UNSPSC 42294906: Endoscopic cutting instruments

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as an endoscopic cutting instruments during a surgical procedure in a medical setting. US FDA regulates Endoscopic cutting instruments under 21 CFR 876.15 and under FDA product code OCZ. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901890.

UNSPSC 42294906 Endoscopic cutting instruments (Commodity) shows minimal recent state and local procurement activity directly aligned with its nominal scope. The single substantive opportunity in the recent pipeline—San Mateo Medical Center's request for handheld retinal screening devices and related services, due November 6, 2026—concerns diagnostic imaging equipment with integrated EHR connectivity and AI-assisted interpretation support rather than endoscopic cutting instruments per se. The remaining three opportunities tagged under this code involve fiber-splicing master service agreements (Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative), cooperative purchasing vehicles for general medical supplies and physical health products (NASPO ValuePoint and Sourcewell), and law enforcement equipment (Sourcewell). These represent procurement activity in adjacent health-care and government-equipment categories rather than endoscopic instruments.

San Mateo Medical Center's retinal screening solicitation (RFP 660002627264) represents the clearest match, soliciting portable battery-powered devices with wireless connectivity, EPIC integration, and on-site training and 24/7 support across outpatient clinics, acute-care hospital, and long-term care facilities in San Mateo and Burlingame, California under a three-year term. The County applies a 5–10 percentage-point local-business preference and mandates HIPAA compliance, cyber liability insurance ($5 million per occurrence), and San Mateo County living wage ordinance rates. The remaining opportunities—Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative's fiber-splicing RFP (due November 13, 2026), NASPO ValuePoint's general medical-supplies cooperative vehicle (due November 9, 2026 via Texas), and Sourcewell's physical health products and law enforcement equipment vehicles—appear misclassified under this code and do not represent endoscopic instrument procurement. The code shows no recent concentrated activity; business development under this UNSPSC should focus on San Mateo County's near-term medical-device opportunity and monitor state-level cooperative purchasing vehicles for any future endoscopic-instrument framework awards.