UNSPSC 42192207: Patient stretchers

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as a stretcher used by patients to facilitate movement in a medical setting. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 940290.

UNSPSC 42192207 Patient stretchers (Commodity) frames state and local procurement for mobility-assistance equipment and components, though recent opportunities under this code reflect broader purchases of wheelchairs, wheelchair parts, walkers, and related assistive devices rather than stretchers per se. State and local buyers—primarily health and human services agencies, state supported living centers, state hospitals, and school districts—solicit for durable medical equipment and assistive technology serving individuals with mobility limitations, clinical patients, and students with special education needs. The work includes supply of new equipment (powered wheelchairs, manual wheelchairs, walkers, shower chairs), component parts and accessories (wheels, casters, armrests, seatbelts, headrests, positioning devices), custom fabrication and fitting services with certified assistive technology professional assessments, staff and client training, equipment modification and maintenance, and emergency repair and replacement services. Issuing bodies range from state health and human services commissions procuring for multiple state supported living centers and hospitals, to independent school districts purchasing special education equipment, to state parks divisions acquiring specialized equipment for outdoor recreation.

Texas dominates recent activity under this code, with five of eight opportunities posted by Texas Health and Human Services Commission (three separate IFBs and RFPs for wheelchair parts, custom wheelchairs, and comprehensive durable medical equipment services), Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (powered wheelchairs for state parks), and two Texas independent school districts (Donna ISD and Garland ISD requesting special education equipment and supplies). A single Illinois procurement—Illinois Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities soliciting medical supplies for Alton Mental Health Center—represents the only non-Texas recent opportunity. Representative recent work includes Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0016869v2 for wheelchair parts, walkers, and shower chairs with a historical annual value of $300,000 (bid due April 2, 2026); Texas Health and Human Services Commission RFP HHS0017173 for comprehensive durable medical equipment and services across eleven geographic regions and DME categories, with proposals due June 2, 2026 and anticipated cumulative contract value of $5,000,000; and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department IFB 802-26-81094 for five powered track wheelchairs with accessories, bids due July 16, 2026. All Texas procurements impose mandatory Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) subcontracting plans with a 21.1 percent utilization goal as a material condition of responsiveness.