UNSPSC 42271908: Artificial airway holders

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as a holder for an artificial airway in an airway management procedure in a medical setting. US FDA regulates Artificial airway holders under 21 CFR 868.5090 and under FDA product code BTQ. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 902000.

UNSPSC 42271908 Artificial airway holders (Commodity) encompasses medical airway management devices and related respiratory equipment that state and local governments procure primarily for emergency response and public safety operations. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers purchasing airway holders and subordinate respiratory devices — endotracheal tubes, oxygen delivery systems, cardiac monitoring equipment, and related consumables — as part of broader medical and first aid supply contracts for fire departments, emergency medical services, and law enforcement agencies. Issuing bodies include municipal fire departments, county emergency response units, and regional cooperative purchasing organizations. The Tampa Fire Department Rescue Division and similar fire-service emergency response divisions represent the primary customer base, though law enforcement equipment procurement frameworks also reference airway management devices within broader first responder supply agreements.

Recent activity spans multiple regions. The City of Tampa issued an IFB (Bid 26-P-00145) for medical and first aid supplies due March 13, 2026, with an estimated contract amount of $700,000.00, designated as a sheltered-market opportunity for certified Small Local Business Enterprises with a 5% SLBE bid discount. Sourcewell, a Minnesota cooperative purchasing entity, posted an RFP (061626) due June 16, 2026, for law enforcement equipment on behalf of multiple Washington counties (Franklin, Grant, Grays Harbor, Chelan, Yakima) and participating entities nationwide, establishing a contracting solution available to thousands of governmental agencies and public entities. Klein Independent School District in Harris County, Texas issued an RFP (26-101) due June 5, 2026, for Career Technical Education and Advanced Academics resources, though this opportunity appears tangential to the code's core medical airway application. The code shows modest recent activity concentrated in municipal fire-service procurement in the Southeast and cooperative purchasing frameworks spanning multiple states, with limited evidence of direct school-district or broad state-agency solicitation under this specific commodity classification.