UNSPSC 42293500: Surgical suction and irrigation products

In this classification, this class includes, products, components, accessories, and supplies, utilized as suction and irrigation tools in surgical procedures.

UNSPSC 42293500 Surgical suction and irrigation products is a Class code covering surgical-grade medical equipment and consumables used in operating room and outpatient surgical settings. The recent opportunities posted under this code show significant divergence from the nominal commodity scope — only one of six recent opportunities directly relates to surgical equipment rental and support services; the remaining five are unrelated to suction and irrigation products, spanning law enforcement equipment, furniture procurement, phlebotomy services, and correctional healthcare equipment. The single relevant opportunity is San Mateo County Medical Center's RFP for surgical power instruments to replace obsolete equipment, a five-year contract solicitation posted May 7, 2026, with a proposal deadline of May 28, 2026. Issuing bodies in the recent activity include county health systems (San Mateo County Medical Center), state health agencies (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation), state police (Nevada State Police), and cooperative purchasing vehicles (Sourcewell on behalf of multiple Washington-state counties). The code shows little concentrated activity — only San Mateo County appears twice, both times for surgical-related equipment (laser systems and power instruments for OR use).

Geographic activity centers on California, where San Mateo County's surgical equipment procurements and CDCR's therapeutic equipment rental span the state's correctional and public hospital networks, with secondary activity in Nevada (phlebotomy services) and Washington-state cooperative purchasing. The San Mateo County surgical power RFP requires five years of prior experience in manufacturing, sales, or leasing comparable products, mandates general liability and professional liability insurance of $1 million each and cyber liability of $5 million, and applies a local business preference of 5 percent for San Mateo County or San Francisco City vendors, with additional preference for small or micro businesses. The procurement also incorporates the Living Wage Ordinance (minimum $17.00 per hour with CPI-U adjustments capped at 3.5 percent), HIPAA Business Associate Agreement obligations, and Section 504 accessibility compliance. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and most posted opportunities suggests the code classification is unreliable for this commodity — recent state and local buying activity under UNSPSC 42293500 does not consistently reflect actual surgical suction and irrigation product procurement.