UNSPSC 42261607: Autopsy specimen bags or containers

In this classification, this commodity that is a product used as a specimen bags or container in association with autopsy procedures in a medical setting. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 392690.

UNSPSC 42261607 Autopsy specimen bags or containers (Commodity) covers forensic and crime scene evidence containers and related supplies that state and local law enforcement and medical examiner agencies procure for evidence collection, preservation, and chain-of-custody documentation. The code sees activity primarily from police departments and sheriff's offices acquiring evidence bags, specimen containers, DNA collection kits, sharps containers, and ancillary forensic supplies as part of broader crime scene response and evidence management operations. Issuing bodies include municipal police departments (Dallas Police Department), county sheriff's offices (Harris County Sheriff's Office), and cooperative purchasing vehicles serving multiple jurisdictions (Sourcewell). The work involves supplying standardized, forensically compliant containers and collection items that meet evidence handling protocols, with vendors typically required to maintain local account management, provide customer service during and after business hours, and warrant products for defects following delivery.

Recent activity clusters in Texas and across the Pacific Northwest through cooperative contracting. The Dallas Police Department posted an IFB for forensic equipment with a June 26, 2026 response date, requiring new, unopened products shipped FOB to the Crime Scene Response unit at 1400 Botham Jean Boulevard. Harris County Sheriff's Office issued an ITB (due June 8, 2026) for a one-year crime scene supplies contract beginning approximately June 1, 2026, specifying DNA swab kits, evidence bags and containers, fingerprint collection supplies, and related items with forty-five-day delivery windows and mandatory local account manager support. Sourcewell, acting as a Minnesota local government unit cooperative on behalf of Franklin, Grant, Grays Harbor, Chelan, and Yakima counties in Washington and numerous jurisdictions nationwide, posted an RFP (due June 16, 2026) for law enforcement equipment available to thousands of public sector entities. A February 2026 Intent to Single Source from the Tampa Police Department sought a FAST Forensics Custom Forensics Workstation replacement, emphasizing tool standardization across the investigative unit.