UNSPSC 42131514: Patient surgical undergarments

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product that is used as undergarments by people undergoing surgery. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 621017.

UNSPSC 42131514 Patient surgical undergarments is a Commodity code with minimal recent state and local procurement activity directly aligned to its nominal scope. The recent opportunities block contains no solicitations for surgical undergarments, compression garments, or related post-operative apparel. The three posted opportunities—a NASPO ValuePoint cooperative medical-supplies master-agreement RFP, a Washington State Department of Transportation occupational medical-surveillance RFP, and a Sourcewell law-enforcement-equipment cooperative procurement—do not match the code's intended category. State and local buyers appear to pursue surgical undergarments through broader medical-supplies frameworks or as line items within larger health-services contracts rather than as standalone commodity solicitations.

The absence of targeted recent opportunities suggests this Commodity code does not reflect active independent procurement by state and local entities. Vendors in this space should monitor cooperative purchasing vehicles like NASPO ValuePoint and Sourcewell, which aggregate medical and equipment needs across participating jurisdictions, as these frameworks may include surgical undergarments within their medical-supplies or personal-protective-equipment master agreements. The code's low visibility in recent postings warrants further inquiry into how state procurement offices are actually classifying and bundling surgical-apparel purchases—they may be coded at higher Family or Class levels or absorbed into health-services or general medical-supplies contracts not explicitly tagged to this Commodity code.