UNSPSC 51172105: Phloroglucinol

This classification denotes an indicator, reagent, antispasmodic, and trinitrobenzene with the molecular formula C6H6O3, a preparation that US FDA regulates as an active ingredient or moiety under Unique Ingredient Identifier DHD7FFG6YS, chemically known as 1,3,5-triol but generally known as phloroglucinol, which bears US NIH Compound Identifier 359. European Medicines Agency schedules Phloroglucinol in its eXtended EudraVigilance Medicinal Product Dictionary or XEVMPD under Index SUB14845MIG.

World Health Organization schedules phloroglucinol in its Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) Classification. As of Q4 2014, PHLOROGLUCINOL remains the US FDA Preferred Term for this commodity. SMILES: OC1CC(O)CC(O)C1.

UNSPSC 51172105 Phloroglucinol is a Commodity code that in recent state and local procurement activity has not been solicited as a chemical reagent or laboratory input. The single recent opportunity tagged to this code — Collin County Community Supervision and Corrections Department RFP 2026-327 for offender specimen collection and drug testing services — involves no procurement of phloroglucinol itself. The RFP covers staffing of collection sites in Plano and McKinney, operation of an Interactive Voice Response system for randomized testing notifications, immunoassay screening with LC/MS/MS or GC/MS confirmation, and alternative testing methodologies including oral fluid and hair testing. The scope is contracted services and laboratory analysis, not chemical materials. The estimated contract value is $600,000 over a two-year term with three optional one-year renewal periods not to exceed five years total.

The code shows little relevant recent state and local activity aligned with its nominal scope. Collin County, a Texas jurisdiction, is the sole issuing body appearing in the most-recent opportunities block, and the mismatch between the code's chemical-substance definition and the actual work being solicited — drug testing and specimen collection services — suggests this tag reflects a cataloging error rather than genuine market demand for phloroglucinol under this code. Bidders and market analysts tracking this Commodity code should expect minimal state and local procurement volume or should verify that opportunities tagged to it align with their actual product or service lines before investing in pursuit.