UNSPSC 42172019: Snake-bite suction kit

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product that is a prepackaged collection (either custom or standard) of the equipment and supplies used to perform snake bite venom suction procedure in a medical setting. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901920.

UNSPSC 42172019 Snake-bite suction kit, a Commodity code, sees limited recent state and local procurement activity; the code's nominal scope does not align with the current buying patterns documented in recent solicitations. Among the opportunities tagged with this code, only two are genuinely related to emergency medical supplies and first aid kits: the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts' statewide IFB for Personal Protective Equipment and First Aid Components (due October 6, 2026) and the Dallas Area Rapid Transit Authority's blanket purchase order for Police Individual First Aid Kits (due June 1, 2026). The remaining opportunities in the record—laser equipment for operating rooms (San Mateo County), surgical power instruments (San Mateo County), furniture for outpatient buildings (California, multiple projects), harm reduction supplies including safer injection products (Boulder County Public Health), outpatient building furniture (California, two additional contracts), law enforcement equipment (Sourcewell cooperative), a Tramedic Cabinet Kit (City of Dallas), naloxone and drug deactivation systems (Seminole County), and medical aid supplies (City of Tampa)—fall outside the snake-bite suction kit category. The actual procurement activity under this code appears to cluster around first aid kits and emergency medical components for law enforcement and transit agencies rather than specialized trauma or venom-management equipment.

State and local issuing bodies purchasing under this code include state procurement divisions (Texas Comptroller), transit authorities (Dallas Area Rapid Transit), county departments, and municipal fire and rescue services. Texas has shown sustained activity through the Comptroller's statewide procurement framework. Geographic spread is limited: documented recent activity centers on Texas (multiple opportunities), Florida (Seminole County), and sporadic local solicitations. The Texas Comptroller's IFB for Personal Protective Equipment and First Aid Components, with a response deadline of October 6, 2026, represents the largest and most active recent state-level opportunity, encompassing 21 line items including first aid kits and offering a contract term from November 30, 2026 through November 30, 2030 with four renewal options. DART's June 1, 2026 blanket purchase order for Police IFAKs specifies detailed trauma-kit contents (CAT tourniquets, QuikClot Combat Gauze, chest seals, nasopharyngeal airways, gloves, and medical patches) for 60 units. Neither opportunity explicitly includes snake-bite suction kits as a line item; the code assignment appears incidental rather than reflective of actual current demand for snake-bite-specific equipment in state and local government purchasing.