UNSPSC 42171900: Medical equipment bags and cases and carriers and related products

In this classification, this class includes, bags, cases, carriers and related products for equipment, products, components, accessories, and supplies, utilized in medical procedures.

UNSPSC 42171900 Medical equipment bags and cases and carriers and related products is a Class code that encompasses emergency medical services consumables, equipment, and vending solutions—the recent solicitations show state and local governments buying everything from AED batteries and ventilator maintenance to pharmaceutical delivery systems and EMS transport supplies, well beyond the abstract code name. The issuing bodies span county fire departments and EMS agencies, county boards of commissioners, municipal fire and rescue services, state health departments, and specialized transit authorities, with particular concentration in Florida, Georgia, Texas, and New Mexico. Counties appear as repeat buyers—Williamson County solicited EMS pharmaceuticals and sole-source EZ-IO equipment; Bernalillo County bid comprehensive EMS medical product catalogs; Escambia County and Marion County procured ventilator consumables and intraosseous infusion systems separately. Fire departments and county EMS divisions dominate as the operational end users, often requesting multiyear frameworks to standardize supply chains and inventory management across multiple stations or jurisdictions.

Recent activity shows geographic clustering in the Southeast and Southwest. Bernalillo County, New Mexico issued RFB 46-26-JM for approximately 266 EMS medical products with estimated annual value of $240,000 (response deadline May 21, 2026); Forsyth County, Georgia solicited first-aid supplies on an as-needed basis for 2027 under ITB with a response date of October 22, 2026; the City of Tucson Fire Department sought BLS and ALS pharmaceuticals and VendNovation vending machines under a federally funded RFP with multiple compliance requirements (response deadline June 24, 2026); Clay County, Florida solicited EMS medical supplies as-needed via RFB (June 1, 2026); and Orange County, Florida bid a five-year EMS equipment contract for 94 line items across airway management, trauma, diagnostics, and PPE (response deadline October 14, 2025). Sole-source and restricted-vendor procurements recur—Escambia County EMS sought authorized Hamilton Medical distributors for ventilator consumables; Williamson County sourced EZ-IO equipment from Teleflex Medical; and Marion County and Collier County each restricted procurement to single OEM vendors (Vidacare and Verathon respectively). This code shows sustained activity driven by equipment standardization, regulatory compliance, and supply-chain continuity requirements typical of public EMS operations.