UNSPSC 42211617: Transfer benches for the physically challenged

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as a transfer benches for the physically challenged. US FDA regulates Transfer benches for the physically challenged under 21 CFR 890.5050 and under FDA product code IKX. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 940290.

UNSPSC 42211617 Transfer benches for the physically challenged is a Commodity code, but recent state and local opportunities show the code being applied to broad medical supply and equipment procurement rather than to transfer benches specifically. The Minnesota Multigovernmental Cooperative Purchasing Alliance (MMCAP) is seeking full-line medical supplies and equipment distributors to serve approximately 8,000 government members across the United States, with proposals due July 20, 2026; the scope explicitly includes gloves, personal protective equipment, needles, syringes, wound care, patient point-of-care testing, specimen collection supplies, hospital furnishings, breast pumps, and surgical instruments—a portfolio far wider than mobility aids. The School Board of Marion County, Florida issued a classroom furniture procurement for delivery to its Central Warehouse, and Pinellas County Schools issued a comprehensive school furniture RFP covering classroom, library, administrative, computer, adaptive, early childhood, flexible learning, cafeteria, outdoor, and performing arts categories. Neither of these opportunities aligns with transfer benches. The code appears to be a tagging mismatch rather than a genuine signal of transfer-bench procurement activity in the state and local market.

Recent solicitations under this code span Minnesota (MMCAP cooperative purchasing across the nation), Texas (Klein ISD), Florida (Marion County Schools and Pinellas County Schools), California (Mt. San Antonio College FFE coordination services), and Wisconsin (Dodgeville Public Library), but the geographic spread reflects the code's misapplication rather than actual transfer-bench buying. The issuing bodies include a state cooperative purchasing alliance, school districts, and a community college—typical state and local actors—but they are procuring medical supplies, classroom and library furniture, and facilities coordination services. No recent opportunities in this dataset target transfer benches or mobility aids. The code shows little relevant recent activity for vendors offering transfer benches or adaptive seating for the physically challenged.