NIGP 46513: Cardiac Pacemakers, Heart Valves, Stints, etc.

NIGP 46513 Cardiac Pacemakers, Heart Valves, Stints, Etc., an Item code, does not reflect the work actually being solicited under this code in recent state and local procurement. The recent-opportunities block contains no cardiac-device solicitations. Instead, the most recent postings under this code cover emergency generator service and repairs, medical-supplies cooperative purchasing, EMS cardiac monitors, linear accelerator systems, and therapeutic patient-care equipment rentals—none of which align with the cardiac pacemaker or implantable heart-device scope the NIGP category describes. The posted opportunities span issuing bodies including county governments (Orange County, California; Bryan County, Georgia), state corrections departments (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation), health systems (Halifax Health, Florida), and cooperative-purchasing vehicles (NASPO ValuePoint, Sourcewell). The single solicitation closest to the code name—Bryan County Board of Commissioners' IFB for ten EMS cardiac monitors, due September 10, 2026—specifies only purchase and delivery of monitoring equipment, not implantable cardiac devices.

Activity is dispersed across California (two California Corrections and Rehabilitation therapeutic-equipment rentals due June 3 and May 13, 2026), Florida (Halifax Health linear accelerator RFP due August 24, 2026), Georgia (Bryan County cardiac-monitor purchase due September 10, 2026), and multi-state cooperative vehicles. The Orange County, California emergency-generator IFB (due November 12, 2026) and NASPO ValuePoint medical-supplies master-agreement RFP (due November 9, 2026) are the most recent postings. The disconnect between the NIGP code definition and posted opportunities suggests either miscoding of recent solicitations or material drift in what state and local governments actually procure under this category code. Business development professionals should verify whether this code remains active for cardiac implantables or whether recent demand has shifted to adjacent commodity codes.