UNSPSC 42182006: Laryngeal or oropharyngeal exam speculas

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product that is a tool designed to inspect the larynx or oropharynx in humans. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901890.

UNSPSC 42182006 Laryngeal or oropharyngeal exam speculas (Commodity) describes handheld medical visualization devices used in airway examination and management, though recent state and local procurement activity under this code does not cleanly align with the code's nominal scope. Collier County, Florida solicited a video laryngoscope device (GlideScope Go 2) and related accessories through a Notice of Intent to Single Source from Verathon Inc., representing direct procurement of airway-visualization equipment. The Santa Clara County, California ITB for ophthalmic instruments, services, supplies, and accessories tags eye-examination equipment rather than laryngeal-exam tools, indicating potential misclassification in the procurement system. A third recent posting—a Sourcewell cooperative RFP for law enforcement equipment spanning Washington state counties and Sourcewell Participating Entities nationwide—appears unrelated to the code's medical-device scope. Issuing bodies in the recent record span county health departments and specialty centers rather than a broad mix of municipal or school-district buyers, suggesting the code attracts healthcare-system procurement primarily.

Geographic activity appears concentrated in the West and South, with recent postings from Collier County (Florida), Santa Clara County (California), and the five-county Washington coalition under Sourcewell. The Collier County single-source challenge (due May 11, 2026) covers a three-year term from May 1, 2026 through September 30, 2029 for GlideScope Go 2 devices and consumables. Santa Clara County's ITB-PRC-FY26-0664 (due July 10, 2026) requires qualified distributors or manufacturers and authorized service providers for all items listed; the County scheduled a non-mandatory pre-bid conference and reserves the right to require evaluation units for validation. The code shows sparse recent activity overall, and the Santa Clara and Sourcewell postings suggest possible coding drift—ophthalmic and law-enforcement equipment do not map clearly to laryngeal-exam tools.