UNSPSC 42281708: Sterilization cart cleaners

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product that is used as a cart cleaners associated with the sterilization process in a medical setting. US FDA regulates Sterilization cart cleaners under 21 CFR 880.6890 and under FDA product code LRJ. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 380894.

UNSPSC 42281708 Sterilization cart cleaners is a Commodity code that, in recent state and local procurement, encompasses biohazard decontamination, sanitization, and waste-disposal services for law enforcement and correctional facilities rather than sterilization equipment alone. State and local buyers under this code include county sheriffs' offices and their corrections divisions, state transportation agencies managing occupational health programs, and cooperative purchasing vehicles aggregating demand across multiple jurisdictions. The San Mateo County Sheriff's Office RFP (2026RFP00032, due November 14, 2026) exemplifies the core work: 24/7 biohazard clean-up, decontamination, and sanitation of evidence storage facilities, correctional centers, and law enforcement workspaces, with response-time requirements of 60 to 90 minutes for urgent calls and 24 hours for standard requests. Vendors must hold hazardous-waste transporter registration, EPA identification, medical-waste-hauler licensing, OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens and HAZWOPER certifications, and comprehensive insurance including pollution liability with $1,000,000 per-occurrence minimums. The contract structure—three years with two optional one-year extensions and local business preference points available—reflects typical county procurement terms for specialized environmental-remediation services.

Recent activity is concentrated in California and Washington. The San Mateo County Sheriff's Office opportunity covers unincorporated county areas and contracted municipalities including Woodside, Portola Valley, San Carlos, Half Moon Bay, and Millbrae. A separate Texas SMART Buy framework solicitation (260903, due October 16, 2026) lists industrial and facility chemicals and services generically without specific commodity-level detail, and a Washington State Department of Transportation medical surveillance RFP (RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026) addresses occupational health examinations rather than biohazard remediation—the latter two opportunities show little alignment with the code's sterilization-cart-cleaner nominal scope. A Sourcewell cooperative-purchasing RFP (061626) for law enforcement equipment posted in May 2026 represents multi-jurisdictional demand aggregation but provides no detail on biohazard-remediation components. The San Mateo County opportunity remains the most concrete recent signal for vendors targeting this code's actual procurement activity.