UNSPSC 51160000: Drugs affecting the respiratory tract

This classification denotes drugs that act on the tubular and cavernous organs and structures, by means of which pulmonary ventilation and gas exchange between ambient air and the blood are brought about.

UNSPSC 51160000 Drugs affecting the respiratory tract is a Family code encompassing medications, delivery systems, and related supplies used by state and local health agencies, emergency services, and long-term care facilities. Recent solicitations under this code reflect a mix of direct pharmaceutical procurement (tablets, inhalers, and injectable respiratory agents) and integrated software-enabled medication-management platforms. Collier County's Notice of Intent to Single Source Pediatric Emergency Standards, Inc. (Handtevy) illustrates the expansion of this code into mobile applications that calculate weight-based drug dosing for adult and pediatric patients in EMS settings, integrate with electronic patient care reporting systems, and reduce manual data entry during emergency calls. Dane County's RFP for pharmaceutical services at Badger Prairie Health Care Center shows traditional long-term care pharmacy contracting, including medication dispensing, barcode scanning, web portal prescription communication, and equipment provision at no cost to the facility. Issuing bodies span county health departments (Collier, Dane), county emergency services (Washington County, Oregon naloxone distribution), and municipal fire departments (Tucson), with pharmacy services RFPs also posted by regional mental health organizations serving residential and outpatient populations. The code also captures community health initiatives focused on opioid-response medications such as naloxone distribution programs.

Recent activity concentrates in Florida (Collier County, Seminole County naloxone procurement, Pinellas County forensic drug standards), Wisconsin (Dane County long-term care pharmacy), Oregon, and Arizona, with secondary postings in Kentucky, Texas, and the District of Columbia. Representative recent solicitations include Collier County's single-source justification for Handtevy (posted October 8, 2026, protest deadline September 24, 2026, contract term November 29, 2026–November 28, 2029); Dane County's RFP for comprehensive pharmaceutical services to Badger Prairie Health Care Center (RFP 2026RFP061PR, posted September 30, 2026, due October 22, 2026, five-year term January 1, 2027–December 31, 2031, current funding $125,000 annually, with local-vendor preference of 5 bonus evaluation points); and Seminole County's IFB for 1,900 units of naloxone and 800 safe drug deactivation systems annually (IFB60459723LAS, posted June 30, 2026, due July 26, 2023, quarterly delivery to Seminole County Community Health Building, two-year initial term with one-year renewal option). Tucson Fire Department's RFP for BLS and ALS pharmaceuticals, supplies, and VendNovation vending-machine software (RFP 260217, posted August 13, 2026, due June 24, 2026, federally funded through ARPA, HUD, and FTA with prevailing wage, Davis-Bacon, DBE, and Section 3 compliance, one-year term with up to four one-year extension options) and West Texas Centers for Mental Health and Mental Retardation's RFP for prescription and pharmacy services across 35 service sites in 23 counties (RFP RX1001, posted August 10, 2026, due August 21, 2026) represent larger regional pharmacy operations. Geographic concentration favors Florida counties and regional health care systems across the Southwest and Upper Midwest.