UNSPSC 41122405: Laboratory forceps

UNSPSC 41122405 Laboratory forceps is a Commodity code that nominally covers handheld surgical gripping and holding instruments, though the recent state and local opportunities tagged under it show significant scope mismatch. San Mateo County's San Mateo Medical Center posted an RFP for Surgical Power equipment — motorized surgical instruments used to replace obsolete power tools in operating rooms and procedural settings — released May 7, 2026 with a proposal deadline of May 28, 2026. Separately, Sourcewell, a Minnesota-based public cooperative purchasing vehicle, posted an RFP #061626 for Law Enforcement Equipment on behalf of participating counties and public entities across Washington state and beyond, with a June 16, 2026 submission deadline. Neither solicitation aligns closely with the code's nominal scope of laboratory forceps as handheld manual instruments. The mismatch suggests the code may not be capturing relevant state and local procurement activity in this product family, or that issuers are tagging broader surgical and tactical equipment under a narrow commodity label.

Activity under this code appears sparse and geographically scattered, limited to the two opportunities noted. San Mateo County's procurement requires five years of prior experience in manufacturing, sales, or leasing surgical power equipment, registration in SAM, general liability insurance at $1 million per occurrence, professional liability at $1 million per occurrence/$3 million aggregate, and cyber liability at $5 million; the County applies a five percent local business preference with additional points for small and micro businesses. The Sourcewell cooperative structure allows multiple Washington and other state jurisdictions to access resulting contracts, though no specific award value, budget range, incumbent vendor, or set-aside designation appears in the available documentation. Proposers should verify whether their product or service scope actually matches this Commodity code's definition before preparing responses.