UNSPSC 42142521: Blood collection needles

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product that is a hollow needle commonly used for rapid delivery or evacuation of liquids in blood collecting procedure in a medical setting. US FDA regulates Blood collection needles under 21 CFR 862.1675 and under FDA product code GIO. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901832.

UNSPSC 42142521 Blood collection needles is a Commodity code that encompasses phlebotomy supplies and specimen-collection equipment used across state and local health, public-safety, and occupational-health programs. Recent state and local solicitations show the code in practice covering phlebotomist services, specimen-collection kits, syringes, needles, and related laboratory draw supplies bundled with testing and evaluation services. Issuing bodies span county health departments, state transportation and ferries agencies, county medical examiner offices, county correctional systems, and cooperative purchasing alliances aggregating demand from thousands of state and local members. The code sees sustained activity across multiple issuing-body types — from individual counties procuring narrowly for specific functions to multi-state cooperative vehicles establishing master agreements for broad membership bases.

The geographic spread includes Washington, Oregon, Florida, Minnesota, South Dakota, and participation across numerous additional states through cooperative purchasing vehicles. Representative recent opportunities include Marion County, Oregon's July 2026 ITB for laboratory testing services and phlebotomy supplies for adults in custody (due July 24, 2026); Brevard County, Florida's RFQ for histology laboratory services including specimen-collection protocols (due April 7, 2026); the Washington State Department of Transportation's August 2026 RFP for occupational medical surveillance across 14 ferry system locations statewide (due October 9, 2026); the Minnesota Multigovernmental Cooperative Purchasing Alliance's June 2026 RFP for full-line medical supplies including needles, syringes, and specimen-collection supplies to serve approximately 8,000 government members with $300 million annual purchasing power (due July 20, 2026); and NASPO ValuePoint's September 2026 RFP to establish master agreements for medical supplies across multiple states, with South Dakota as the administering state (due November 9, 2026).