UNSPSC 42221503: Central venous catheters

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as a flexible tube inserted through a narrow opening into a central vein in an arterial lining procedure. US FDA regulates Central venous catheters under 21 CFR 880.5970 and under FDA product code LJS. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901839.

UNSPSC 42221503 Central venous catheters is a Commodity code that covers specialized intravenous and infusion delivery devices procured by state health and human services agencies, university health systems, and state purchasing consortia. State and local governments buy central venous catheters as components of broader medical supply and equipment packages — recent solicitations frame them within larger procurement bundles that include feeding tubes, IV stabilization devices, infusion pumps, and related clinical supplies serving state-supported living centers, university health systems, and WIC and rehabilitation programs. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) and the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio are among the recent repeat issuing bodies. The code appears alongside a wider medical-device and medical-supply procurement ecosystem in which state health departments, state university systems, and regional health authorities drive the bulk of near-term activity.

Recent opportunities span Texas, California, Minnesota, and Georgia, with Texas representing the heaviest concentration. Representative recent solicitations include the Texas HHSC's IFB HHS0017603 for medical supplies and equipment for the Abilene State Supported Living Center (due July 30, 2026), which explicitly lists catheters among nine line items of specialized equipment spanning IV stabilization, feeding tubes, and sensors under a blanket purchase agreement with contract term September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2027; the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio's RFP 74526P16 for management and operation of an existing outpatient infusion center (due August 7, 2026), which implicates catheter and infusion-delivery infrastructure across multiple clinical departments; and the California Department of Health Care Services' RFB 26201027 for ambulatory smart pumps with integrated drug libraries (due June 17, 2026), which, while focused on pumps, operates within the same clinical-infusion supply chain. The Minnesota Multigovernmental Cooperative Purchasing Alliance (MMCAP) issued an RFP for full-line medical supplies and equipment (due July 20, 2026) serving approximately 8,000 government members across the United States with $300 million in collective annual medical supply purchasing power. Activity in this code appears episodic rather than continuous, driven by state-program renewals and health-system procurement cycles rather than steady-state demand.