UNSPSC 42292601: Surgical dilators

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as a dilator during a surgical procedure in a medical setting. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901920.

UNSPSC 42292601 Surgical dilators is a Commodity code that nominally covers dilators used in surgical procedures, but recent state and local opportunities show little procurement activity under this specific code designation. The most recent state and local solicitations posted to this code include furniture procurements for outpatient buildings, law enforcement equipment sourcing through a cooperative purchasing vehicle, and phlebotomy services — none of which align with surgical dilators or related instrumentation. San Mateo County Medical Center has posted two RFPs for surgical-support equipment: one for laser equipment and operating room technical support (posted July 10, 2026) and one for surgical power instruments to replace obsolete equipment (posted June 29, 2026, RFP with proposal deadline May 28, 2026). These procurements address surgical technology but do not specifically target dilators. The code shows sparse relevant activity and appears to be a misclassification venue for broader surgical and medical equipment solicitations rather than a dedicated procurement channel for dilator products.

Activity under this code spans California (San Mateo County), Washington and Minnesota (through Sourcewell's multistate cooperative purchasing RFP for law enforcement equipment, posted May 12, 2026, due June 16, 2026), and Nevada (phlebotomy services solicitation by the Nevada State Police, posted March 26, 2026, due April 16, 2026). No repeat issuing bodies or geographic concentration emerges from the recent record. Given the mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the opportunities actually tagged to it, procurement professionals should verify whether dilator-specific demand routes through a different UNSPSC classification or whether medical device procurement at state and local health systems bypasses this code in favor of equipment-family codes that capture surgical instruments more broadly.