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 is a Commodity code tracking specialized forensic and medical evidence-collection products that state and local government agencies—primarily law enforcement, medical examiners' offices, and university public-health programs—buy to preserve and document physical evidence and biological specimens. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers acquiring crime-scene supplies, forensic equipment, blood-draw kits, and evidence containers as part of routine law-enforcement and medical investigative operations. The issuing bodies span county sheriffs' offices, municipal police departments, state cooperative purchasing vehicles, and public universities. Harris County, Texas and the City of Dallas Police Department appear as active procurers; Sourcewell, a Minnesota local government service cooperative, is also heavily active in this space, issuing cooperative-purchasing vehicles available to thousands of governmental and nonprofit entities across multiple states.

Activity is geographically dispersed across Texas (Harris County, Dallas), Wisconsin (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Minnesota (Sourcewell administrative hub), and Washington state (Sourcewell participating entities including Franklin, Grant, Grays Harbor, Chelan, and Yakima Counties). Representative recent opportunities include Harris County Sheriff's Office ITB 250415 for Crime Scene Supplies and Related Items (due June 8, 2026), which specified DNA collection kits, evidence bags, fingerprint supplies, and related forensic materials with a one-year contract term; the City of Dallas Police Department RFB IFSDPDB2600026 for Forensic Equipment to its Crime Scene Response unit (due June 26, 2026); the University of Wisconsin-Madison RFB 2027-UWMSN-01386 for Implied Consent Blood Draw Kits (due August 7, 2026); and Sourcewell RFP 061626 for Law Enforcement Equipment (due June 16, 2026), a cooperative vehicle serving thousands of public agencies across the United States and Canada. Sourcewell also posted RFP 26RFP102026 for Physical Health Products and Related Services on September 1, 2026 (due October 20, 2026), another cooperative vehicle with scope details not publicly disclosed in the source material.