UNSPSC 42291616: Surgical snares or snare wires

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as surgical snares or snare wires during a surgical procedure in a medical setting. US FDA regulates surgical snares or snare wires under 21 CFR 874.4420 and under FDA product code FDI. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901890.

UNSPSC 42291616 Surgical snares or snare wires, a Commodity code, represents a narrow surgical-instrumentation category that state and local governments procure primarily as components within broader medical-supply cooperative-purchasing agreements rather than as standalone direct-buy opportunities. Recent solicitations show surgical snares bundled into master-supply agreements and health-products frameworks established by state cooperative-purchasing vehicles and multi-jurisdictional service cooperatives, with vendors competing to supply these instruments as part of comprehensive medical-supplies portfolios for hospital systems, outpatient clinics, and healthcare facilities across participating entities. The code appears in cooperative-purchasing solicitations rather than single-agency RFPs, reflecting how most state and local healthcare procurement operates through centralized contracting vehicles that aggregate volume across many jurisdictions. Issuing bodies include state-level cooperative-purchasing programs such as NASPO ValuePoint (administering state South Dakota) and Sourcewell (Minnesota local government unit), which establish master agreements on behalf of hundreds of state and local government entities, healthcare systems, and special-purpose districts. Individual healthcare providers such as San Mateo Medical Center also solicit orthopedic hardware removal and extraction services under related surgical-instrumentation codes, though the code itself sees limited standalone activity.

Geographic concentration appears in cooperative-purchasing agreements that serve national and multi-state participation rather than single-jurisdiction procurement. Recent opportunities include NASPO ValuePoint RFP 1433 for medical supplies (proposals due November 9, 2026) and Sourcewell RFP 26RFP102026 for physical health products and related services (proposals due October 20, 2026), both established contracting vehicles available to participating entities across multiple states. These master-agreement structures allow qualified vendors to sell surgical snares and related instrumentation at negotiated rates to an open pool of state agencies, counties, municipalities, school districts, transit authorities, and healthcare systems without repeat competitive solicitation for each end-user purchase. The cooperative model dominates recent activity under this code, making pursuit viable primarily through vendor participation in standing master-agreement competitions rather than through direct response to individual hospital or clinic RFPs.