UNSPSC 42262006: Embalming kits

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product that is a prepackaged collection (either custom or standard) of the equipment and supplies used to perform embalming procedure in a medical setting. US FDA regulates Embalming kits under 21 CFR 878.48 and under FDA product code KDD. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901890.

UNSPSC 42262006 Embalming kits, a Commodity code, actually spans autopsy and morgue equipment, transport services, and mass-casualty mortuary operations—a narrower scope than the code name suggests. State and local governments procuring under this code are buying autopsy carriers and trays (standard and bariatric models), mortuary trailer deployment and maintenance services, morgue transport logistics, and strike-team personnel for mass-fatality incident response. The issuing bodies are county medical examiners' offices, state health and human services agencies, city procurement departments, and animal welfare facilities. Collin County Medical Examiner's Office in Texas appears as a repeat buyer, soliciting both autopsy equipment and morgue transport services in October 2026.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), procuring on behalf of HHSC and the Department of State Health Services (DSHS), posting three iterations of a statewide mortality resources and services solicitation (IFB HHS0017352, HHS0017352v2, and HHS0017352v3) between July and October 2026, each requiring contractors to maintain mortuary trailers within 125 miles of Waco, establish rapid-deployment strike teams of licensed funeral directors and trained professionals, and respond to mass-casualty events. Collin County Medical Examiner posted IFB 2026-430 for Mopec autopsy cadaver carriers and trays (standard, plastic, and bariatric with hydraulic cranks) due October 15, 2026, with an approximate annual contract value of $220,000, and IFB 2026-300 for 24/7 morgue transport services covering approximately 800 annual decedent pickups throughout Collin County, estimated at $130,000 annually and due October 15, 2026. Outside Texas, the City of Philadelphia Procurement Department solicited an autopsy cart micro purchase (B2728086) with a ceiling of $45,000, due September 28, 2026, and Escambia County Department of Animal Welfare in Pensacola, Florida issued an ITQ for walk-in freezer replacement (FREEZERMAR2) at its animal adoption center, due March 9, 2026—this last opportunity is unrelated to the mortuary scope and reflects a coding mismatch rather than genuine category activity.