Minnesota cooperative purchasing vehicle, posted an RFP for Law Enforcement Equipment (#061626) in May 2026 with proposals due June 16, 2026, open to thousands of governmental agencies, higher education institutions, K-12 school districts, and nonprofits across the United States and Canada through participating addenda.