UNSPSC 42312405: Dry packing gauze

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as a packer or filler of open wounds to forestall infraction and enable healing in a medical setting Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 300590.

UNSPSC 42312405 Dry packing gauze is a Commodity code that encompasses medical gauze products procured by state and local health agencies, emergency services, and health and human services facilities. State and local governments buy dry packing gauze primarily through cooperative purchasing consortia, agency medical supply contracts, and emergency response procurement vehicles. The issuing bodies include state health departments, state-sponsored living centers, county emergency management and purchasing offices, city fire and rescue departments, and regional health facilities. Recent solicitations show gauze and related wound-care dressings bundled within broader medical supplies frameworks rather than as standalone line items, reflecting how jurisdictions typically consolidate first aid and clinical inventory procurement. The code appears in multi-item medical supply contracts serving occupational health, emergency medical services, and facility-based care settings.

The code shows recent activity concentrated in Texas and the Pacific Northwest, with supporting procurement from Florida and Idaho through statewide cooperative vehicles. Texas dominates the recent record: the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts issued IFB 304T-27-345A2 for Personal Protective Equipment and First Aid Components (response due October 6, 2026) covering gauze among 21 line items for statewide delivery to the Department of Public Safety and other agencies, and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission posted IFB HHS0017685 for miscellaneous supplies to the Denton State Supported Living Center (bids due August 19, 2026), with historical annual volume of $50,000 across 39 line items including dressings. Idaho and other NASPO ValuePoint member states are pursuing medical supplies through cooperative RFP NVP_1443 (response due November 9, 2026). The City of Tampa Fire Rescue Department solicited medical aid supplies including bandages and first aid items under ITB 25-P-00157 with set-aside provisions for small local business enterprises and underutilized woman and minority-owned enterprises. Escambia County, Florida posted a sole-source procurement for intraosseous needles and stabilizer dressings (response due September 29, 2026), and Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter in Texas sought veterinary pharmaceutical and clinic supplies under IFB 26IFB24 (response due April 23, 2026).