UNSPSC 42321913: Shoulder spacers

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as a shoulder cement spacer in a surgical procedure in a medical setting. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901819.

UNSPSC 42321913 Shoulder spacers is a Commodity code representing orthopedic implant and surgical instrumentation components that state and local governments procure primarily through public hospital systems, medical centers, and healthcare facility capital projects. The recent solicitations show that shoulder spacers are being acquired as part of broader orthopedic hardware systems, surgical extraction and removal services, and medical supplies cooperative-purchasing vehicles that aggregate demand across multiple state and local entities. State and local issuers using this code include public hospital systems such as San Mateo Medical Center, state health facility procurement offices, and cooperative purchasing vehicles administered by state-level entities such as NASPO ValuePoint and Sourcewell that serve thousands of participating state agencies, counties, cities, and special-purpose districts.

Recent activity centers on California and Minnesota-administered cooperative purchasing arrangements. San Mateo Medical Center issued an RFP in July 2026 for orthopedic hardware removal and extraction system services, including shoulder-spacer compatible instrumentation, with a three-year contract term and proposals due July 1, 2026. NASPO ValuePoint posted RFP 1433 on September 25, 2026, with a November 9, 2026 deadline, to establish master agreements for medical supplies across multiple states through South Dakota's administering office. Sourcewell, a Minnesota local government cooperative, posted a separate RFP on September 1, 2026, for physical health products and related services with an October 20, 2026 deadline. These cooperative vehicles indicate that shoulder spacer procurement operates within aggregated, multi-jurisdictional contracting frameworks rather than isolated single-agency buys, allowing vendors to establish relationships that span numerous participating public entities nationwide.