UNSPSC 42293302: Surgical separators

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

UNSPSC 42293302 Surgical separators is a Commodity code that, based on recent state and local solicitations, maps poorly to actual procurement activity in this dataset. The code nominally describes surgical separators—instruments used to retract or separate tissue during operative procedures—yet the recent opportunities tagged under it encompass laser equipment and technical support for operating rooms, surgical power instruments, outpatient building furniture, law enforcement equipment, and phlebotomy services. Only the surgical power and laser equipment solicitations bear any relationship to operating room instrumentation; the furniture, law enforcement, and phlebotomy procurements are plainly unrelated to surgical separators. State and local buyers are primarily hospitals and health departments (San Mateo Medical Center, the State of California's healthcare facilities, and the Nevada State Police), alongside a cooperative purchasing vehicle (Sourcewell).

Recent opportunities show San Mateo County Medical Center leading activity with two RFPs posted in June and July 2026—one for surgical power equipment to replace obsolete instruments (due May 28, 2026) and one for laser equipment and OR technical support (due June 10, 2026)—both incorporating local-business preference points and Living Wage Ordinance compliance. The State of California issued two furniture RFBs in May 2026 with CBE set-aside requirements; Sourcewell posted a law enforcement equipment RFP (due June 16, 2026) on behalf of multiple Washington and other jurisdictions; and the Nevada State Police solicited phlebotomy services (due April 16, 2026) with Carson Valley Health as the intended awardee. Geographic activity concentrates in California, Nevada, and Washington, with Sourcewell's cooperative vehicle extending potential reach across the United States and Canada. The code shows limited recent activity genuinely aligned with surgical separators; the tagging mismatch suggests either misclassification by issuing bodies or database error and warrants verification before pursuing opportunities under this code.