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-tier code with minimal recent state and local procurement activity. The recent opportunities block shows the code tagged to solicitations for forensic equipment, crime scene supplies, and health products that do not align with the code's nominal scope of autopsy-specific instrumentation. The University of Wisconsin-Madison requested bids for Implied Consent Blood Draw Kits under RFB 2027-UWMSN-01386 (due August 7, 2026), and the City of Dallas solicited forensic equipment for its Police Department Crime Scene Response unit under ITB IFSDPDB2600026 (due June 26, 2026), but neither opportunity specifies autopsy thread or needle pullers as line items. Harris County, Texas issued an ITB for Crime Scene Supplies and Related Items under ITB 250415 (due June 8, 2026) that encompassed DNA collection, evidence containers, and related forensic consumables for the Sheriff's Office, again without explicit mention of autopsy instruments. Sourcewell, a Minnesota cooperative purchasing entity, posted RFP 061626 for Law Enforcement Equipment (due June 16, 2026) available to participating entities across multiple states and jurisdictions, but the solicitation does not detail specific product categories.

The code shows little relevant procurement activity grounded in autopsy thread or needle pullers as a product line. Recent opportunities tagged to this code involve crime scene response, forensic evidence collection, and general health products—categories that fall outside the autopsy instrument scope. Geographic activity appears concentrated in Texas (Dallas and Harris County) and Wisconsin (University of Wisconsin-Madison), with Sourcewell's cooperative purchasing structure spanning multiple states. The mismatch between the code's stated scope and the actual work described in recent opportunities suggests either misclassification by issuing bodies or minimal authentic demand for autopsy-specific thread and needle pullers in state and local procurement channels. No standalone opportunities focused specifically on autopsy instruments appear in the recent record.