UNSPSC 42292308: Surgical bending instrument accessories

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product that is either an accessory or consumable associated with surgical bending instruments. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901811.

UNSPSC 42292308 Surgical bending instrument accessories (Commodity) captures surgical equipment and support services in hospital procurement, though recent state and local activity under this code focuses heavily on broader operating room equipment rather than accessories alone. The most active issuing body is San Mateo County through San Mateo Medical Center, a fully accredited public hospital system, which has posted multiple solicitations for laser equipment with associated technical support and surgical power instruments to replace obsolete equipment in operating rooms. State of California facilities procurement also appears in the dataset for outpatient building furniture, though that work falls outside the scope of surgical bending instruments. The solicitations emphasize compliance with HIPAA, Section 504 accessibility, state prevailing wage standards, and vendor credentialing for hospital facility access. San Mateo County's procurement preference ordinance awards additional points to local businesses (5 percent), small businesses (3 percent), and micro businesses (8 percent), and living wage requirements are set at $17.00 per hour with annual CPI-U adjustments capped at 3.5 percent.

The recent activity is concentrated in California, specifically in San Mateo County and state-level procurement. San Mateo Medical Center issued an RFP for Surgical Power (Solicitation 666002526249) with a five-day deadline for questions ending May 14, 2026, and a proposal deadline of May 28, 2026, for a five-year contract requiring proposers to demonstrate five years of experience in manufacturing, sales, or leasing of surgical power equipment and maintain professional liability insurance of $1,000,000 per occurrence and $3,000,000 aggregate. A companion RFP for Laser equipment and Technical Support (Solicitation 666002526250) was posted July 10, 2026, with the same issuing body. The remaining opportunities in the dataset—a Sourcewell cooperative purchasing RFP for law enforcement equipment, Nevada State Police phlebotomy services, and California state furniture procurements—are unrelated to surgical bending instrument accessories and indicate that this code shows limited relevant recent activity in state and local markets during the review period.