UNSPSC 51131602: Heparin

This classification denotes a low molecular weight heparin with the molecular formula (C14H18NO11)N.2(C12H16NO13S)N.3HO3S, a preparation that US FDA regulates as an active ingredient or moiety under Unique Ingredient Identifier 7UQ7X4Y489. European Medicines Agency schedules heparin in its eXtended EudraVigilance Medicinal Product Dictionary or XEVMPD under Index SUB02475MIG. The term heparin is a U.S. FDA designation. HEPARIN is scheduled in the U.S. International Trade Commission's Harmonized Tariff System (HTS) Pharmaceutical Appendix.

UNSPSC 51131602 Heparin is a Commodity code that nominally covers pharmaceutical anticoagulant products, but recent state and local procurement activity under this code shows a stark mismatch with its intended scope. The single recent opportunity tagged to this code is Sourcewell RFP #061626, posted May 12, 2026, which solicits law enforcement equipment — a category entirely unrelated to heparin or any pharmaceutical product. This mismatch suggests either a coding error in the opportunity posting or a data quality issue in how the solicitation was tagged in the state and local procurement system. No other recent state and local opportunities under UNSPSC 51131602 appear in the available record.

The Sourcewell RFP #061626 is a cooperative purchasing vehicle established under Washington state law (RCW 39.34) and administered by Sourcewell, a Minnesota local government unit, with response due June 16, 2026. The procurement targets law enforcement equipment across multiple issuing bodies including Franklin, Grant, Grays Harbor, Chelan, and Yakima counties in Washington, plus numerous other jurisdictions, K-12 school districts, higher education institutions, tribal governments, and nonprofit organizations across the United States and Canada. Because the single posted opportunity is misaligned with the code's pharmaceutical scope, this code shows no meaningful recent activity in legitimate heparin procurement. Vendors evaluating this code should verify whether state and local demand for heparin exists outside the Sourcewell posting or treat this code as currently inactive in state and local procurement.