UNSPSC 42131501: Patient bibs

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product that is used as a bib by people undergoing medical treatment. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 650400.

UNSPSC 42131501 Patient bibs (Commodity) covers incontinence briefs and specialized institutional textiles purchased by state and local health care facilities and correctional institutions. Recent activity shows state and local procurement offices soliciting both branded incontinence products for long-term care residents and specialized safety garments for secure custody environments. The code encompasses products ranging from commercial incontinence briefs supplied on an as-needed basis to purpose-built suicide-prevention blankets and smocks meeting institutional safety specifications. Issuing bodies include state veterans homes, county correctional and care-custody facilities, and similar institutional operators responsible for resident or inmate hygiene and safety.

Recent opportunities reflect geographic spread across Illinois and Georgia. The Illinois Veterans Home Quincy (Adams County, Illinois) posted RFQ 27497DVAQUINCB51676 on April 28, 2026, seeking TENA brand incontinence briefs—specifically TENA Ultra 2XLG and TENA Super LG/XLG products in estimated quantities of 300 cases each—for fiscal year July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, with a May 1, 2026, proposal deadline and thirty-day delivery required to the facility's general store. Barrow County, Georgia, posted IFB 46700GDC0001193 on February 13, 2026, soliciting suicide blankets and suicide smocks meeting detailed institutional specifications for a one-year initial term with up to four one-year renewal options, with a February 23, 2026, response deadline and F.O.B. destination delivery to the Milledgeville Warehouse. Neither opportunity carried published set-asides or vendor restrictions.