UNSPSC 42293501: Irrigation or suction handpieces or cannulas or tips or catheters

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product that is an irrigation or suction handpiece used in conjunction with hollow needle commonly used with a syringe to inject or extract substances or fluids associated with a procedure. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901831.

UNSPSC 42293501 Irrigation or suction handpieces or cannulas or tips or catheters is a Commodity code that nominally covers surgical suction and irrigation instruments, but the recent state and local opportunities tagged to this code show little activity in that product category. The five most recent opportunities — spanning San Mateo County Medical Center's procurements for laser equipment and surgical power instruments, California state outpatient building furniture bids, a Sourcewell cooperative law enforcement equipment RFP, and the Nevada State Police phlebotomy services solicitation — are plainly unrelated to the code's stated scope. Surgical power tools, furniture, law enforcement gear, and phlebotomy services do not fall within irrigation or suction handpieces. This mismatch signals either persistent miscoding in state and local procurement systems or that the code sees minimal relevant activity under its actual definition.

The geographic sources represented are California (San Mateo County and the state capital-budget procurement), Washington and multiple counties (via Sourcewell's cooperative vehicle), and Nevada; however, none of these opportunities align with what the code nominally describes. Until or unless state and local buyers post solicitations that actually match the code's product scope — irrigation or suction handpieces, cannulas, tips, or catheters for medical use — the code appears inactive for practical pursuit. A business development professional evaluating this code should verify directly with target customers whether they procure these instruments under different codes or through standing healthcare supply contracts or group purchasing organizations, rather than rely on recent public RFP activity.