UNSPSC 42292502: Surgical hammers or mallets

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as a hammer or mallet during a surgical procedure in a medical setting. US FDA regulates surgical hammers or mallets under 21 CFR 878.48 and under FDA product code FZY. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901890.

UNSPSC 42292502 Surgical hammers or mallets is a Commodity code nominally describing hand instruments used in orthopedic and general surgery, yet recent state and local solicitations tagged under this code show minimal alignment with the category's scope. The five recent opportunities in the block span laser equipment and technical support for operating rooms (San Mateo County), surgical power instruments (San Mateo County), outpatient building furniture (State of California, two separate procurements), law enforcement equipment (Sourcewell cooperative purchasing on behalf of multiple counties and jurisdictions), and phlebotomy services (Nevada State Police). Only the surgical power instruments solicitation touches on surgical equipment broadly; the laser, furniture, law enforcement, and phlebotomy procurements are unrelated to surgical hammers or mallets. The code shows little recent activity reflecting its stated scope.

Geographic activity is dispersed across California, Nevada, Minnesota, and Washington, with San Mateo County appearing twice for surgical-adjacent procurements. The State of California issued two separate furniture RFBs (Solicitation RFBIS26200986 due June 9, 2026, and RFBIS26200984 due June 4, 2026) that carry CBE set-aside or participation requirements under California law. San Mateo County Medical Center issued an RFP for Surgical Power (Solicitation 666002526250, due June 10, 2026) requiring five years' prior experience in manufacturing, sales, or leasing of specified power instruments, general liability insurance of $1,000,000 per occurrence, professional liability of $1,000,000 per occurrence/$3,000,000 aggregate, and cyber liability of $5,000,000 per occurrence, with a local business preference ordinance adding five percent additional evaluation points to local San Mateo County and San Francisco City entities. The Sourcewell cooperative RFP #061626 for law enforcement equipment (due June 16, 2026) represents a multi-state purchasing vehicle serving thousands of public entities but bears no relation to this UNSPSC category. A firm pursuing work under this code should treat the category as currently inactive for its nominal scope and verify code assignment before pursuing any of these opportunities.