UNSPSC 42191711: Surgical compressed air tanks

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as a tank of compressed air used in surgical setting. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 841430.

UNSPSC 42191711 Surgical compressed air tanks is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local opportunities posted under it show minimal alignment with surgical applications. Instead, the code captures industrial gas procurement across welding, forensic science, utilities, and statewide Texas contracts—a divergence that reflects how procurement systems tag gas-supply solicitations without regard to end-use specificity. State and local buyers under this code are primarily community colleges (Collin College), county forensic services (Harris County Institute of Forensic Science), municipal utilities (Gainesville Regional Utilities), and statewide procurement offices (State of Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts). The work being solicited includes welding gases and materials through three-year multi-vendor contracts, specialty and industrial gases for forensic labs, instrument-air compressors for power plants, and comprehensive statewide gas-supply frameworks covering laboratory, medical, and welding applications. Evaluation typically weights price (35 to 40 percent), quality and technical compliance (15 to 40 percent), vendor references and relationships, and state-of-origin preferences where applicable.

The recent activity concentrates in Texas, with Collin College issuing two welding-materials ITBs (FY2024ITB020 due March 19, 2024, and FY2024ITB024 due April 19, 2024, each targeting approximately $400,000 annualized spend over three-year terms), Harris County's forensic-science ITB 260132 due July 20, 2026, and the State of Texas Comptroller's statewide RFI 304T-26-430M2 (released March 25, 2026) establishing a multi-year term contract for laboratory, medical, and welding gases across 25 TxDOT highway districts with 129 to 137 line items. Gainesville Regional Utilities in Florida issued RFP2026054 (due May 11, 2026) for a single 800-cfm oil-free rotary screw air compressor at its Deerhaven Renewable Generation Station, a higher-value, equipment-specific solicitation weighted toward technical compliance and price rather than multi-vendor gas supply. The code shows limited relevant recent activity outside Texas and Florida.