UNSPSC 42261504: Autopsy thread or needle pullers

In this classification, this commodity that is a product used as a thread or needle puller in association with autopsy procedures in a medical setting. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901832.

UNSPSC 42261504 Autopsy thread or needle pullers is a Commodity code representing specialized forensic and medical examination instruments. State and local governments procuring under this code are acquiring forensic equipment and crime scene supplies for law enforcement and medical examiner operations, though recent solicitations show the actual buying activity spans a broader forensic-equipment and crime-scene-supplies portfolio than the narrow code name suggests. Issuing bodies include city police departments, county sheriff's offices, and regional cooperative purchasing vehicles. The Dallas Police Department Crime Scene Response unit, Harris County Sheriff's Office, and Tampa Police Department have posted recent procurements for forensic equipment and supplies; Harris County's solicitation explicitly names crime scene supplies including DNA collection items, evidence containers, fingerprint collection supplies, and sharps containers alongside autopsy-related instruments and forensic workstations.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas and Florida. The Dallas Police Department issued an IFB (Solicitation IFSDPDB2600026) due June 26, 2026, for forensic equipment delivered FOB to its Crime Scene Response facility with strict requirements that all products be new, unopened, and in original packaging; Harris County Sheriff's Office posted an ITB (Solicitation 250415) due June 8, 2026, establishing a one-year vendor pool for crime scene supplies and related items beginning June 1, 2026, with requirements for local account management, bi-monthly meetings, and one-year product warranties; the Tampa Police Department issued an Intent to Single Source (26X00765) due February 9, 2026, to procure a FAST Forensics Custom Forensics Workstation as a replacement unit. Sourcewell, a Minnesota-based cooperative purchasing vehicle, posted an RFP (#061626) due June 16, 2026, for law enforcement equipment available to thousands of public entities across Washington state, multiple counties, and jurisdictions nationwide, indicating multi-state cooperative purchasing appetite for forensic and law enforcement equipment.