UNSPSC 42142902: Eyeglass lenses

In this classification, this commodity indicates the actual lenses of product the uses a single lens to correct flawed vision in a human. US FDA regulates Eyeglass lenses under 21 CFR 886.5844 and under FDA product code HQG. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 900140.

UNSPSC 42142902 Eyeglass lenses, a Commodity code, encompasses prescription and safety eyewear lenses—single vision, bifocal, trifocal, progressive, polycarbonate, and tinted varieties—along with frames and fitting services that state and local governments procure for employee safety programs, institutional populations, and inmate health care. State health and human services agencies, higher education institutions, county governments, and correctional authorities are the primary issuing bodies. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission recently issued IFB HHS0017589 in June 2026 for a blanket purchase order covering prescription eyeglasses, frames, lenses, and fitting services for Mexia State Supported Living Center, with a response deadline of July 15, 2026 and historical annual spending of $48,370.65. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) concurrently posted IFB 739-SL3809803 for optical supplies serving 19 Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison facilities, requesting bids by July 17, 2026 and requiring a HUB Subcontracting Plan for expected expenditures exceeding $100,000.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, where two institutional procurements—one for a state-supported living center and one for correctional facilities—both closed in mid-July 2026. The County of San Mateo in California issued an Informal RFP in May 2026 for a five-year comprehensive prescription safety glasses program covering multiple county facilities, with proposals due January 2, 2026, and pricing evaluated under local business preferences with an additional 10 percent of preferential points for local or non-profit vendors. A Sourcewell cooperative RFP #061626 posted in May 2026 named law enforcement equipment broadly but does not specify eyeglass lenses within its advertised scope; that solicitation appears misaligned with the code's actual commodity definition.