UNSPSC 42131601: Medical staff aprons or bibs

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product that is used as a staff apron or bib by people engaged as medical staff. US FDA regulates Medical staff aprons or bibs under 21 CFR 878.4040 and under FDA product code FYA. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 611420.

UNSPSC 42131601 Medical staff aprons or bibs is a Commodity code that in recent state and local procurement activity encompasses occupational medical surveillance services, cooperative purchasing agreements for medical supplies broadly, and law enforcement protective equipment — a mismatch suggesting the code may be tagged inconsistently or the taxonomy does not cleanly capture the work actually being solicited. State and local issuing bodies using the code include transit authorities (Washington State Ferries), state departments of transportation, cooperative purchasing vehicles (NASPO ValuePoint, Sourcewell), and multi-county consortia. The recent opportunities do not reflect a coherent scope of medical apparel or bibs; instead, they span occupational health examinations, master agreements for medical supplies across multiple commodity categories, and law enforcement equipment contracting.

Recent activity is concentrated in Washington State and across the NASPO ValuePoint multi-state cooperative system, with secondary activity through Minnesota-administered Sourcewell. The Washington State Department of Transportation, on behalf of Washington State Ferries, issued RFP 20260825 for occupational medical surveillance services with proposals due October 9, 2026, requiring contractor-performed examinations across 14 Washington ferry locations with physician board certification in occupational medicine, a two-year term with optional extension, and 60-percent scoring weight on non-cost capability factors. NASPO ValuePoint issued RFP 1433 for Medical Supplies on September 25, 2026 with proposals due November 9, 2026, seeking master-agreement vendors to serve state and local entities across multiple states with South Dakota as the administering state. Sourcewell issued RFP 061626 for Law Enforcement Equipment on May 12, 2026 (due June 16, 2026) on behalf of participating counties and public entities — a materially different scope unrelated to the code's nominal medical-apparel focus. The code shows limited recent activity aligned with its stated commodity description; the few posted opportunities reflect either medical services unrelated to apparel or procurement mechanisms serving broader, non-apparel commodity categories.