UNSPSC 46151704: Fingerprint ink removers

UNSPSC 46151704 Fingerprint ink removers is a Commodity code with little recent activity directly aligned to its scope. State and local opportunities posted under this code have solicited law enforcement equipment and supplies far beyond fingerprint ink removers themselves—including body armor, crime scene supplies, ammunition, police equipment, biometric identification devices, and printing services. The mismatch between the code's narrow nominal scope and the broad range of law enforcement purchasing it nominally captures suggests that fingerprint ink removers, if procured at all by state and local law enforcement, are typically bundled into broader equipment or supplies contracts rather than solicited as standalone line items. Issuing bodies include municipal police departments (Charlotte, Dallas), county sheriff's offices (Harris County, Rockland County, Illinois State Police), state procurement offices (California, Illinois), and cooperative purchasing vehicles serving multiple jurisdictions (Sourcewell, a Minnesota local government service cooperative).

Recent opportunities show activity across North Carolina, Texas, New York, California, and Illinois. The Harris County Sheriff's Office Invitation to Bid for Crime Scene Supplies and Related Items (due June 8, 2026) names fingerprint collection supplies as one category within a larger forensic and evidence procurement, suggesting fingerprint ink removers may be purchased as part of crime scene kits. The Illinois State Police Livescan fingerprinting equipment procurement (Invitation for Bid due March 4, 2026) focuses on hardware and software for biometric capture rather than consumables. The City of Dallas police equipment informal solicitations (posted February and March 2026) specified individual equipment items but did not list fingerprint ink removers. Given the code's classification and recent solicitation patterns, fingerprint ink removers appear to be acquired through broader crime scene or forensic supply contracts when purchased by state or local law enforcement, not as dedicated line items in standalone solicitations.