UNSPSC 42161914: Therapeutic apheresis machine valves

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as a valve for therapeutic apheresis machine. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901890.

UNSPSC 42161914 Therapeutic apheresis machine valves is a Commodity code with little recent state and local procurement activity directly aligned to the code's nominal scope. The six recent opportunities tagged under this code span medical equipment procurement across hospitals, county health systems, school districts, and emergency services — ranging from ultrasound systems and spinal implants to law enforcement equipment and career technical education resources. None of these solicitations explicitly target therapeutic apheresis machine valves or component parts for apheresis systems. The code appears to be a catch-all classification for diverse medical device and equipment procurements that do not fit precisely into narrower commodity categories, or the tagging reflects misalignment between the source material and the code structure.

The issuing bodies include a California county health system (San Mateo County, operating San Mateo Medical Center), a Florida county board of commissioners (Hillsborough County), a Minnesota cooperative purchasing vehicle (Sourcewell, serving participating jurisdictions across Washington, Minnesota, and other states), a Florida county emergency services provider (Marion County), a Texas independent school district (Klein ISD), a Florida higher-education institution (Valencia College), and a Texas academic medical center (University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio). Recent opportunities cluster in California, Florida, Texas, and Washington, with one multi-state cooperative procurement. No single issuing body appears more than once in the recent record. Given the mismatch between the code's stated scope and the actual work being solicited, firms pursuing opportunities under this code should verify that incoming RFPs and RFQs are correctly classified before investing pre-bid effort, and should watch for future therapeutic apheresis–specific solicitations from state health departments or regional hospital systems that may better align with the code's intent.