UNSPSC 42272008: Intubation gauges or guides

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as a guide or gage in an intubation procedure in a medical setting. US FDA regulates Intubation gauges or guides under 21 CFR 868.14 and under FDA product code OGK. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 940290.

UNSPSC 42272008 Intubation gauges or guides, a Commodity code, encompasses handheld video laryngoscopes and associated medical device accessories, capital equipment, and consumables used in emergency medicine and anesthesia settings. State and local governments procure under this code through county health departments, specialty medical centers, and emergency services divisions. The Collier County, Florida procurement demonstrates typical purchasing: the County sought a GlideScope Go 2 handheld video laryngoscope from Verathon Inc. as a single-source award, with related accessories and consumables bundled into the contract term running through September 2029. Santa Clara County's concurrent ophthalmic equipment ITB, while tangentially related to medical instrumentation broadly, sits outside the intubation-specific scope and does not represent typical activity under this code. The Sourcewell law enforcement equipment cooperative RFP similarly falls outside the scope and reflects a mislabeled opportunity in the source data.

Recent activity under this code is sparse and concentrated in Florida. Collier County posted the single clearly relevant opportunity on July 30, 2026, as a Notice of Intent to Single Source (PUR17682) for the GlideScope Go 2 and related consumables, with a challenge deadline of May 11, 2026 (already elapsed as of the posting date, indicating a retroactive or amended notice). No other state or local jurisdictions appear in recent solicitations under this code. The absence of competitive bidding activity—only single-source procurement from an incumbent vendor—and the lack of multiple geographic centers suggest limited recent market movement. Firms pursuing this code should monitor county emergency medicine and anesthesia department procurements directly rather than expect high-volume cooperative purchasing vehicles or statewide framework agreements.