UNSPSC 42181503: Exam or personal lubricants or jellies

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as a jelly or lubricant used for and examination or personal procedure in a medical setting. US FDA regulates Exam or personal lubricants or jellies under 21 CFR 876.15 and under FDA product code FHX. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901890.

UNSPSC 42181503 Exam or personal lubricants or jellies (Commodity) shows limited recent state and local procurement activity directly aligned with the code's nominal scope. The recent opportunities posted under this code span emergency medical services supplies, biomedical equipment, ophthalmic instruments, forensic drug standards, pharmacy benefit management, medical examiner services, and educational equipment — none of which constitute exam or personal lubricants or jellies as discrete product lines. The City of Tucson Fire Department's June 2026 solicitation for BLS/ALS pharmaceuticals and supplies (Solicitation 260217, RFP, due June 24, 2026) encompasses a 251-line-item price sheet with glucometers, IV administration sets, airway management devices, and medications, but no specific call-out for lubricants or jellies. Similarly, Williamson County's sole-source procurement of EZ-IO intraosseous infusion equipment (Solicitation 26SS60, ITQ, due July 7, 2026) and Santa Clara County's ophthalmic instruments and accessories ITB (ITBPRCFY260664, ITB, due July 10, 2026) fall outside the code's product family. The remaining opportunities — Pinellas County's forensic drug standards (April 2026), Harris County biomedical equipment (February 2026), and various medical services and staffing solicitations — do not cite exam or personal lubricants as line items.

The code shows no meaningful geographic concentration or repeat-buyer pattern in the provided recent-opportunities dataset. When state and local procurement offices tag opportunities with this code, the actual goods and services solicited do not match the code's intended product scope, suggesting either misclassification at posting or that the code itself sees minimal relevant activity in current state and local markets. Firms evaluating pursuit should verify that specific opportunities list lubricant or jelly products in their detailed line-item schedules before committing resources to RFP or ITB responses; the nominal code label alone does not reliably predict relevant scope.