UNSPSC 42291604: Surgical bone hand saws or wire saws or saw handles

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as a bone hand saw, wire saw, or saw handle during a surgical procedure in a medical setting. US FDA regulates surgical bone hand saws or wire saws or saw handles under 21 CFR 874.4420 and under FDA product code JYR. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901819.

UNSPSC 42291604 Surgical bone hand saws or wire saws or saw handles is a Commodity code that nominally covers orthopedic and surgical cutting instruments. The recent state and local opportunities tagged with this code show significant scope drift from the narrow product definition: one represents outpatient building furniture procurement, another covers orthopedic hardware extraction systems (removal services), a third is a cooperative law enforcement equipment framework, and the fourth addresses career and technical education instructional resources. Only the San Mateo Medical Center opportunity—a request for proposals on orthopedic hardware removal and extraction system services for surgical procedures—aligns substantively with the code's scope. The mismatch suggests state and local tagging practices diverge materially from the code's precision, and buyers are not consistently using this commodity code for its intended purpose.

Recent activity appears concentrated in California and Minnesota through cooperative vehicles and specialized healthcare procurement. San Mateo Medical Center (San Mateo County, California) posted the most relevant solicitation on July 1, 2026 (with a same-day due date) seeking orthopedic hardware removal and extraction systems on an as-needed basis, requiring ISO 13485:2016 certification, five years of acute-care hospital experience, and a three-year contract term with a local-business preference of 5 to 10 percent under San Mateo County Ordinance Code Chapter 2.89. The State of California posted a furniture RFB (RFBIS27200016) on July 9, 2026 due July 28, 2026, but this procurement bears no operational relation to surgical instruments. Sourcewell (Minnesota) issued a cooperative law enforcement equipment RFP on May 12, 2026 due June 16, 2026 covering multiple jurisdictions across Washington, Minnesota, and other states. The code shows limited direct alignment with recent state and local surgical instrument procurement, and potential vendors should verify code assignment against actual RFP scope before pursuing opportunities nominally tagged to this commodity.