UNSPSC 42131716: Surgical shoe covers

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product that is used as shoe covers by medical staff in a surgical setting. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 640219.

UNSPSC 42131716 Surgical shoe covers, a Commodity code, encompasses protective footwear used in controlled environments, though recent state and local activity under this code shows little direct relevance to the nominal scope. The single recent opportunity posted under this code—Sourcewell RFP #061626, issued May 12, 2026, with a response deadline of June 16, 2026—targets Law Enforcement Equipment broadly, a category that does not align with surgical shoe covers as typically understood in health care or cleanroom procurement. The mismatch suggests either miscoding of the opportunity or minimal recent activity in surgical shoe cover procurement through traditional state and local channels. Issuing bodies pursuing equipment under this code path include cooperative purchasing vehicles (Sourcewell, a Minnesota local government unit), counties, school districts, and other public entities across multiple states.

The geographic spread of recent activity centers on the Pacific Northwest, with the Sourcewell cooperative drawing participation from Franklin County, Grant County, Grays Harbor County, Chelan County, and Yakima County in Washington state, alongside entities throughout the United States and Canada. The structure of the Sourcewell cooperative allows selected vendors to serve governmental agencies, higher education institutions, K-12 school districts, nonprofit organizations, tribal governments, and other public entities through a participating addendum framework. Given the limited and misaligned recent opportunity record, this code shows little current momentum in state and local procurement for surgical shoe covers specifically; buyers may be classifying this category differently, sourcing through health care supply contracts, or purchasing through other procurement channels outside the recent-opportunities dataset.