UNSPSC 42121500: Veterinary equipment

In this classification, this class includes medical equipment, instruments, and appliances used in the medical treatment of animals.

UNSPSC 42121500 Veterinary equipment, a Class code, encompasses diagnostic and treatment apparatus, surgical instruments, pharmaceuticals, medical supplies, and consumables that state and local animal control, public health, and domestic-animal-services departments procure to deliver preventive care, emergency treatment, sterilization, and boarding to impounded and shelter animals. State and local governments buy diagnostic imaging systems (portable X-ray radiography, ultrasound), surgical instruments and supplies (endotracheal tubes, syringes, needles, gauze, sutures, skin staplers), medications (vaccines, anesthetics, antibiotics, euthanasia solutions), and operational consumables (elizabethan collars, bandages, nutritional products) on a mix of long-term blanket agreements and single-source capital procurements. Issuing bodies include county animal services departments and sheriff K-9 units; county procurement offices soliciting on behalf of animal control; and special districts. Orange County and Pinellas County, both in Florida, and San Mateo County in California represent repeat buyers. Orange County recently issued RFP Y26-176 for veterinary supplies with a response deadline of October 8, 2026 (later extended from October 1), seeking authorized distributors carrying a minimum of 75 percent of 73 line items including diagnostic equipment, surgical instruments, syringes, gauze, sutures, and collars. Pinellas County issued ITB 26-0718 on September 24, 2026, for vaccines, syringes, medications, euthanasia solutions, and hospital supplies on an as-needed basis with an estimated annual budget of $25,000 and a 36-month contract value of $75,000.

Recent activity is concentrated in Florida and California. San Mateo County issued IFB 2026-IFB-00592 and a parallel IFB 2026-IFB-00553 for veterinary supplies and related materials with three-year terms and as-needed ordering. Collier County, Florida, issued a Notice of Intent to Single Source MinXray, Inc. for a portable digital radiography system (Enduras Wireless/TR90B) with a five-year term, including warranty, online support, maintenance, and cloud storage. Orange County, California (Sheriff-Coroner) issued IFB #060-3113519-MB for specialized veterinarian and boarding services for the K-9 unit with comprehensive care requirements, board-certified specialists, advanced diagnostic imaging (MRI, CT), and a 5 percent local small business and disabled veteran business enterprise preference deduction. Pinal County, Arizona, issued RFP 264131 for veterinary services for animal care and control, requiring Arizona licensure and a minimum of five years of high-volume spay/neuter experience, with contract commencement June 17, 2026, and a North Carolina procurement entity solicited a Mindray brand-specific veterinary ultrasound system with no substitutes permitted (ITB 63ARM1186547). Typical delivery terms require fulfillment within two to three business days of order receipt, and contracts commonly structure as three-year or five-year terms with one to four renewal options.