UNSPSC 42171613: Mobile medical services spine boards

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

UNSPSC 42171613 Mobile medical services spine boards, a Commodity code, covers intraosseous infusion systems, transport ventilators, pediatric emergency bags, and other specialized emergency medical equipment that state and local governments procure for EMS and fire rescue operations. Recent solicitations reveal that jurisdictions are buying a broad range of emergency medical supplies and equipment—not spine boards specifically—including airway management devices, trauma supplies, diagnostics, transport equipment, pharmaceuticals, vending systems with inventory management integration, and single-source medical devices such as video laryngoscopes and ultrasound platforms. The issuing bodies span county fire rescue departments, city fire departments, county EMS agencies, and regional health systems across Florida, Texas, Georgia, Arizona, New Mexico, and Ohio, with repeat activity from Williamson County, Texas (sole-source EZ-IO needles and drills in June; sealed-bid EMS medical and pharmaceutical items in July); Henry County, Georgia (sealed-bid miscellaneous medical supplies in March and April); and Orange County, Florida (comprehensive five-year EMS equipment contract in July).

Representative recent solicitations include Williamson County, Texas issuing IFB 26IFB63 for EMS medical and pharmaceutical items with responses due August 4, 2026; Bernalillo County, New Mexico issuing RFB 46-26-JM for approximately 266 core EMS medical products across 14 fire stations with responses due May 21, 2026, and an estimated annual value of $240,000; Orange County, Florida issuing Y25-1067-KS for a five-year EMS equipment contract covering 94 line items of supplies with responses due October 14, 2025; the City of Tucson Fire Department issuing an RFP for BLS and ALS pharmaceuticals, supplies, and VendNovation vending machines with responses due June 24, 2026, carrying federal ARPA, HUD, and FTA compliance obligations including prevailing wage, Davis-Bacon, DBE participation, and Section 3 labor requirements; and Henry County, Georgia issuing BID 26-34 for miscellaneous medical supplies requiring web-based inventory management integration with UCAP and Operative IQ systems and responses due April 8, 2026. The code sees consistent activity across the Southeast, Southwest, and Midwest, with Texas, Florida, Georgia, and Ohio as primary procurement locations in the recent block.