UNSPSC 42321701: Acetabular cups

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as an acetabular cup in a surgical procedure in a medical setting. US FDA regulates Acetabular cups under 21 CFR 888.3358 and under FDA product code LPH. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 902129.

UNSPSC 42321701 Acetabular cups is a Commodity code that reflects state and local procurement of orthopedic surgical implants and related hardware-extraction services for hospital and surgical-center operations. Recent solicitation activity shows that state and local governments are purchasing not only acetabular cups and other orthopedic implants themselves, but also the specialized systems and technical support required to remove, extract, and manage orthopedic hardware during surgical procedures. The issuing bodies are predominantly public health systems, county medical centers, and state cooperative-purchasing vehicles that aggregate demand across multiple jurisdictions. San Mateo Medical Center's July 2026 RFP for orthopedic hardware removal and extraction system services exemplifies the scope: the County sought vendors capable of providing universal extraction systems compatible with multiple implant manufacturers, technical support within Northern California, and case-specific retrieval of instrumentation—services required for safe removal of implants, screws, intramedullary nails, and related hardware across a range of orthopedic systems. The cooperatives dominating recent activity are NASPO ValuePoint and Sourcewell, which aggregate purchasing power for multiple state and local entities; both posted master-agreement solicitations in the July–October 2026 window to establish ongoing contracting vehicles for medical supplies and physical health products available to their participating-entity networks.

Activity under this code concentrates in California and the Upper Midwest. San Mateo County, California posted the most operationally specific recent opportunity—RFP 666002526252 for orthopedic hardware removal and extraction system services, with a due date of July 1, 2026, requiring five years of acute-care hospital experience and ISO 13485:2016 certification, three-year contract term, and a local-business preference of 5 to 10 percent under San Mateo County Ordinance. NASPO ValuePoint (administering state South Dakota) posted RFP 1433 for medical supplies with proposals due November 9, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time, establishing master agreements open to state and local entities across multiple states through cooperative purchasing. Sourcewell, the Minnesota local government unit, issued a separate physical health products RFP (26RFP102026, due October 20, 2026 at 3:30 p.m. Central Time) for its participating entities. The cooperative-purchasing structure dominates the pipeline; individual agencies rarely post standalone acetabular-cup or orthopedic-implant solicitations under this code, suggesting that most state and local procurement flows through established master agreements or group-purchasing organizations rather than direct RFPs.