UNSPSC 42296817: Surgical instrument accessories

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product that is either an accessory or consumable associated with surgical instruments. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901890.

UNSPSC 42296817 Surgical instrument accessories (Commodity) covers equipment and support services for operating room use, though recent state and local solicitations under this code show significant scope divergence from the nominal title. San Mateo County Medical Center has posted two major procurements tagged to this code: laser equipment with technical support for surgical applications (RFP, due date listed as Jul 10, 2026 with conflicting internal dates of Jun 10, 2026) and surgical power instruments to replace obsolete equipment (RFP with five-year term, proposal deadline May 28, 2026). Both solicitations require vendors to meet HIPAA compliance, background clearance, and San Mateo County's Living Wage Ordinance ($17.00 per hour minimum). The surgical power opportunity is scored on project approach (30 points), firm qualifications (25 points), team qualifications (20 points), and price (25 points), with San Mateo County applying a five percent local business preference and up to eight percent additional for micro businesses. Insurance requirements for the surgical power procurement include general liability ($1,000,000 per occurrence), professional liability ($1,000,000 per occurrence / $3,000,000 aggregate), and cyber liability ($5,000,000 per occurrence). A small portion of recent state-local activity under this code involves unrelated furniture procurement (two State of California RFBs for outpatient building furniture, both with CBE set-aside requirements, due Jun 4 and Jun 9, 2026) and law enforcement equipment through a Sourcewell cooperative (RFP #061626, due Jun 16, 2026); these do not align with the surgical instrument accessories classification and suggest tagging variance rather than true commodity activity.

The bulk of relevant activity clusters in California, specifically San Mateo County and the State of California procurement system. Issuing bodies are limited to San Mateo County Medical Center (a public hospital system) and state-level procurement, with no school districts, transit authorities, or other municipal entities represented in recent postings. The surgical power and laser equipment solicitations at San Mateo Medical Center are the only opportunities closely aligned to the code's actual scope; both require five years of prior experience in manufacturing, sales, or leasing of specified products and mandate System for Award Management (SAM) registration, federal health care program debarment certification, and California business authorization. No incumbent vendors are named in either procurement. The volume of recent opportunities under this code is sparse, with only two substantive surgical-equipment procurements among multiple misaligned furniture and law enforcement postings, suggesting limited current market activity for surgical instrument accessories at the state and local level.