UNSPSC 42292912: Suture guides

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

UNSPSC 42292912 Suture guides is a Commodity code that encompasses surgical suturing materials and related instruments; however, the recent state and local procurement activity under this code shows minimal relevant solicitation volume. The single recent opportunity posted under 42292912—Sourcewell's RFP #061626 for Law Enforcement Equipment, issued May 12, 2026 with a June 16, 2026 deadline—is unrelated to suture guides or surgical applications. The code appears to see little active procurement at the state and local level, with the available record showing a mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the work actually being solicited.

Sourcewell, a Minnesota local government cooperative purchasing vehicle, is the issuing body on record under this code, managing a multi-jurisdictional framework for law enforcement agencies across Washington state and other participating jurisdictions nationwide. The RFP mechanism and cooperative structure suggest that the code, when active, may be used for equipment procurement across diverse public entities; however, the absence of suture-guide–related opportunities in the recent posting history indicates either sparse demand or systematic miscoding in state and local procurement systems. No geographic concentration, repeat buyers, or representative suture-guide solicitations can be identified from the available source material.