UNSPSC 42295901: Gastrointestinal stents

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as a stent conformed for gastrointestinal procedures in a medical setting Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901839.

UNSPSC 42295901 Gastrointestinal stents, a Commodity code, shows minimal alignment between the code's stated scope and recent state and local solicitation activity. The code nominally covers gastrointestinal stents—medical devices for the digestive tract—yet the three most recent opportunities posted under this code involve orthopedic hardware extraction systems (San Mateo County), law enforcement equipment (Sourcewell cooperative), and spinal implants (University of Texas Health Science Center). Only the spinal implants solicitation involves medical devices; the orthopedic extraction system and law enforcement equipment are entirely outside the gastrointestinal stent scope. This mismatch suggests either tagging error in the source data or use of the code to cast a broad net for medical device procurement across multiple product categories. The issuing bodies are diverse—a county public hospital system, a state cooperative purchasing vehicle, and a public university health system—reflecting the variety of entities that use UNSPSC coding for medical device procurement, but none of these opportunities actually solicit gastrointestinal stents.

Geographic activity is limited to California (San Mateo County), Texas (University of Texas), and a multi-state cooperative anchored in Minnesota (Sourcewell) that serves jurisdictions across Washington state and nationwide. Recent opportunities with response dates include the San Mateo Medical Center RFP for orthopedic hardware removal and extraction systems (due July 1, 2026), the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio RFP 745-26-P04 for spinal implants (due March 10, 2026), and the Sourcewell RFP #061626 for law enforcement equipment (due June 16, 2026). The disconnect between code definition and actual procurement activity makes this code unreliable as a signal for gastrointestinal stent opportunities at the state and local level.