UNSPSC 42142529: Needle trays or holders

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product that consists of either a tray or set of holders configured to restraint needles in a medical setting. US FDA regulates Needle trays or holders under 21 CFR 880.5440 and under FDA product code FPA. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 392410.

UNSPSC 42142529 Needle trays or holders, a Commodity code, shows limited alignment between its abstract designation and recent state and local solicitation activity. The code nominally encompasses needle trays and similar clinical or laboratory instrument holders, yet the recent opportunities posted under it diverge significantly in scope. The City of Philadelphia issued a micro-purchase IFB in August 2026 for tick pullers and identification cards—a pest-control and educational supply acquisition unrelated to medical needle management. San Mateo Medical Center (SMMC), a public hospital system in California, posted an RFP in June 2026 for Surgical Power equipment, seeking replacements for obsolete power instruments across its facilities—an acute-care clinical procurement that bears no connection to needle trays. Sourcewell, a Minnesota cooperative purchasing vehicle, issued a statewide RFP in May 2026 for Law Enforcement Equipment on behalf of multiple Washington counties and other public entities nationwide, a scope entirely outside clinical or laboratory instrumentation. The issuing bodies span city procurement offices, county hospital systems, and multi-jurisdictional cooperative purchasing organizations, but the recent postings contain no genuine needle-tray solicitations.

Geographic activity appears concentrated in California, Pennsylvania, and Minnesota-Washington, driven by the specific opportunities above rather than by a pattern of sustained needle-tray demand. The code exhibits minimal recent procurement activity aligned with its nominal UNSPSC definition, suggesting either infrequent state and local purchasing of needle trays and holders or a systematic miscoding of unrelated acquisitions to this category. Business development professionals evaluating this code should verify whether recent opportunities truly map to needle-tray specifications or represent data-quality issues in the underlying procurement systems. The mismatch between code designation and actual solicitation scope makes forecasting demand under this code difficult based on current signals.