UNSPSC 42261501: Autopsy scissors

In this classification, this commodity that is a product used as a scissor in association with autopsy procedures in a medical setting. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901890.

UNSPSC 42261501 Autopsy scissors, a Commodity code, does not reflect the actual work state and local governments are buying under this classification. Recent solicitations tagged to this code procure autopsy and mortuary equipment, services, and facilities—including cadaver carriers and trays, morgue transport services, mortuary strike teams for mass fatality response, and walk-in freezer systems—rather than surgical instruments. The issuing bodies are county medical examiner offices, state health agencies, and municipal procurement departments, with Collin County, Texas appearing as a repeat buyer across multiple autopsy-related equipment and service requests. These jurisdictions are acquiring capital equipment for morgue and autopsy operations, outsourced transport and personnel services for decedent handling, and facility infrastructure to support medical examiner and public health emergency mortality operations.

Activity is concentrated in Texas, with multiple solicitations from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and Collin County in McKinney, balanced against sporadic municipal procurement in Philadelphia and county-level activity in Escambia County, Florida. Representative current opportunities include Collin County Medical Examiner's IFB 2026-430 for autopsy cadaver carriers and trays (105 units of Mopec equipment, approximately $220,000 estimated annual value, sealed bids due October 15, 2026), Collin County's IFB 2026-300 for morgue transport services (approximately 800 annual decedent transports at estimated $130,000 annual value, bids due October 15, 2026), and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017352v3 for statewide mortality resources and services including four mortuary strike teams and trailer deployment (responses due October 28, 2026, historical annual spend $269,485.68). Code mislabeling is widespread; the code's nominal focus on surgical scissors has no bearing on current procurement intent.