UNSPSC 42294933: Endoscopic suction or irrigation tips or coagulation probes or ablation wand

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product that is either an accessory or consumable associated with endoscopic suction or irrigation tips or coagulation probes or ablation wands. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901890.

UNSPSC 42294933 Endoscopic suction or irrigation tips or coagulation probes or ablation wand is a Commodity code that covers specialized surgical instrumentation for minimally invasive procedures. State and local governments purchase these items primarily through health systems and state healthcare procurement offices for use in operating rooms and surgical centers. The recent opportunities show a marked mismatch between the code's nominal scope and actual solicitation activity: the code appears in five recent postings, but only three are medically relevant—three California State RFBs for temporomandibular joint (TMJ) arthroscopy systems and accessories posted in April 2026. The remaining two opportunities—Sourcewell's cooperative law enforcement equipment RFP and Klein Independent School District's CTE and Advanced Academics RFP—bear no relationship to endoscopic or surgical instrumentation and appear to be miscoded. The code shows little active state and local procurement for its intended product category in the recent dataset.

The three relevant solicitations are all issued by the State of California: RFB-IS-26200858 for 1.9mm TMJ Arthroscopy Accessories, RFB-IS-26200859 for 1.8mm Arthroscopy Access Systems, and RFB-IS-26200860 for 2.7mm Arthroscopy Accessory Systems, all with a May 5, 2026 bid deadline. California's healthcare procurement uses a Certified Business Enterprise (CBE) set-aside structure for these bids, requiring vendors to submit CBE certification documentation and comply with mandatory forms in Appendix A. Bid values and budget ranges were not disclosed in the available documentation. No other states or health systems appear in the recent opportunities block, suggesting that if this code is active elsewhere, it is not appearing in current state and local solicitation channels or is being captured under different taxonomy codes.