UNSPSC 42296704: Surgical bone cement kits

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product that is a prepackaged collection (either custom or standard) of the equipment and supplies that enable surgical bone cement use in a medical setting. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 902129.

UNSPSC 42296704 Surgical bone cement kits (Commodity) shows limited recent state and local procurement activity directly aligned with the code's nominal scope. Of three recent opportunities tagged to this code, only one—the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio's RFP 745-26-P04 for spinal implants—touches the surgical hardware supply category at all, though the solicitation explicitly excludes spinal cement products and focuses instead on implants, rods, screws, cages, and related instrumentation for spinal fusion and deformity correction. The other two tagged opportunities (San Mateo Medical Center's request for orthopedic hardware removal and extraction system services, and Sourcewell's cooperative law enforcement equipment RFP) are unrelated to surgical bone cement or orthopedic implant supplies and appear to represent tagging errors. State and local governments buying under this code appear to be health systems and hospital networks requiring FDA-approved or CE-certified spinal implants and related surgical supplies for acute-care facilities.

Procurement activity under this code is concentrated in Texas and California based on recent solicitations. The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio's 144-bed Multispecialty and Research Hospital, estimating approximately 240 spinal cases annually, issued RFP 745-26-P04 with a question deadline of February 23, 2026 and proposal due date of March 10, 2026; the solicitation required HUB subcontracting plans and evaluated proposals on cost (20 points), proposer reputation and product quality (20 points), quality of goods or services (25 points), meeting university needs (25 points), past relationship with the university (5 points), and exceptions to terms and conditions (5 points). San Mateo Medical Center in California issued a hardware extraction services solicitation due July 1, 2026, though this opportunity is outside the code's scope. The code appears to receive infrequent direct solicitation from state and local procuring bodies and warrants monitoring rather than active pursuit at this time.