UNSPSC 42294516: Eye holders

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as an eye holder during a surgical procedure in a medical setting. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901850.

UNSPSC 42294516 Eye holders, a Commodity code, shows minimal alignment with recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes eye holders — mechanical components that support optical elements or fiber in telecommunications and utility infrastructure — yet the recent opportunities posted under this code span fiber splicing services, medical supplies, retinal screening devices, and law enforcement equipment, none of which match the core product scope. Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative's October 2026 RFP for fiber splicing, maintenance, and troubleshooting services is the only opportunity with plausible connection to utility infrastructure work, though it addresses labor-intensive field services rather than manufactured eye-holder components. The remaining three opportunities — a NASPO ValuePoint cooperative RFP for medical supplies across multiple categories, San Mateo Medical Center's request for handheld retinal screening devices and services, and Sourcewell's cooperative vehicle for physical health products and law enforcement equipment — bear no relationship to the code's nominal scope and appear to reflect classification errors in the state and local procurement sources.

The geographic spread across these disparate opportunities spans Florida (Suwannee Valley), Idaho and Texas via NASPO ValuePoint, California (San Mateo County), and Minnesota (Sourcewell), with additional Sourcewell activity in Washington state counties. However, the absence of coherent activity under the eye-holder code proper and the presence of plainly misclassified solicitations suggest this code sees little relevant recent state and local procurement action. A firm pursuing eye-holder components or fiber-optic infrastructure support should verify the actual UNSPSC classification with issuing bodies before investing in pursuit of opportunities tagged to this code.