UNSPSC 41104123: Sputum collection apparatus or containers

UNSPSC 41104123 Sputum collection apparatus or containers is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment between its nominal scope and recent state and local procurement activity. The recent opportunities tagged to this code do not involve sputum collection equipment; instead, they address irrigation control systems, occupational medical surveillance services, duplex control panels for irrigation, medical supplies and equipment for a state facility, utility locating services, traveling sprinkler systems, and law enforcement equipment. Only one of the seven posted opportunities—the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB for medical supplies and equipment at the Abilene State Supported Living Center—involves medical equipment procurement, but that solicitation covers gastrostomy feeding tubes, catheters, IV devices, and sensors rather than respiratory or sputum-collection apparatus. The irrigation, utility, and law enforcement opportunities represent clear miscoding or cross-tagging unrelated to the code's stated commodity.

Geographic activity spans Texas (Fort Worth, Abilene, Richardson), Florida (Pembroke Pines), Washington (statewide ferries operation), Georgia (Atlanta), and multi-state cooperative procurement through Sourcewell. The issuing bodies include state departments (Texas HHSC, Washington Department of Transportation), municipal utilities (City of Richardson, City of Pembroke Pines), county authorities (Pasco County, Georgia World Congress Center Authority), a housing authority (Fort Worth Housing Solutions), and a regional cooperative (Sourcewell). The code exhibits no concentration of relevant opportunities and no clear repeat buyers pursuing sputum collection equipment. Without recent bids or awards specifically targeting respiratory collection apparatus, the code presents limited visibility into actual state and local demand for this commodity type.