UNSPSC 42142513: Radiology procedural needles

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product that is a hollow needle commonly used for rapid delivery or evacuation of liquids in a radiological based procedure in a medical setting. US FDA regulates Radiology procedural needles under 21 CFR 870.1350 and under FDA product code DQP. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901832.

UNSPSC 42142513 Radiology procedural needles is a Commodity code that represents a narrow product line within medical supplies procurement, yet the recent state and local opportunities tagged to this code show minimal activity directly aligned with radiology procedural needles. Instead, the sourced opportunities span broader medical supplies, laboratory services, occupational health surveillance, and law enforcement equipment—categories only tangentially related to the code's nominal scope. State and local buyers do procure needles and syringes as part of comprehensive medical supplies portfolios, as evidenced by the Minnesota Multigovernmental Cooperative Purchasing Alliance (MMCAP) RFP for full-line medical supplies and equipment distributors serving approximately 8,000 government members with $300 million in collective annual purchasing power, which explicitly includes needles and syringes alongside gloves, wound care products, specimen collection supplies, and surgical instruments. However, the code shows little recent dedicated activity for radiology procedural needles specifically as a standalone procurement category.

Geographic and issuing-body activity spans multiple states and cooperative purchasing vehicles. Recent opportunities include NASPO ValuePoint's master-agreement RFP for medical supplies (administering state South Dakota, proposals due November 9, 2026), the Minnesota Multigovernmental Cooperative Purchasing Alliance RFP for full-line distributors (proposals due July 20, 2026), Brevard County, Florida's histology laboratory services RFQ (proposals due April 7, 2026), the Washington State Department of Transportation's occupational medical surveillance services RFP (proposals due October 9, 2026), Marion County, Oregon's laboratory testing and phlebotomy ITB (proposals due July 24, 2026), and Sourcewell's law enforcement equipment RFP covering multiple Washington counties. The code shows limited recent dedicated solicitation activity for radiology procedural needles as a standalone category; buyers appear to source them as components within broader medical supplies master agreements or cooperative purchasing frameworks rather than through category-specific RFPs or ITBs.