UNSPSC 42261810: Body transport containers

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as a container conformed for the intermediate transportation of a dead human body in a medical setting Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901839.

UNSPSC 42261810 Body transport containers, a Commodity code, shows minimal recent state and local procurement activity aligned with the code's nominal scope. The five opportunities posted between January and July 2026 in the source include two freezer-replacement ITQs from Escambia County (Florida), one RFP for career-technical-education instructional resources from Klein ISD (Texas), one RFP for major-incident standby services from Collier County (Florida), and one IFB for mortality resources and services from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. Only the Texas HHS mortality solicitation—which requires contractors to establish mortuary strike teams with licensed funeral directors, provide human remains processing and transport, maintain secure storage for DSHS-owned mortuary trailers, and support the Texas Mass Fatality Operations Response Team—directly engages the function of body transport and storage containers. The other four opportunities (freezer equipment, school instructional goods, and emergency-response supplies) do not involve body-transport containers and appear to be miscoded.

The single relevant opportunity is the Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB No. HHS0017352 for Mortality Resources and Services, posted July 1, 2026, with responses due July 17, 2026. The contractor must demonstrate a minimum of two years' relevant experience, establish four mortuary strike teams each staffed with at least two licensed funeral directors and two non-licensed funeral-service professionals, deploy within 48 hours of notification, and maintain storage for four 32-foot DSHS-owned mortuary trailers within a 125-mile radius of Waco in a major metropolitan city. Pricing is firm and fixed for the contract term (September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2027, with three optional one-year renewals); historical spend for similar services was $269,485.68 from October 2022 through June 2026. The contractor must carry workers' compensation, commercial general liability, commercial automobile liability, professional liability, and umbrella liability, each at $1 million per occurrence minimum. No other state or local jurisdictions show recent solicitation activity under this code.