UNSPSC 42151660: Dental applicators or absorbents

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product that are assorted applicators and absorbent material used during a dental procedure. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901839.

UNSPSC 42151660 Dental applicators or absorbents is a Commodity code that in practice captures intraoral scanning equipment and related dental diagnostic and equipment-supply procurement rather than consumable applicators or absorbents. State and local governments soliciting under this code are primarily higher-education institutions—specifically colleges and universities—acquiring specialized dental diagnostic and clinical equipment for educational and operational programs. The work ranges from sole-source procurements of advanced 3D intraoral scanning devices for dental hygiene training programs to master-order agreements establishing vendor pools for ongoing dental and medical equipment and supplies.

Recent activity is concentrated in Texas and Florida. Valencia College in Florida posted a sole-source acquisition in November 2025 for four iTero Lumina Scanners from Align Technology, Inc. at $143,196.00 for its School of Allied Health Dental Hygiene Department, conducted as a notice under Florida Administrative Code and Florida Statute 287.057 with a seven-business-day public posting period. Texas A&M University, Division of Finance Procurement Services, issued an ITB (TAMHSC-26-0648) in August 2026 for a pool of vendors to provide dental and medical equipment and supplies on a master-order basis, with bids due September 3, 2026. A third recent posting—the City of Arlington, Texas cyanide flow analyzer RFP due September 10, 2026—does not align with the code's scope and appears to be a miscoding. The code shows limited recent state and local activity, with higher-education dental and allied-health programs as the primary and most predictable procurement driver.