UNSPSC 42192102: Hospital recliners

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as a chair conformed to recline in general medical procedures in a medical setting. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 940290.

UNSPSC 42192102 Hospital recliners, a Commodity code, encompasses patient seating and positioning furniture for healthcare settings, though recent state and local opportunities show the code is being applied to a broader spectrum of institutional furniture procurement. State and local buyers soliciting under this code include school districts, county education systems, special-purpose districts, and cooperative purchasing alliances serving multiple government jurisdictions. The Minnesota Multigovernmental Cooperative Purchasing Alliance (MMCAP) issued an RFP due July 20, 2026 for full-line medical supplies and equipment distributors to serve approximately 8,000 actively purchasing government members nationwide, with a medical supply portfolio generating approximately $300 million in annual collective purchasing power and scope spanning hospital furnishings alongside wound care, testing supplies, and surgical instruments. The School Board of Marion County, Florida solicited a term contract for classroom furniture (desks, chairs, tables, storage, whiteboards) due January 14, 2026, representing a substantial mismatch with the code's nominal hospital-recliner scope. Pinellas County Schools, acting as lead agency for a cooperative purchasing arrangement with CoreTrust Public Sector, issued an RFP due January 5, 2026 for school furniture across ten categories (classroom, library, administrative, computer, adaptive, early childhood, flexible learning, cafeteria, outdoor, performing arts) valued at approximately $20 million for prototype bond calculation.

Recent activity spans Minnesota, Florida, Texas, Wisconsin, and California, with the strongest concentration in school district furniture procurement and cooperative purchasing vehicles rather than hospital-specific recliners. Klein Independent School District in Harris County, Texas issued an RFP (RFP #26-101) due June 5, 2026 for Career Technical Education and Advanced Academics instructional resources, materials, and equipment across 17 CTE program areas, though hospital recliners do not align with that scope. Mt. San Antonio College in California issued an RFQ due October 3, 2025 for Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment Coordination Services, with individual projects estimated under $220,000 and potential for four one-year extensions. The City of Dodgeville and Dodgeville Public Library in Wisconsin solicited bids due February 19, 2026 for Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment divided into three packages (Custom Casegoods, Shelving, and FFE) for their new library building, funded through the U.S. Department of Treasury's Capital Projects Fund. The code shows significant recent activity, though most solicitations are school and institutional furniture rather than hospital-specific recliners, suggesting a mismatch between the code's nominal definition and current state and local procurement practice.