UNSPSC 42271602: Spirometers

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as an instrument for measuring the air capacity of the lungs in a medical setting. US FDA regulates Spirometers under 21 CFR 868.1840 and under FDA product code BWF. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901920.

UNSPSC 42271602 Spirometers is a Commodity code with virtually no recent relevance to state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes pulmonary function measurement devices, but the most recent state and local solicitations tagged under this code show a dramatic mismatch: they include large tension fabric tent structures, automated external defibrillators, ventilator maintenance services, law enforcement equipment frameworks, career technical education resources, medical ventilators, emergency disaster response supplies, ventilator parts, and first aid supplies. Only two of nine recent opportunities—the Cobb County School District AED procurement and the Georgia Northwestern Technical College Getinge ventilator purchase—touch medical equipment at all, and neither involves spirometers. The coding appears to reflect a systematic tagging error at the source, not actual state and local demand for respiratory measurement instruments.

No recent state and local solicitations for spirometers as the code defines them appear in the available opportunity set. The code shows no identifiable issuing-body pattern, geographic concentration, or representative recent procurement activity aligned with spirometry equipment. Firms evaluating pursuit under this code should treat the taxonomy assignment as unreliable and seek clarification directly from procurement offices before investing in business development activity.