UNSPSC 42202401: Medical positron emission tomography PET units

in this classification, this commodity indicates a product that is a device used in a positron emission tomography procedure in a medical setting. US FDA regulates Medical positron emission tomography PET units under 21 CFR 892.12 and under FDA product code KPS. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901819.

UNSPSC 42202401 Medical positron emission tomography PET units is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local opportunities tagged under it reflect minimal alignment with the code's nominal scope. The source shows no recent solicitations for PET imaging systems or comparable nuclear medicine equipment from state and local buyers. Instead, the tagged opportunities span X-ray inspection systems (airport security and school board procurement), ultrasound machines (community college and technical college medical programs), intraoral dental scanners, and full-body security scanning systems for correctional facilities — none of which are positron emission tomography devices. The mismatch between the code designation and the work actually being bought suggests either a cataloging inconsistency in the state and local procurement system or a broad misapplication of the code to imaging equipment generally.

The geographic spread of these misaligned opportunities spans Florida (Valencia College ultrasound and dental scanner procurements; Broward County Aviation Department X-ray maintenance RFI; Polk County Schools X-ray system), Colorado (Colorado Northwestern Community College non-radiographic X-ray simulators), Georgia (Georgia Northwestern Technical College ultrasound console), Illinois (Department of Corrections body scanner maintenance), and Texas (Texas A&M University System ceiling-mounted C-arm). Because the opportunities are not actually PET-related, no representative PET procurement activity is present in the source. The code shows little to no recent activity in state and local markets for the equipment it nominally describes.