UNSPSC 42142539: Dialysis needles

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

UNSPSC 42142539 Dialysis needles is a Commodity code that encompasses medical supplies procurement, but the recent state and local opportunities tagged under it span a broader range of medical procurement activity than dialysis needles alone. State and local governments are soliciting medical supplies through cooperative purchasing vehicles, occupational health services, laboratory testing and phlebotomy, histology lab services, and law enforcement equipment — a portfolio that shows the code is being used as a catch-all for miscellaneous medical and health-related goods and services rather than dialysis needles specifically. Issuing bodies include state cooperative-purchasing alliances (NASPO ValuePoint administered by South Dakota, MMCAP operated by the Minnesota Department of Administration), state transportation departments (Washington State Department of Transportation on behalf of Washington State Ferries), county purchasing offices (Brevard County, Marion County, Oregon), and Sourcewell, a Minnesota local government cooperative. The mix reflects both statewide cooperative vehicles open to multiple jurisdictions and individual county or state agency solicitations.

Geographic activity centers on the Pacific Northwest and upper Midwest — Washington State, Oregon, Minnesota, and South Dakota feature prominently — with Brevard County, Florida representing activity in the Southeast. MMCAP's solicitation (S1070000017226, due July 20, 2026) targets full-line medical supplies and equipment distributors serving approximately 8,000 government members across the United States with approximately $300 million in collective annual purchasing power, emphasizing the scale and scope of cooperative purchasing under this code. NASPO ValuePoint's medical supplies RFP (26RFP1433, due November 9, 2026) similarly seeks master-agreement bidders to establish favorable pricing across multiple states. Washington State Department of Transportation's occupational medical surveillance RFP (RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026) calls for baseline, periodic, follow-up, and exit medical examinations across 14 Washington locations with a two-year initial term and optional five-year extensions. Marion County, Oregon's ITB for laboratory testing and phlebotomy services (SC2510200017260, due July 24, 2026) serves inmates in custody. The code shows consistent activity from cooperative purchasing alliances and state agencies rather than narrowly focused dialysis-needle procurement.