UNSPSC 51112206: Sodium chloride/vinblastine

This classification denotes a combination drug defined by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in its (VA's) National Drug File (NDF), which falls under VA Drug Class AN900. This VA Drug Class (AN900) classifies this compound as belonging to the group ANTINEOPLASTIC, OTHER.

UNSPSC 51112206 Sodium chloride/vinblastine is a Commodity code that nominally describes pharmaceutical active ingredients, but the recent state and local activity tagged under it reflects broader pharmacy benefit management and direct-to-manufacturer prescription program administration rather than the procurement of specific chemical compounds. State and local health agencies—primarily state Medicaid and employee health plan administrators—are using this code to solicit vendor capabilities for managing pharmaceutical supply chains, cost containment, and direct contracting relationships outside traditional pharmacy benefit manager and group purchasing organization channels. The work involves coordinating prescription fulfillment, negotiating net pricing models, and implementing value-based or outcomes-based pharmaceutical agreements between state health programs and manufacturers.

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued the only recent opportunity visible under this code: RFI No. HHS0017013, posted April 3, 2026 with the same-day response deadline, seeking vendor responses on implementing a Therapeutic Pharmacy Initiative Direct-to-Manufacturer Prescriptions program. The RFI is exploratory market intelligence, designed to inform the state's future procurement strategy and contracting approach before issuing a formal RFP. No award value, budget, or formal evaluation criteria are specified at this stage. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope (a specific pharmaceutical compound) and the actual procurement activity (pharmacy benefit administration and supply-chain management infrastructure) suggests either a tagging anomaly or a state-specific coding convention that does not align with standard UNSPSC nomenclature. The sparse recent-opportunity record and geographic concentration in Texas indicate this code carries minimal transactional activity in state and local procurement.