UNSPSC 73171605: Laboratory equipment manufacture services

UNSPSC 73171605 Laboratory equipment manufacture services, a Commodity code, encompasses the design, assembly, and provision of specialized laboratory instruments—such as analytical systems, chromatography equipment, centrifuges, microscopes, and field-monitoring devices—that state and local governments procure to support research, environmental testing, and regulatory compliance operations. The code captures both the manufacturing and service delivery of these instruments, including factory-authorized maintenance, proprietary replacement parts, software updates, and certified repair services required to keep mission-critical lab systems operational. State and local buyers span higher-education institutions (particularly research universities), environmental protection departments, municipal environmental services divisions, animal care and control facilities, and cooperative purchasing groups aggregating demand across multiple jurisdictions. Recent solicitations show issuing bodies ranging from single cities and counties to multi-state purchasing consortia, with particular activity from university research operations and state environmental agencies.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas (Fort Worth, Texas Tech University), Florida (Florida Department of Environmental Protection), and Washington state (through Sourcewell's multi-jurisdictional cooperative framework), along with national scope through Sourcewell's participating entities spanning the United States and Canada. Representative recent opportunities include Texas Tech University's RFP 2026-1190 (posted May 4, 2026; response due April 30, 2026) seeking laboratory equipment, microscope systems, and specialty R&D goods under a best-value evaluation with 50 percent weighting on demonstrated ability to fulfill TTU needs; the City of Fort Worth RFQt 26-0142 (posted March 16, 2026; due March 23, 2026) for portable real-time particulate matter monitoring equipment for field-based environmental inspections; the City of Fort Worth RFQt for X-Ray equipment services (posted February 27, 2026; due March 6, 2026) covering maintenance, calibration, and repair of digital and computed radiography systems at two animal care facilities; and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's single-source procurement (posted April 13, 2026; vendor information due May 5, 2026) for Agilent Technologies analytical laboratory instrumentation maintenance and repair services valued at $457,000.00 over three years. Sourcewell's Law Enforcement Equipment RFP #061626 (posted May 12, 2026; due June 16, 2026) establishes a statewide cooperative vehicle available to thousands of governmental agencies, higher education institutions, K–12 school districts, and other public entities across participating jurisdictions.