UNSPSC 42291635: Surgical trocars for general use

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product that is either an accessory or consumable associated with surgical trocars for general use. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901819.

UNSPSC 42291635 Surgical trocars for general use is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local contract opportunities posted under this code show little activity directly aligned with the trocar product category. Of five recent opportunities tagged to the code, only three involve medical device procurement, and those three solicit arthroscopy accessory systems and equipment for temporomandibular joint procedures—optics, instrumentation, and surgical kits—rather than trocars. The remaining two opportunities are substantially unrelated: one solicits law enforcement equipment through Sourcewell, a Minnesota cooperative purchasing vehicle, and the other solicits outpatient healthcare facility furniture. The code's nominal scope (surgical trocars for minimally invasive general surgery) does not match the recent procurement activity posted against it. State and local issuers in the source include the State of California (via RFBs), Klein Independent School District in Texas (via RFP), and Sourcewell on behalf of multiple participating county and municipal entities. The mismatch between code assignment and actual procurement scope suggests either inconsistent categorization by the posting jurisdictions or that the code is used broadly across related surgical instrumentation rather than trocars specifically.

The State of California accounts for three of the five recent opportunities, all posted in April 2026 and closing in early May 2026, and all for medical devices and facility procurement with CBE certification requirements. Klein ISD's Career Technical Education and Advanced Academics RFP (due June 5, 2026) and Sourcewell's Law Enforcement Equipment cooperative RFP (due June 16, 2026) represent the non-medical activity. Geographic concentration appears heavily weighted toward California for medical procurement; the Texas and multi-state cooperative opportunities represent outliers. Vendors pursuing opportunities under this code should verify categorization against actual scope before investing in response preparation, as the code's current tagging appears to encompass surgical instrumentation more broadly than the trocar commodity name suggests.