UNSPSC 51171703: Paregoric

This classification denotes an opioid and antidiarrheal agent.

UNSPSC 51171703 Paregoric, a Commodity code, describes pharmaceutical products state and local governments procure for institutional health and correctional settings. Recent activity under this code shows state and local procurement offices acquiring drug-testing and specimen-collection services tied to pharmaceutical screening rather than the paregoric compound itself — a misalignment between the code's nominal scope and actual solicitation practice that reflects how state and local taxonomy tags diverge from underlying purchasing intent.

Collin County Community Supervision and Corrections Department issued RFP 2026-327 for offender specimen collection and drug testing services with a response due date of July 23, 2026 and an estimated contract value of $600,000. The scope includes staffing two collection sites in Plano and McKinney during business hours plus five Saturdays annually, operating an Interactive Voice Response system for randomized testing notifications, immunoassay screening with LC/MS/MS or GC/MS confirmation, electronic result reporting, and alternative testing using oral fluid and hair samples. Annual testing demand is approximately 25,031 tests across five-panel, six-panel, and ancillary screening. The successful vendor must maintain lab certification from SAMHSA, Texas Department of Public Safety, or the College of American Pathologists. The contract term runs two years from September 1, 2026, with three optional one-year renewals not to exceed five years total, and pricing is submitted on a per-test basis with three service models: screening only, confirmation after screening, and screening with automatic confirmation of positives. Evaluation criteria weight vendor understanding (30 points), firm qualifications (25 points), client references (15 points), cost (30 points), and optional Phase 2 demonstrations and interviews (up to 30 points).