UNSPSC 42171604: Mobile medical services basket stretchers

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product that is either an accessory or consumable associated with mobile medical services basket stretchers. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 940290.

UNSPSC 42171604 Mobile medical services basket stretchers (Commodity) covers emergency medical equipment and supplies that state and local EMS and fire departments purchase to support patient transport and emergency response operations. State and local procurement under this code spans a mix of counties, cities, and fire departments acquiring equipment ranging from specialized devices—automated chest compression units, intraosseous infusion systems, video laryngoscopes—to broad categories of consumable medical supplies and pharmaceuticals for emergency medical services. Recent solicitations show active buying of integrated EMS supply packages, single-source procurements of OEM medical devices, and comprehensive medical supply contracts with inventory management integration; representative examples include the City of Tucson Fire Department's RFP (issued August 2026) for BLS/ALS pharmaceuticals, supplies, and VendNovation vending machines with software support, Bernalillo County Fire & Rescue's RFB for approximately 266 core EMS medical products with an estimated annual value of $240,000, and Escambia County EMS's sole-source procurement for Hamilton Medical consumables including ventilator circuit tubing and nasal cannulas.

Recent activity spans Florida, Georgia, Texas, California, New Mexico, Ohio, Washington, and Arizona, with particularly dense procurement calendars in Florida (Collier County, Sarasota County, Escambia County, Orange County, Clay County, Marion County) and evidence of state-level cooperative purchasing vehicles such as Sourcewell's law enforcement equipment RFP and the Purchasing Cooperative of America's emergency responders equipment solicitation that make awards available nationally. County fire and EMS departments dominate the issuing-body profile, with state departments (Washington State Department of Transportation, Ohio Board of Health, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation) and municipal fire departments (City of Dallas, City of Tucson, City of South Fulton) participating alongside specialized authorities. The market shows steady demand for both sole-source OEM consumables tied to existing installed equipment and competitive open bidding on broader supply packages; many solicitations carry set-asides or preferences for small, disadvantaged, minority-owned, or veteran-owned businesses, and several include federal compliance requirements (prevailing wage, Davis-Bacon, DBE participation, Buy America, Section 3 labor requirements) when EMS procurement is federally funded through ARPA, HUD, or FTA grants.