UNSPSC 42171610: Mobile medical services torso immobilizers

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as a torso immobilizer during a mobile medical services procedure. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901811.

UNSPSC 42171610 Mobile medical services torso immobilizers, a Commodity code, represents specialized trauma and spine immobilization equipment that state and local EMS systems procure for field use during emergency response. The code captures a narrow product category—torso stabilization devices used in prehospital care—but recent opportunities tagged under this code show that state and local governments are acquiring this equipment as part of broader EMS medical supply contracts rather than as stand-alone procurements. Issuing bodies for EMS medical supplies span county fire-rescue departments, municipal fire departments, and county EMS agencies across multiple states. Recent solicitations show that torso immobilizers appear alongside airway management devices, IV administration sets, trauma dressings, personal protective equipment, diagnostic equipment, medications, and transport supplies in comprehensive medical supply RFBs and IFBs. Bernalillo County Fire & Rescue (New Mexico), Williamson County EMS (Texas), Henry County Fire Department (Georgia), Orange County Fire Rescue (Florida), Clay County Fire Rescue (Florida), and the City of Tucson Fire Department (Arizona) have all posted medical supply solicitations in the past three months that would encompass immobilization equipment within their scope.

Activity under UNSPSC 42171610 is distributed across the South, Southwest, and Midwest, with notable recent posting activity in Texas, Georgia, Florida, and Arizona. Representative opportunities include Bernalillo County's RFB 46-26-JM for EMS Medical Products (due May 21, 2026), which seeks approximately 266 core medical items including trauma equipment valued at roughly $240,000 annually; Henry County, Georgia's BID #26-34 for Miscellaneous Medical Supplies for Fire Department (due April 8, 2026), an IFB with a one-year initial term and two optional renewals requiring compliance with state resident and small-business preferences; and the City of Tucson Fire Department's RFP 260 for BLS/ALS Pharmaceuticals and Supplies (due June 24, 2026), a federally funded procurement under ARPA and HUD grants requiring Section 3 labor compliance and Davis-Bacon prevailing wage. Most EMS medical supply solicitations are structured as requirements contracts or unit-price IFBs with no guaranteed minimum purchases; vendors typically face fill-rate expectations (90–95 percent), delivery windows (3–7 business days), and inventory management system integration. Set-asides and preferences vary by jurisdiction—Bernalillo County applies state-resident, veteran, and small-business preferences capped at 18 percent; Henry County encourages small, local, veteran, disadvantaged, and women-owned enterprise participation; and Tucson's federally funded procurement mandates DBE and Section 3 compliance. Torso immobilizers are typically sold as unit-priced line items within these larger catalogs; the code sees consistent but not high-volume activity and does not appear to be a procurement category that standing-alone solicitations target.