UNSPSC 42191808: Patient care beds for specialty care

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as beds with alternating extended capabilities to aid patients with specialized needs in a medical setting. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 611780.

UNSPSC 42191808 Patient care beds for specialty care is a Commodity code that encompasses medical supplies, equipment, and related services procured by state and local health agencies to support patient-care operations, though the recent opportunities block shows little activity specifically tagged to this code. The few solicitations present—including breast pump contracts for state WIC programs (Texas HHSC and Georgia Department of Public Health), infusion center management (University of Texas Health Science Center), medical supplies for a state-supported living center (Texas HHSC), and a statewide cooperative purchasing agreement for full-line medical supplies and equipment (Minnesota MMCAP)—span a much broader scope than the code's nominal focus on specialty-care beds alone. These opportunities reflect state health departments, university health systems, and cooperative purchasing vehicles buying consumables, durable medical equipment, clinical supplies, and ancillary services rather than beds or bed systems. The mismatch suggests the code sees limited recent activity specifically for patient care beds or that state and local procurement offices are tagging broader medical-equipment and supply contracts under this code without strict adherence to the nominal commodity definition.

Recent opportunities appear concentrated in Texas, with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission posting multiple solicitations for medical supplies and breast pump contracts, and one opportunity emanating from Georgia; the remaining activity includes a California statewide infusion pump procurement, a Minnesota cooperative purchasing vehicle for multistate medical supply distribution, and a Texas university health system. Geographic spread is sparse relative to the national scope of state and local procurement. The most representative recent solicitations are the Texas HHSC IFB for medical supplies and equipment for the Abilene State Supported Living Center (HHS0017603, due July 30, 2026), which covers gastrostomy tubes, IV stabilization devices, catheters, and feeding sets, and the Minnesota MMCAP RFP for full-line medical supplies and equipment distributors (S1070000017226, due July 20, 2026), which serves approximately 8,000 purchasing members across the United States. The code does not report standout repeat buyers beyond Texas HHSC, and activity is too sparse to characterize a robust procurement pipeline under this specific commodity classification.