UNSPSC 42293518: Surgical irrigation pump equipment or pulsed lavage with or without suction

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as an irrigation pump equipment or pulsed lavage with or without suction during a surgical procedure in a medical setting. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901811.

UNSPSC 42293518 Surgical irrigation pump equipment or pulsed lavage with or without suction is a Commodity code that nominally covers specialized surgical irrigation and lavage systems, but recent state and local contract opportunities show minimal direct procurement activity under this specific code. The recent opportunities block contains five postings, none of which directly solicit surgical irrigation pumps or pulsed lavage equipment; instead, the solicitations address laser equipment and technical support for operating rooms, surgical power instruments, furniture for outpatient buildings, and law enforcement equipment through a cooperative purchasing vehicle. San Mateo County's San Mateo Medical Center, a fully accredited public hospital and clinic system serving the county, posted an RFP for Surgical Power (solicitation 666002526249, due May 28, 2026) and a separate RFP for laser equipment and operating room technical support (solicitation 666002526250, due June 10, 2026), but neither directly addresses irrigation pump or lavage equipment. The State of California posted multiple RFBs for outpatient building furniture (RFB-IS-26200984 due June 4, 2026; RFB-IS-26200986 due June 9, 2026; and RFB-IS-27200071 due August 18, 2026), and Sourcewell issued RFP 061626 for law enforcement equipment on behalf of multiple Washington and other jurisdictions (due June 16, 2026). These postings are unrelated to the code's stated scope of surgical irrigation and lavage systems.

The code shows no recent activity directly aligned with its nominal procurement category. A business development professional evaluating this code should note that state and local governments do purchase surgical equipment for hospital and clinic operations, as evidenced by San Mateo Medical Center's active procurement of surgical power and operating room technologies, but irrigation pump and pulsed lavage equipment do not appear in recent solicitations tagged to this UNSPSC code. The mismatch between the code's definition and the opportunities the source block contains suggests either that procurement offices are not consistently coding these procurements to this commodity line, or that irrigation and lavage equipment is being acquired through umbrella healthcare equipment contracts, group purchasing agreements, or alternative sourcing channels not captured in recent standalone RFP or RFQ activity. Pursuing this code in the near term would require direct outreach to public health systems and hospital purchasing departments rather than reliance on posted competitive solicitations.