UNSPSC 42152913: Dental instrument trays or tubs

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as a tray for dental instruments, devices, and supplies used during a dental procedure. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 392410.

UNSPSC 42152913 Dental instrument trays or tubs is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local activity posted under it consists primarily of dental imaging and scanning equipment procurements rather than instrument trays or containment vessels—a mismatch that signals the code sees little relevant recent activity aligned with its nominal scope. The one opportunity explicitly tagged to the code is Valencia College's School of Allied Health, Dental Hygiene Department's sole-source procurement for 4 iTero Lumina Scanners from Align Technology, Inc., valued at $143,196.00 and posted under Florida procurement statute. The other two opportunities in the source—a Texas A&M University request for a pool of vendors to supply dental and medical equipment and supplies generally, and the City of Arlington's request for a cyanide flow analyzer for wastewater treatment—do not align with dental instrument trays and lie outside the code's intended scope. When state and local procurement offices tag opportunities to this code, they are treating it as a catch-all for dental equipment and supplies rather than its narrow commodity definition.

Valencia College's sole-source notice, posted October 19, 2026 with a due date of November 27, 2025, represents the only recent opportunity clearly linked to dental operations under this code. The procurement reflects investment in advanced digital intraoral scanning technology for clinical and educational use at a higher-education institution rather than the trays or tubs the code name implies. The geographic spread of activity appears limited to Florida and Texas based on the source records. State and local buyers pursuing dental-related goods may tag equipment and supply pools to this code despite the mismatch with the Commodity's formal definition, making it worth monitoring if your firm supplies dental imaging, digital scanning devices, or broad dental equipment assortments to educational institutions and health systems, though the code's labeling creates a search-and-discovery problem that may obscure actual buying patterns.