UNSPSC 51101600: Amebicides and trichomonacides

This classification denotes drugs that destroy amebae or protozoans, parasitic organisms, and species thereof which cause amebiasis in man and animal. Amebae are organisms that evince a vesicular nucleus and formation of several lodopodia, one of which is dominant at a given time, and which reproduce asexually by binary fission. Such organsms give rise to afflictions such as acanthamoeba keratitis, blastocystis, amebic dysentery, entamoebiasis, and amebic liver abscess, or cause central nervous system parasitic infections, helminthiasis, mesomycetozoea infections, and parasitemia.

UNSPSC 51101600 Amebicides and trichomonacides is a Class code that covers pharmaceutical products used to treat specific infectious diseases, though state and local procurement activity under this code focuses narrowly on anti-infective medications and related health-system supplies rather than the full scope the code name suggests. Recent state and local solicitations show purchasing activity centered on pharmaceutical inventory for public health departments and county health systems, with issuing bodies including state health departments and county government health agencies. The work involves procuring finished pharmaceutical products for stockpiling, emergency preparedness, or ongoing clinical use, typically through cooperative purchasing vehicles or competitive sealed bidding. Vendors must meet standard regulatory compliance requirements including E-Verify employment eligibility verification, drug-free workplace certification, and applicable insurance coverage (workers' compensation, general liability, and professional liability where applicable).

Illinois Department of Public Health awarded a piggyback pharmaceutical warehouse contract to Chartwell Rx LLC on August 28, 2026, through the MMCAP Infuse consortium for $2,999,999.11 over a three-year term (12 months initial plus two renewal options) to supply Doxycycline Hyclate 100mg tablets and Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride 500mg tablets, selected as the lowest priced responsive and responsible bidder under an Invitation for Bid process. Seminole County, Florida, issued an IFB (IFB60459723LAS) on June 30, 2026, for annual procurement of 1,900 units of Naloxone and 800 Safe Drug Deactivation Systems with quarterly deliveries to the Seminole County Community Health Building in Sanford, with a two-year initial term and optional one-year renewal; the response deadline was July 26, 2023. Recent activity concentrates in Florida and Illinois, with the mix of issuing bodies reflecting state health departments and county health systems as the primary buyers under this code.