UNSPSC 42191714: Medical gas cylinder spanner or wrench

Manual locking device used to turn tank stem to open or close gas cylinder at time of use.

UNSPSC 42191714 Medical gas cylinder spanner or wrench is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local opportunities posted under this code show little relevance to the code's nominal scope. The Orange County Transportation Authority solicited compressed natural gases and related testing gases for CNG buses and maintenance facilities under IFB 260542 (due October 27, 2026, budget $100,000 over two years); the City of Tucson Environmental and General Services Division posted an RFP for EPA-certified refrigerant reclamation services at the Los Reales Sustainability Campus; the Washington State Department of Transportation requested proposals for occupational medical surveillance services; Collin College and Collin County Community College District each issued ITBs for welding materials, supplies, and equipment over three-year terms; and Harris County Institute of Forensic Science posted an ITB for specialty chemicals and industrial gases. None of these solicitations—focused on gas supply, refrigerant extraction, medical examinations, welding stock, or forensic chemicals—align with procurement of wrenches or spanners used to service medical gas cylinders.

The geographic spread of recent activity spans California (Orange County), Arizona (Tucson), Washington State (statewide ferry system), Texas (Collin College and Collin County, Harris County), with issuing bodies including a regional transit authority, municipal environmental division, state transportation department, community colleges, and a county forensic institute. The code shows no substantive recent activity matching its medical gas cylinder tool classification; the misalignment between the code's stated purpose and the actual goods and services being solicited suggests either miscoding in the state and local procurement systems or that this particular commodity sees minimal demand under its proper classification in the current market.