UNSPSC 42271728: Nasal catheter

Catheter, nasal, with lateral eyes, sterile, single use; different sizes.

UNSPSC 42271728 Nasal catheter is a Commodity code with minimal alignment to the recent state and local procurement activity posted under it. The code nominally covers a single respiratory medical device — a nasal catheter used for oxygen delivery — yet the solicitation records tagged to this code span tent structures, AED equipment, ventilator maintenance, law enforcement equipment, educational instructional materials, medical ventilators, emergency disaster response services, and fire department supplies including respiratory equipment and medical consumables. Only two of the nine opportunities shown — the Hillsborough County ventilator maintenance contract and the Georgia Northwestern Technical College Servo-u ventilator purchase — involve medical respiratory equipment with any connection to the code's nominal scope, and neither addresses nasal catheters directly. The Cobb County School District AED equipment and accessories RFQ and the City of Tampa fire department medical and first aid supplies ITB include respiratory-related line items but are not focused on nasal catheters as a primary procurement. The remaining opportunities (tent purchase, law enforcement equipment, educational CTE resources, emergency standby services, and Autovent parts for fire rescue) bear no relationship to the code category.

State and local procurement activity under UNSPSC 42271728 shows no discernible pattern of genuine nasal catheter solicitations in the recent record. The issuing bodies span county school districts (Cobb County, Georgia), community colleges (Mt. San Antonio Community College District, Georgia Northwestern Technical College), county governments (Hillsborough County, Collier County), cities (City of Tampa), state cooperative purchasing (Sourcewell on behalf of Washington-state counties and nationwide entities), and independent school districts (Klein ISD, Texas). Geographic activity appears across Georgia, California, Florida, Texas, Washington, Minnesota, and national cooperative frameworks, but this spread reflects the misalignment of opportunities to the code rather than a coherent market for nasal catheters. No recent opportunity directly solicits nasal catheters, nasal oxygen delivery systems, or related consumables as a primary line item. The code shows little actionable procurement signal for business development purposes.