UNSPSC 42142506: Blunt needles

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product that is a hollow and blunt needle commonly used for rapid delivery or evacuation of liquids in an in a medical setting. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901832.

UNSPSC 42142506 Blunt needles is a Commodity code that captures needles used across state and local healthcare, occupational medicine, and laboratory operations. State and local buyers source blunt needles as components within broader medical supply agreements, laboratory specimen collection and phlebotomy services, and occupational health surveillance programs. The code sees activity across diverse issuing bodies: state departments (Washington State Department of Transportation via Washington State Ferries), counties (Brevard County, Marion County), cooperative-purchasing alliances (NASPO ValuePoint, Minnesota Multigovernmental Cooperative Purchasing Alliance, Sourcewell), and special-purpose health districts. Blunt needles appear as line items or component categories within larger medical supply, phlebotomy, and laboratory procurement contracts rather than as standalone solicitations. Recent opportunities frame needle procurement primarily as part of full-line medical supply distribution agreements, occupational medical examination services, and clinical laboratory operations, particularly in specimen collection and testing contexts.

Recent activity spans multiple regions. NASPO ValuePoint Medical Supplies (South Dakota administering state) issued RFP 1433 with proposals due November 9, 2026, seeking master agreements for medical supplies through collective purchasing across multiple states. The Minnesota Multigovernmental Cooperative Purchasing Alliance issued RFP 37259 with proposals due July 20, 2026, requesting full-line medical supply distributors serving approximately 8,000 government members nationwide, with a collective annual purchasing power of approximately $300 million in medical supplies; the scope explicitly includes needles and syringes. Washington State Department of Transportation issued RFP 20260825 (due October 9, 2026) for occupational medical surveillance services across fourteen Washington State ferry locations. Brevard County, Florida issued RFQ-7-26-07 for histology laboratory services (due April 7, 2026), and Marion County, Oregon issued ITB SO1814-26 for laboratory testing services and phlebotomy (due July 24, 2026). The code shows activity concentrated in cooperative purchasing vehicles and state health or social service operations, with blunt needles embedded within broader medical supply and laboratory service procurement rather than purchased as discrete commodities.