UNSPSC 42142110: Therapeutic hot or cold water bottles

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product that consists of a bottle used to deliver either heat or cold in a medical setting. US FDA regulates Therapeutic hot or cold water bottles under 21 CFR 880.6085 and under FDA product code FPF. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 701090.

UNSPSC 42142110 Therapeutic hot or cold water bottles is a Commodity code that encompasses therapeutic heat and cold therapy products purchased by state and local governments, though recent state and local solicitations show minimal direct procurement under this specific code. The UNSPSC taxonomy assigns this code narrowly to standalone thermal therapy bottles, yet the recent opportunities in the source block reveal that therapeutic devices and health-related supplies are being procured through broader categorical or cooperative purchasing vehicles rather than as discrete commodity line items. The actual procurement activity visible in recent months spans special education supplies through regional purchasing cooperatives, durable medical equipment (DME) and services through state health agencies, fitness and rehabilitation equipment through municipal departments, and athletic training and conditioning supplies through school districts—all of which may encompass or relate to therapeutic heat and cold products as subordinate items within larger scope contracts, but none explicitly singles out therapeutic bottles as a primary procurement target.

State and local issuing bodies pursuing DME and therapeutic supplies include Texas Health and Human Services Commission (serving statewide comprehensive rehabilitation services), Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative (Kilgore, Texas, serving multi-vendor special education and supplies catalogues across its member jurisdictions), California Department of Health Services (fitness equipment procurement), the City of Tucson (athletic training services), school districts including Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District (athletic and conditioning supplies), and multi-state cooperative procurement vehicles such as Sourcewell (law enforcement equipment via participating entities across the United States and Canada). Recent representative opportunities include the Texas HHSC Master Contract for Durable Medical Equipment and Services (RFP No. HHS0017173, due June 2, 2026, encompassing eleven DME categories and eleven geographic service regions with a not-to-exceed contract value of $5,000,000 over a five-year term with optional one-year extension) and Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative's Catalog Discount Bid for special education and supplies (SPE2628, due October 1, 2026, with estimated two-year expenditure of $2,713,541 and 99 prior awardees indicating multi-vendor structure). The code shows limited standalone procurement activity; therapeutic hot and cold water bottles appear to be acquired as catalog items or subordinate line items within broader DME, special education, or athletic supplies contracts rather than as primary solicitation targets.