UNSPSC 42191800: Patient beds and accessories

In this classification, this class includes products, components, accessories, and supplies, utilized in medical bedding.

UNSPSC 42191800 Patient beds and accessories is a Class code encompassing medical beds, therapeutic mattresses, and related equipment that state and local governments procure for correctional health care, veterans' facilities, rehabilitation programs, and special education cooperative purchasing. The scope includes behavioral health beds with safety rails, bariatric and air flotation mattresses, patient positioning and lift equipment, and rental or maintenance services for therapeutic devices deployed across institutional and home settings. Issuing bodies soliciting under this code span state correctional health care services, state veterans' agencies, state workforce commissions, state health and human services departments, and regional purchasing cooperatives serving school districts and special education programs. California's Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and Correctional Health Care Services appear as repeat buyers, issuing multiple IFBs for equipment rental and procurement. Texas state agencies—the Health and Human Services Commission and Workforce Commission—are also active, as is the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs. Regional purchasing cooperatives like Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative (Texas) solicit on behalf of member school districts and education service centers through catalog discount bids.

Recent procurement activity concentrates in California, Texas, and Illinois. Representative opportunities include the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's IFB #SD25-00047 for Therapeutic Patient Care Equipment Rental Services across 29 correctional institutions (due June 3, 2026, with a three-year contract term beginning July 1, 2026); the same agency's separate IFB for 50 behavioral health beds and NP Trio BH mattresses for the California Health Care Facility in Stockton (due May 26, 2026); the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's RFP for Durable Medical Equipment and Services across eleven geographic regions serving rehabilitation clients (due June 2, 2026, with contract term through August 31, 2031, under a 21.1 percent HUB set-aside); and Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative's catalog discount bid covering special education and supplies with estimated two-year expenditures of $2,713,541 (due October 1, 2026). The Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs issued a small purchase with sole source condition for maintenance and repair of medical lift equipment and shower chairs at the Illinois Veterans' Home Chicago (due June 29, 2026, estimated annual cost $30,510). These procurements reflect institutional and cooperative demand for both equipment purchases and ongoing rental, maintenance, and repair services.