UNSPSC 42142502: Anesthesia needles

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product that is a hollow needle commonly used for rapid delivery or evacuation of liquids in an anesthesia procedure in a medical setting. US FDA regulates Anesthesia needles under 21 CFR 868.5120 and under FDA product code OFQ. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901832.

UNSPSC 42142502 Anesthesia needles is a Commodity code that in recent state and local procurement activity encompasses a much broader range of specimen collection and laboratory supplies than the code name alone suggests. The most recent opportunities show state and local buyers soliciting anesthesia needles as part of full-line medical supply contracts, laboratory testing service packages, and phlebotomy specimen collection bundles. Marion County, Oregon, for example, tagged an ITB for laboratory testing and phlebotomy services—which includes specimen collection supplies used in blood draws—under this code. More broadly, the Minnesota Multigovernmental Cooperative Purchasing Alliance (MMCAP) is recruiting full-line medical supply distributors to serve approximately 8,000 actively purchasing government members across the United States, and the RFP explicitly names needles and syringes, specimen collection supplies, and related items within a portfolio that spans gloves, wound care, patient testing, and surgical instruments. Issuing bodies include county purchasing offices (Marion County, Brevard County), state cooperative purchasing vehicles (MMCAP operating under the Minnesota Department of Administration's Office of State Procurement), and academic medical centers (University of Texas Health Science Center). The code shows activity from counties, state-level cooperative purchasing alliances, and health system procurement offices.

Geographic activity concentrates in the Upper Midwest and Pacific Northwest, with recent opportunities posted from Oregon (Marion County, June 2026 activity) and Minnesota (MMCAP, posted June 2026). The MMCAP RFP, due July 20, 2026, is the most visible recent opportunity and represents a significant cooperative purchasing initiative with $300 million in collective annual medical supply purchasing power across member jurisdictions nationwide; respondents must demonstrate capacity to supply at least twenty states, minimum four years of domestic operations, and average monthly sales of at least $2 million. Marion County's ITB SO1814-26 for laboratory testing and phlebotomy services, due July 24, 2026, solicits specimen collection supplies and phlebotomist services for Adults in Custody. The code shows modest recent activity concentrated in cooperative purchasing vehicles and county health and laboratory procurement, with most movement occurring in the second and third quarters of 2026.