UNSPSC 42261511: Autopsy vein directors

In this classification, this commodity that is a product used as a vein director in association with autopsy procedures in a medical setting. US FDA regulates Autopsy vein directors under 21 CFR 878.4820 and under FDA product code DWH. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901839.

UNSPSC 42261511 Autopsy vein directors, a Commodity code, does not align with the recent state and local solicitations tagged under it. The code nominally describes a specialized medical instrument for autopsy procedures, but the recent opportunities under this code actually procure forensic crime scene supplies, blood draw kits, and law enforcement equipment—none of which involve autopsy vein directors or related autopsy instruments. The University of Wisconsin-Madison's July 2026 solicitation for Implied Consent Blood Draw Kits and the City of Dallas Police Department's June 2026 forensic equipment procurement are the only activities that touch medical or forensic collection hardware, but neither targets autopsy-specific instrumentation. This mismatch suggests either a data classification error in the state and local procurement system or that the code is being used as a miscellaneous catch-all for forensic and medical equipment without regard to its narrow statutory scope.

The geographic footprint of recent activity spans Texas (City of Dallas, Harris County Sheriff's Office), Wisconsin (University of Wisconsin-Madison, Sourcewell cooperative based in Minnesota serving multi-state jurisdictions including Washington counties), and broadly across Sourcewell's participating entities nationwide. Harris County Sheriff's Office issued an ITB on May 15, 2026 for Crime Scene Supplies and Related Items with a June 8, 2026 due date, seeking DNA collection kits, sharps containers, fingerprint supplies, and related forensic consumables on a one-year contract with renewal options. Sourcewell issued RFP 061626 on May 12, 2026 for Law Enforcement Equipment with a June 16, 2026 deadline, establishing a cooperative purchasing vehicle for thousands of public entities across the United States and Canada. The Sourcewell Physical Health Products cooperative purchasing RFP (26RFP102026) closed October 20, 2026. The code shows no coherent commodity activity and does not represent a reliable procurement category for autopsy instrumentation vendors; evaluation should focus on forensic supply and law enforcement equipment categories instead.