UNSPSC 41122406: Laboratory knives

UNSPSC 41122406 Laboratory knives, a Commodity code, describes surgical and laboratory cutting instruments procured by state and local health care systems, but recent solicitation activity under this code shows a mismatch between the nominal scope and actual buying patterns. The single health-care-focused opportunity in the recent record—San Mateo County's San Mateo Medical Center RFP for Surgical Power equipment—addresses powered surgical instruments rather than manual laboratory knives. A second recent opportunity tagged under this code, Sourcewell's cooperative purchasing RFP for Law Enforcement Equipment on behalf of multiple Washington counties and other public entities, falls entirely outside laboratory and surgical instrumentation scope. The code shows minimal recent activity aligned with its stated commodity definition, and state and local procurement under 41122406 appears dormant or misclassified at present.

The San Mateo County opportunity, posted June 29, 2026, with a proposal deadline of May 28, 2026 (note: posted date appears inconsistent with deadline), is an RFP for a five-year contract to replace obsolete surgical power instruments at SMMC's hospital, outpatient clinics, and long-term care facilities across San Mateo and Burlingame. The procurement requires proposers to have five years' prior experience in manufacturing, sales, or leasing similar products; maintain minimum general liability ($1 million per occurrence), professional liability ($1 million per occurrence / $3 million aggregate), and cyber liability ($5 million per occurrence) insurance; and comply with San Mateo County's local business preference (5 percent additional points, plus 3 percent for small businesses or 8 percent for micro businesses). SMMC applies prevailing wage, Living Wage Ordinance ($17.00 per hour minimum), and HIPAA requirements. The Sourcewell cooperative purchasing RFP (#061626), posted May 12, 2026, with a June 16, 2026 deadline, is unrelated to laboratory instrumentation and does not inform this code's current market.