UNSPSC 42211800: Dressing and grooming aids for the physically challenged

In this classification, this class includes, products, components, accessories, and supplies, utilized in Dressing and grooming aid procedures.

UNSPSC 42211800 Dressing and grooming aids for the physically challenged is a Class code encompassing assistive equipment and home accessibility modifications that state and local governments procure to support individuals with physical disabilities. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers acquiring smart home technology installations (door openers, smart lighting, accessible controls), ceiling lift systems, wheelchair-accessible fixtures, and cataloged special education supplies through both single-vendor and multi-vendor cooperative purchasing arrangements. The code reflects a broader procurement reality: state vocational rehabilitation programs and cooperative purchasing consortia are buying fully integrated home modification packages that combine dressing aids, grooming fixtures, and mobility equipment rather than narrow product categories alone.

Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative (Kilgore, Texas) and the Texas Workforce Commission are the identified recent buyers. Region 7 issued a Catalog Discount Bid (SPE2628) due October 1, 2026, seeking multiple vendors to provide discounted special education and supplies catalogs to cooperative member organizations over a two-year term through October 15, 2028, with estimated expenditures of $2.7 million and 99 prior awardees indicating multi-vendor awards are standard. The Texas Workforce Commission's Vocational Rehabilitation Division issued an IFB (3202600161) due May 11, 2026, for assistive technology home modification services in Hutto, Texas, including smart home access systems, wheelchair-accessible sink replacement with lift-installation header modification, and a complete ceiling lift system with minimum 200-pound capacity. Texas procurement preferences apply to both opportunities, including service-disabled veteran-owned enterprise designations and local-business preferences. Recent activity concentrates in Texas; no other geographic regions appear in the available records.