UNSPSC 42131710: Surgical dresses

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product that is used as dresses by medical staff in a surgical setting. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 621143.

UNSPSC 42131710 Surgical dresses (Commodity) shows minimal recent state and local procurement activity aligned with its nominal scope. The code's name references protective apparel worn in surgical and sterile clinical settings, yet the three most recent opportunities tagged to it diverge substantially from surgical-dress procurement. The NASPO ValuePoint RFP 1433 for medical supplies (due November 9, 2026) addresses broad medical-commodities procurement through a cooperative-purchasing vehicle administered by South Dakota but open to state and local entities nationwide. The Washington State Department of Transportation solicitation (RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026) seeks occupational medical surveillance services — physician-led employee health examinations for ferry workers across 14 Washington locations — a health-services engagement unrelated to apparel. A third posting from Sourcewell (RFP 061626, due June 16, 2026) procures law enforcement equipment on behalf of Minnesota local government units and participating counties in Washington State, a category plainly outside surgical dress scope. None of these opportunities actually specify surgical dress procurement or protective clinical apparel.

The mismatch between code and recent activity suggests that UNSPSC 42131710 does not capture material state and local procurement for surgical dresses at present. Issuing bodies that appeared in the tagged records — NASPO ValuePoint (a multi-state cooperative), the Washington State Department of Transportation, Sourcewell (a Minnesota local-government unit), and participating Washington counties — are not actively buying surgical dresses under this code. The geographic presence indicated by the recent postings spans South Dakota (NASPO administration), Washington State (WSDOT and county participation), and Minnesota (Sourcewell administration), but these locations are not pursuing surgical-dress procurement. Business development professionals should treat this code as inactive for state and local opportunity capture and monitor broader apparel and protective-equipment codes if targeting the institutional healthcare and first-responder segments.