UNSPSC 51131519: Sodium ferric gluconate

This classification denotes a nutritional supplement, a preparation that US FDA regulates as an active ingredient or moiety under Unique Ingredient Identifier CC9149U2QX. European Medicines Agency schedules Sodium ferric gluconate complex in its eXtended EudraVigilance Medicinal Product Dictionary or XEVMPD under Index SUB20743. Ferric na gluconate generally arises in the molecular formula C6H11O7.FE.NA. The term 'ferric na gluconate' is a United States Adopted Name designation. SMILES: [FE].[NA].OC(C(O)C(O)C(=O)O)C(O)CO.

UNSPSC 51131519 Sodium ferric gluconate is a Commodity code that does not match the work actually being solicited under it in recent state and local procurement activity. The sole recent opportunity posted under this code is Sourcewell RFP #061626, a cooperative purchasing vehicle issued by the State of Minnesota on behalf of multiple Washington counties (Franklin, Grant, Grays Harbor, Chelan, and Yakima) and other participating entities nationwide to procure law enforcement equipment — a category plainly unrelated to pharmaceutical iron compounds used in medical and clinical settings. The mismatch suggests either a data-entry error in the solicitation or a miscoded opportunity within the state and local procurement system. The code shows no other recent activity, and the single posted opportunity provides no actionable signal for vendors seeking to pursue sodium ferric gluconate procurement under state and local contracts.

No meaningful market activity exists under this Commodity code in current state and local contracting. Vendors should verify whether opportunities tagged to 51131519 actually relate to pharmaceutical procurement or whether the code assignment reflects a systematic classification issue in the issuing jurisdictions' taxonomy mapping.