UNSPSC 46151712: Forensic chemical workstations

UNSPSC 46151712 Forensic chemical workstations is a Commodity code that encompasses forensic and crime scene supplies, evidence collection kits, and related laboratory equipment used by law enforcement agencies. State and local governments procuring under this code are actually buying DNA and evidence collection items (sterile cotton swabs, DNA swab boxes, GSR collection kits), sharps containers and evidence tubes, fingerprint collection supplies, labels and identification materials, evidence bags and containers, chemicals such as petroleum ether and indanedione, implied consent blood draw kits, and broader forensic equipment for crime scene response units. The issuing bodies include county sheriff's offices, municipal police departments, universities with forensic facilities, and cooperative purchasing consortia that establish framework agreements for multiple jurisdictions. County governments and special-purpose purchasing cooperatives appear as the primary repeat buyers in recent solicitations.

Recent activity spreads across Texas and the upper Midwest, with notable solicitations from Harris County and the City of Dallas, Texas (ITB and IFB notices in May and June 2026), the University of Wisconsin-Madison (RFB for implied consent blood draw kits, due August 7, 2026), and Sourcewell, a Minnesota cooperative purchasing vehicle, which issued RFP #061626 for law enforcement equipment on behalf of participating entities across multiple states and Canada (due June 16, 2026). Harris County's ITB for crime scene supplies and related items (250415, due June 8, 2026) exemplifies the scope: a one-year contract term seeking DNA collection kits, sharps containers, fingerprint supplies, evidence bags, nitrile gloves, and forensic chemicals on an as-needed basis from a pool of multiple vendors, with requirements for local account managers, bi-monthly meetings with sheriff's office staff, overnight and weekend availability, one-year product warranty, and insurance minimums including $1,000,000 commercial general liability. The Dallas Police Department's forensic equipment procurement (IFSDPDB2600026, due June 26, 2026) required FOB delivery to the Crime Scene Response unit at 1400 Botham Jean Boulevard, with all products new, unopened, and in original packaging.