UNSPSC 42294929: Endoscopic retractors

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

UNSPSC 42294929 Endoscopic retractors is a Commodity code that in recent state and local procurement activity represents medical devices and supplies far broader than the code's nominal scope—the recent opportunities posted under this code include fiber splicing services, law enforcement equipment, physical health products, and handheld retinal screening devices, with no solicitations for actual endoscopic retractors appearing in the current pipeline. The issuing bodies span state health systems, electric cooperatives, county governments, and cooperative purchasing consortia including Sourcewell and NASPO ValuePoint. San Mateo Medical Center in California and Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative in Florida have posted the most concrete recent solicitations, though neither aligns with endoscopic instrumentation.

The geographic spread includes California, Florida, Idaho, Minnesota, Washington, and multiple jurisdictions participating in cooperative purchasing vehicles. San Mateo Medical Center posted RFP 660002627264 for handheld retinal screening devices and services due November 6, 2026, with local business preferences of 5 to 10 percentage points; Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative posted Solicitation 2026010 for fiber splicing maintenance and add-on services due November 13, 2026; Sourcewell posted RFP 26RFP102026 for physical health products and related services due October 20, 2026; and Texas posted NASPO ValuePoint RFP NVP_1443 for medical supplies through the cooperative vehicle due November 9, 2026. The code shows substantial recent activity across state and local procurement platforms, but the opportunities cataloged under this UNSPSC number do not correspond to endoscopic retractors or related surgical instrumentation—the mismatch suggests either a data-classification error in the source system or that the code is being used as a catch-all for medical device procurement more broadly.