UNSPSC 42291901: Surgical instrument holders or positioners

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as an instrument holder or positioner during a surgical procedure in a medical setting. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901811.

UNSPSC 42291901 Surgical instrument holders or positioners, a Commodity code, sees limited recent state and local procurement activity, with the available opportunities showing significant divergence from the code's nominal scope. The recent solicitations tagged under this code predominantly concern surgical power equipment, laser equipment and technical support for operating rooms, phlebotomy services, law enforcement equipment, and outpatient building furniture — none of which align with surgical instrument holders or positioners as a discrete product category. San Mateo County Medical Center has posted two substantive RFPs related to surgical equipment: one for laser equipment and OR technical support services (due July 10, 2026) and one for surgical power equipment to replace obsolete instruments (proposal deadline May 28, 2026, RFP released May 7, 2026), both issued as five-year contracts. The surgical power procurement specifies minimum qualifications including five years of prior experience in manufacturing, sales, or leasing comparable products, California business authorization, non-debarred status, and insurance requirements ($1,000,000 general liability, $1,000,000 professional liability, $5,000,000 cyber liability), with evaluation weighted toward project approach (30 points), firm qualifications (25 points), team qualifications (20 points), and price (25 points). Both San Mateo County procurements include Living Wage Ordinance compliance ($17.00 minimum hourly rate) and local business preference of five percent additional points, with additional preference available for small or micro businesses.

Recent activity under this code is geographically dispersed across California (San Mateo County outpatient and surgical equipment), Nevada (phlebotomy services for the Nevada State Police in Douglas County), Minnesota and Washington (Sourcewell cooperative procurement for law enforcement equipment across multiple states), with no concentration evident among repeat buyers or specific regions. The code shows minimal actual market for surgical instrument holders or positioners; the mismatch between code assignment and procurement substance suggests either systematic miscoding by state and local issuing bodies or that this commodity code category has limited current demand in the public sector market. Firms pursuing work under this code should flag the divergence between nominal scope and actual recent solicitations, as the few opportunities present involve broader surgical equipment procurement, technical staffing, and capital equipment replacement rather than positioning or holding devices specifically.