UNSPSC 42221615: Secondary or piggyback medication intravenous tubing

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as a secondary or piggyback medication intravenous tubing in an intravenous procedure in a medical setting. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901839.

UNSPSC 42221615 Secondary or piggyback medication intravenous tubing is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local solicitations tagged with it diverge significantly from the code's nominal scope. The Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP20260825 for occupational medical surveillance services—baseline, periodic, follow-up, and exit medical examinations for four personnel categories across 14 Washington ferry locations—bears no relationship to IV tubing procurement. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017603 for medical supplies and equipment at the Abilene State Supported Living Center does include IV-related items (IV stabilization devices and IV pole clamps among nine line items), but the solicitation emphasizes gastrostomy feeding tubes, catheters, enteral feeding sets, and SpO2 sensors as its primary scope. The Sourcewell cooperative RFP 061626 for law enforcement equipment is entirely outside the IV tubing category. The code shows little relevant recent activity; the mismatch between the code's definition and the work actually being solicited suggests either miscoding in the source data or that this Commodity code does not currently drive state and local procurement volume.

If a buyer is pursuing IV tubing or secondary piggyback tubing sales to state and local health agencies, monitoring this code alone will miss opportunities. The Texas HHSC procurement in July 2026 was the closest match—it accepted bids through July 30, 2026 with contract start September 1, 2026—but the solicitation was already closed when this summary was written. Bidders should verify UNSPSC coding accuracy in current RFPs and monitor state agency medical supply categories and health facility equipment solicitations through direct agency channels rather than relying on this code to surface relevant opportunities.