UNSPSC 42281521: Sterilization sets

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product that is used as a set of instruments and or consumable supplies associated with the sterilization process in a medical setting. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 841920.

UNSPSC 42281521 Sterilization sets (Commodity) covers maintenance, inspection, calibration, and repair services for laboratory sterilization equipment — autoclaves, sterilizers, and associated components — procured by state and local health departments, universities, water utilities, and state procurement agencies. Recent opportunities show state and local governments buying ongoing preventative maintenance plans, emergency service response, original equipment manufacturer replacement parts and accessories, field service technician support, and annual inspection and certification services for sterilization equipment currently in operation rather than purchasing new sterilization sets themselves.

Activity centers on Florida and Oregon. The City of Orlando's Water Reclamation Enterprises Department has posted two sole-source maintenance notices for laboratory sterilizer service plans (Solicitation S260554, due August 12, 2026, and Solicitation S240246, due March 11, 2024) both identifying Getinge USA Sales LLC as the incumbent vendor and inviting competing vendors to challenge the sole-source designation by submitting equivalent service capabilities. The State of Oregon Department of Administrative Services, State Procurement Services issued an RFP (Solicitation S1070000017047, due August 17, 2026) for annual autoclave and associated equipment inspection, calibration, and repair services for five autoclaves at the North Valley Complex in Wilsonville, with a maximum not-to-exceed compensation of $5 million, a 5% Oregon-fabrication preference, and a requirement that all technicians hold current CRCST, CBSPD, or equivalent autoclave certification with at least one year hands-on experience. One tangentially related record—a Sourcewell cooperative RFP for law enforcement equipment and a California RFB for biosafety cabinets—do not represent sterilization-set activity and signal code-tagging inconsistency in the state and local source data.