UNSPSC 51173212: Bisacodyl/phospho soda

This classification denotes a combination drug defined by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in its (VA's) National Drug File (NDF), which falls under VA Drug Class GA209. This VA Drug Class (GA209) classifies this compound as belonging to the group LAXATIVES, OTHER.

UNSPSC 51173212 Bisacodyl/phospho soda is a Commodity code. State and local governments buying under this code are actually soliciting offender specimen collection and drug testing services—a procurement activity wholly unrelated to the code's nominal scope of pharmaceutical laxative agents. The recent activity recorded under this code reflects a tagging mismatch rather than genuine procurement of bisacodyl or phospho soda products. Collin County Community Supervision and Corrections Department is the only issuing body in the available record, and the work involves staffing collection sites, operating automated testing notification systems, conducting immunoassay and confirmatory lab analysis (LC/MS/MS or GC/MS), and managing electronic result reporting across multiple testing methodologies (urine, oral fluid, and hair). None of this aligns with pharmaceutical laxative procurement.

The single recent opportunity is Collin County's RFP 2026-327 for offender specimen collection and drug testing services, posted September 25, 2026, with proposals due July 23, 2026 (note: the due date predates the posting date, indicating a data-entry error in the source). The estimated contract value is $600,000 over two years with three optional one-year renewals, and the county will award to the responsible contractor whose proposal represents the best evaluated offer. This code shows little relevant recent activity for suppliers of actual bisacodyl or phospho soda products; the tagging appears to be an error in the state or local procurement system's commodity classification.