UNSPSC 42321815: Tibial bushings

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as a tibial bushing in a surgical procedure in a medical setting. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 902129.

UNSPSC 42321815 Tibial bushings (Commodity) shows minimal alignment between the code's nominal scope and recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally designates orthopedic implant components, but the four opportunities posted since mid-April 2026 span healthcare furniture, orthopedic extraction services, law enforcement equipment, and school district instructional resources — none of which constitute tibial bushings or related orthopedic hardware components. State and local procurement offices appear to have tagged these opportunities with the code either in error or as a catch-all category that does not reflect actual buying activity. The source does not support identification of issuing-body patterns, repeat buyers, or geographic concentration under this code based on relevant procurement.

The recent opportunities, while diverse in scope, originate from a mix of issuing bodies: the State of California (capital project funding), San Mateo County (hospital system services), Sourcewell on behalf of multiple Washington and other state/county jurisdictions (cooperative purchasing), and Klein Independent School District in Texas (educational procurement). Geographic activity touches California, Washington, Minnesota, and Texas, but these postings do not represent tibial bushings procurement. No evidence in the source supports ongoing state and local demand for tibial bushings as a distinct procurement line item. Firms pursuing this code should verify whether procurement offices are using 42321815 in error or whether the code has become a misfiled category in state and local systems; absent clarification, the code signals low or misaligned buying activity in the state and local market.