UNSPSC 42291713: Surgical punches or punch holders

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as a punch or punch holder during a surgical procedure in a medical setting. US FDA regulates surgical punches or punch holders under 21 CFR 872.4565 and under FDA product code EME. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901890.

UNSPSC 42291713 Surgical punches or punch holders is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local opportunities tagged under it show minimal alignment with the code's nominal scope. The five most recent solicitations posted under this code span laser equipment and technical support for operating rooms, surgical power instruments, outpatient building furniture, law enforcement equipment, and phlebotomy services — none of which describe surgical punches or punch holders in any conventional sense. State and local procurement offices appear to have misclassified these opportunities within the UNSPSC taxonomy, tagging healthcare facility procurement and municipal services under a Commodity code intended for a narrow surgical instrument category.

The geographic activity centers on California (San Mateo County's two laser and surgical power RFPs, and two State of California outpatient building furniture IFBs posted in May and June 2026) and Nevada (a phlebotomy services RFP issued by the Nevada State Police in March 2026), with a cooperative purchasing vehicle through Sourcewell (a Minnesota local government unit) issuing an RFP for law enforcement equipment on behalf of participating counties across multiple states. No solicitations represent genuine surgical punch or punch holder procurement. Given the evident code misclassification across all available records, this Commodity code shows no reliable signal for vendors targeting actual surgical punch or punch holder business with state and local buyers.