UNSPSC 42292911: Suture clips

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as a suture clip during a surgical procedure in a medical setting. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901832.

UNSPSC 42292911 Suture clips, a Commodity code, appears in recent state and local procurement activity primarily through cooperative purchasing vehicles rather than direct institutional buying—specifically, a Sourcewell RFP issued on behalf of multiple Washington State counties and thousands of participating public entities nationwide to establish a law enforcement equipment contracting solution with a June 16, 2026 response deadline. The code designation in this solicitation does not align with the actual scope of work; suture clips are medical surgical supplies, while the Sourcewell RFP explicitly targets law enforcement equipment for police, corrections, and public safety agencies across counties, municipalities, K-12 school districts, higher education institutions, tribal governments, and nonprofit organizations. The mismatch suggests either a data-tagging error in the opportunity record or that suture clips fall incidentally within a broader law enforcement equipment category definition used by the cooperative for administrative purposes. State and local procurement activity under this code shows minimal or no directly relevant recent opportunities targeting suture clips as a primary product line.

The geographic spread reflected in the Sourcewell opportunity covers multiple Washington State counties (Franklin, Grant, Grays Harbor, Chelan, and Yakima) and extends to participating entities throughout the United States and Canada under the cooperative purchasing framework. Without additional opportunities specifically soliciting suture clips from state health departments, hospital systems, or procurement offices, the code shows limited decision relevance for firms pursuing state and local government business in surgical supplies or medical consumables. Vendors evaluating this code should verify whether their state or local customer agencies tag suture-clip purchases separately or roll them into broader medical-equipment or surgical-supply RFPs.