UNSPSC 42142519: Needle guides

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product that acts a s a guide for needle insertion and positioning in a medical setting. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901839.

UNSPSC 42142519 Needle guides (Commodity) appears in state and local procurement primarily as a line item within broader medical-supplies master agreements and distributed through cooperative purchasing vehicles rather than as a standalone commodity solicitation. The recent state and local opportunities tagged under this code reflect purchasing of comprehensive medical-supplies portfolios—including needles, syringes, wound care, specimen collection supplies, and related laboratory and clinical equipment—rather than needle guides in isolation. State and local governments access needle guides as part of full-line distributor agreements established through cooperative purchasing alliances (NASPO ValuePoint, MMCAP) and individual agency procurements for medical and laboratory services. Issuing bodies include state cooperative purchasing offices administering multistate master agreements, county governments procuring for medical examiner and detention-facility operations, state transportation departments purchasing occupational health services, and regional purchasing alliances serving thousands of government members nationwide.

NASPO ValuePoint and MMCAP dominate recent activity, with NASPO ValuePoint's RFP 1433 for Medical Supplies (due November 9, 2026) seeking master-agreement proposals from qualified distributors to serve state and local entities across multiple states under South Dakota's administration, and MMCAP's RFP 37259 (due July 20, 2026) targeting full-line distributors with approximately $300 million in collective annual purchasing power and capacity to supply at least twenty states. Representative agency-specific opportunities include Brevard County Purchasing Services (Florida) soliciting histology laboratory services via RFQ-7-26-07 (due April 7, 2026), Marion County (Oregon) requesting laboratory testing and phlebotomy services via ITB SO1814-26 (due July 24, 2026), and the Washington State Department of Transportation seeking occupational medical surveillance services via RFP 20260825 (due October 9, 2026). The code shows activity concentrated in Florida, Oregon, and Washington, with multistate cooperative agreements expanding reach across the country.