UNSPSC 42291602: Surgical bolt or cable or pin or wire cutter instruments

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as a bolt, cable, pin, or wire cutter instrument during a surgical procedure in a medical setting. US FDA regulates surgical bolt or cable or pin or wire cutter instruments under 21 CFR 874.3540 and under FDA product code HXW. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901890.

UNSPSC 42291602 Surgical bolt or cable or pin or wire cutter instruments is a Commodity code that nominally addresses orthopedic and surgical cutting instruments. However, recent state and local solicitations tagged under this code show minimal alignment with the code's stated scope. The five most recent opportunities posted under 42291602 include laser equipment and technician support for operating rooms (San Mateo County), surgical power instruments for obsolete equipment replacement (San Mateo County), outpatient building furniture (State of California, two separate procurements), law enforcement equipment (Sourcewell cooperative purchasing), and phlebotomy services for DUI blood draws (Nevada State Police). Only the San Mateo County surgical power and laser equipment procurements plausibly relate to surgical instrumentation; the remainder—furniture, law enforcement gear, and phlebotomy—fall outside the code's nominal product family and suggest either misfiling or a data-quality issue in how these opportunities were tagged. The issuing bodies include state agencies, county health systems, and cooperative purchasing vehicles spanning California and Nevada with one national cooperative contract vehicle.

The geographic spread of recent activity centers on California (San Mateo County medical center procurements) and Nevada (phlebotomy services), with a national cooperative purchasing opportunity through Sourcewell. The two most representative opportunities directly related to surgical instruments are San Mateo County's Surgical Power RFP (posted June 29, 2026, proposal deadline May 28, 2026) seeking replacement of obsolete power surgical instruments with a five-year term and the Laser Equipment and Techs for the OR RFP (posted July 10, 2026, proposal deadline June 10, 2026) requiring laser equipment and qualified technician support for operating room use. Both San Mateo County opportunities include Living Wage Ordinance compliance, HIPAA requirements, background clearance mandates, and local business preference scoring (five percent for local businesses, up to eight percent for micro businesses). The code shows sparse relevant recent activity—most opportunities posted under it do not match surgical cutting instruments or related surgical equipment, signaling either systematic misfiling in state and local procurement systems or that the code is not the primary vehicle for surgical instrument procurement in these jurisdictions.