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 is a Commodity code that in recent state and local procurement refers narrowly to mortuary and disaster response services involving human remains management, not the procurement of embalming supplies or equipment themselves. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB No. HHS0017352 for Mortality Resources and Services, posted July 1, 2026 with responses due July 17, 2026, is the only recent opportunity aligned with the code's nominal scope; it solicits a contractor to establish and maintain four strike teams staffed with licensed funeral directors and trained funeral service professionals to provide mortuary operations, body processing, remains transport, human remains identification, embalming, and cremation support for public health emergencies and disasters. The contractor must deploy within 48 hours, maintain storage for four DSHS-owned mortuary trailers within 125 miles of Waco, and support the Texas Mass Fatality Operations Response Team. The remaining opportunities in the dataset—Klein ISD's CTE and Advanced Academics RFP, Collier County's Major Incident Standby Services RFP, and Escambia County's walk-in freezer replacement ITQs—are unrelated to embalming kits or mortuary services and appear to have been mistagged under this code.

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is the only issuing body pursuing work genuinely aligned with UNSPSC 42262006 in the recent-opportunities block. The historical spend for HHSC's mortality services contract was $269,485.68 from October 2022 through June 2026, with no volume guarantee provided; the initial contract term runs September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2027, with three optional one-year renewals through August 31, 2030 and a potential one-year extension. Pricing is firm and fixed with adjustments permitted only at HHSC's discretion based on Bureau of Labor Statistics indices or federal minimum wage increases. Personnel compensation is capped at Federal Pay Scale rates not exceeding GS-12-Step 10 for licensed funeral directors and GS-8-Step 10 for non-licensed personnel. The contractor must maintain workers' compensation, commercial general liability, commercial automobile liability, professional liability, and umbrella liability coverage each at $1 million. Activity under this code is concentrated in Texas with no other recent state or local opportunities posted.