UNSPSC 42271620: Lung water monitors

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product that is a customized computer monitor that displays lung water specific levels. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901890.

UNSPSC 42271620 Lung water monitors (Commodity) describes medical monitoring equipment that state and local governments procure primarily through special education supply catalogs and durable medical equipment (DME) master contracts serving public health programs, school districts, and rehabilitation services. Recent solicitations show the code sees activity predominantly in cooperative purchasing frameworks and state health agency procurements rather than individual municipal RFPs. The Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative's catalog discount bid (SPE2628) and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's master contract for DME and comprehensive rehabilitation services (HHS0017173) dominate recent activity, with both seeking multi-vendor awards to supply medical equipment across multiple geographic regions and member organizations. School districts and public health agencies are the primary issuing bodies, supplemented by regional purchasing cooperatives that aggregate demand across member jurisdictions.

Texas accounts for the most recent activity, with Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative (Kilgore, Texas) advertising a $2,713,541 two-year catalog discount cooperative procurement due October 1, 2026, and Texas HHSC issuing a DME master contract with an estimated maximum obligation of $5,000,000 over five years (through August 31, 2031) with a June 2, 2026 proposal deadline. The Texas HHSC procurement explicitly covers respiratory supplies across eleven geographic service regions and eleven DME categories, includes a 21.1 percent HUB set-aside with mandatory subcontracting plan requirements, and requires vendors to meet CMS DMEPOS competitive bidding fee schedules with 24-hour emergency and 48-hour non-emergency repair turnaround commitments. Region 7's prior award encompassed 99 vendors, signaling the cooperative anticipates multiple awardees. However, recent opportunities under this code are sparse, and several state-local solicitations in the source (SciFit Pro2 equipment, athletic training services, law enforcement equipment, and strength-conditioning supplies) appear misclassified under UNSPSC 42271620 and do not align with lung water monitoring scope.