UNSPSC 42192210: Wheelchairs

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as a chair fitted with wheels for use as a means of transport by a person who is unable to walk as a result of illness, injury, or disability in a medical setting. US FDA regulates Wheelchairs under 21 CFR 890.3850 and under FDA product code IMK. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 871310.

UNSPSC 42192210 Wheelchairs (Commodity) covers custom and powered wheelchairs, standard manual wheelchairs, and specialized beach access and track wheelchairs that state and local government procure for clients in health and human services facilities, state parks, and county recreation programs. Recent solicitations show state health and human services commissions procuring custom wheelchairs with assessments and fitting services for state-operated residential and day-program facilities; state parks divisions procuring powered track wheelchairs with terrain-specific accessories; county recreation departments procuring standard and specialized wheelchairs for beach and accessible recreation; and regional cooperative purchasing vehicles offering discounted wheelchair catalogs to member school districts and agencies. The mix of issuing bodies spans state health and human services commissions, state parks divisions, county recreation authorities, and regional education service center purchasing cooperatives. Texas dominates recent activity, with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, and Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative posting multiple solicitations; California posted one outpatient facility furniture bid that tangentially referenced wheelchair-compatible equipment; and Orange County, California posted a beach wheelchair and mat RFQ.

Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0017709 for custom wheelchairs and delivery to twenty state facilities across Texas (response due September 11, 2026), the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department IFB 8022781094R for five powered track wheelchairs with specified accessories including headlights, oxygen tank holders, and four-point harnesses (response due September 2, 2026), the Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative's Invitation for Catalog Discount Bid SPE2628 for discounted special education supplies and equipment catalogs available to cooperative members over a two-year term estimated at $2,713,541 with 99 vendors anticipated (response due October 1, 2026), and the Orange County, California IFB for three TERRAWHEELS BEACH wheelchairs with beach access mats (response date June 4, 2026, posted June 29, 2026). The Texas Health and Human Services Commission also posted RFP HHS0017173 for Master Contracts for Durable Medical Equipment and Services across eleven geographic regions including a positioning devices and wheelchairs category with an anticipated contract value not to exceed $5,000,000 and HUB set-aside of 21.1 percent (proposals due June 2, 2026). Texas procurement activity emphasizes HUB subcontracting compliance and firm fixed pricing; custom wheelchair procurements require ATP certification and service-call response time guarantees; powered track wheelchairs specify terrain and weather capability with FOB destination delivery; and cooperative catalogs serve multi-jurisdictional member bases.