UNSPSC 46181541: Chemical resistant gloves

A special kind of gloves that resist several types of chemical substances such as carboxylic acids, alcohols or acetones.

UNSPSC 46181541 Chemical resistant gloves, a Commodity code, does not appear in recent state and local procurement activity with direct relevance to its nominal scope. The eight opportunities posted between May and October 2026 involve full-body scanning systems, firefighter protective clothing and bunker gear, medical supplies, uniforms, water rescue equipment, and foodservice nitrile gloves—categories that may include incidental glove procurement but do not center on chemical-resistant hand protection as a primary deliverable. Opportunities that do name gloves (Granite School District's foodservice nitrile glove bid, Sarasota County's swift water rescue equipment line for Cestus H2O attack gloves, and Columbus Fire & EMS protective fire clothing that includes gloves generically) fall outside the chemical-resistance specification that defines this code. The source contains no recent solicitations explicitly requesting chemical-resistant gloves for industrial, laboratory, hazmat response, or manufacturing environments where such products are typically deployed at the state and local level.

The absence of recent activity under this code suggests either low procurement volume or misclassification in state and local systems. Buyers in this space (state environmental agencies, county hazmat teams, municipal public works departments, and state university research facilities) may procure chemical-resistant gloves through cooperative purchasing agreements, standing orders with safety equipment suppliers, or broader personal protective equipment contracts tagged to higher-level UNSPSC codes rather than this specific commodity code. Practitioners pursuing this category should monitor for opportunities through standing cooperative contracts at the state level and direct outreach to environmental compliance and industrial safety programs rather than expect frequent open competitive solicitations under this code.