UNSPSC 42296305: Bronchoscopes

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product that is used as a a fiber-optic cable that is passed into the windpipe in order to view the bronchi, in a medical setting. US FDA regulates Bronchoscopes under 21 CFR 874.4680 and under FDA product code EOQ. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 900630.

UNSPSC 42296305 Bronchoscopes is a Commodity code, but state and local procurement activity under it shows minimal alignment with the code's nominal scope. The recent opportunities posted under this code—a Sourcewell cooperative law enforcement equipment RFP, a Klein Independent School District career technical education and advanced academics RFP, and multiple State of California requests for bids on arthroscopy systems and outpatient furniture—do not represent bronchoscope procurement or related respiratory-tract diagnostic equipment. The mismatch suggests either tagging error at the source or use of the code as a catch-all for medical equipment categories without regard to specific commodity boundaries. Absent recent solicitations for actual bronchoscopes or bronchoscopic systems from state agencies, counties, cities, school districts, or transit authorities, the code shows no current decision-relevant activity for vendors in respiratory or general surgical instrumentation.

The geographic and issuing-body data in the recent-opportunities block spans Washington counties (Franklin, Grant, Grays Harbor, Chelan, Yakima) participating through Sourcewell's Minnesota-based cooperative, Klein Independent School District in Harris County, Texas, and the State of California, but none of these opportunities solicit bronchoscopes or related equipment aligned with the code's intended scope. The May 2026 California arthroscopy system RFBs (RFBIS26200858, RFBIS26200859, RFBIS26200860, all due May 5, 2026) are surgical instrumentation for temporomandibular joint procedures, not respiratory diagnostics. Without evidence of recent bronchoscope-specific RFPs, RFQs, ITBs, or IFBs from state or local bodies, no representative opportunities exist to characterize market activity, vendor demand patterns, or geographic concentration under this code.