UNSPSC 51171656: Docusate sodium

This classification denotes a stool softener, a preparation that US FDA recognizes as an active ingredient or moiety under Unique Ingredient Identifier F05Q2T2JA0. European Medicines Agency schedules Docusate sodium in its eXtended EudraVigilance Medicinal Product Dictionary or XEVMPD under Index SUB06348MIG. Docusate sodium generally arises in the molecular formula C20H37NAO7S. The term 'docusate sodium' is an International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients designation.

UNSPSC 51171656 Docusate sodium is a Commodity code that in recent state and local procurement activity does not align with its pharmaceutical scope. Collin County Community Supervision and Corrections Department's RFP 2026-327, posted September 25, 2026, solicits offender specimen collection and drug testing services—a direct-to-consumer clinical diagnostic and lab operation covering immunoassay screening, LC/MS/MS or GC/MS confirmation, oral fluid and hair testing, and electronic result reporting. The county seeks vendors to staff two collection sites in Plano and McKinney operating Monday through Friday plus five Saturdays annually, manage an Interactive Voice Response system for randomized testing notifications, and process approximately 25,031 annual tests across five-panel, six-panel, and ancillary screens. The contract runs two years with three optional one-year renewals, estimated at $600,000, with pricing on a per-test basis including staffing, freight, delivery, and insurance. Vendor qualifications include SAMHSA, Texas DPS, or CAP lab certification.

The code shows limited recent activity, with the Collin County opportunity representing the sole documented state or local procurement under this Commodity designation in the available record. The mismatch between the code's nominal pharmaceutical scope (docusate sodium, a stool softener) and the actual work being procured (clinical drug testing services and specimen collection) suggests either miscoding or data misalignment in the county's system. Geographic activity is concentrated in the Dallas-Fort Worth region of Texas. Award of the Collin County RFP was anticipated August 10, 2026, with contract commencement September 1, 2026. Evaluation criteria weight firm qualifications (25 points), vendor understanding and approach (30 points), client references (15 points), and cost (30 points), with optional Phase 2 demonstrations and interviews adding up to 30 additional points.