UNSPSC 51171617: Castor oil

This classification denotes a natural product, a preparation that US FDA regulates as an active ingredient or moiety under Unique Ingredient Identifier D5340Y2I9G. European Medicines Agency schedules Castor oil in its eXtended EudraVigilance Medicinal Product Dictionary or XEVMPD under Index SUB13263MIG. Castor oil generally arises in the molecular formula C57H104O9. The term 'castor oil' is a United States Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia Name designation. As of Q4 2014, CASTOR OIL remains the US FDA Preferred Term for this commodity.

Castor oil bears US NLM identifiers UMLS ID C0007343 and NCI Concept Code C80990. SMILES: NONE.

UNSPSC 51171617 Castor oil is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local contracting activity under this code does not reflect procurement of castor oil. Collin County Community Supervision and Corrections Department's RFP 2026-327, posted September 25, 2026, solicits offender specimen collection and drug testing services — a scope entirely unrelated to the code's nominal product. The county seeks vendors to staff two collection sites in Plano and McKinney, operate randomized testing notification systems, perform immunoassay screening with LC/MS/MS or GC/MS confirmation, and offer alternative testing methodologies including oral fluid and hair testing, with annual demand of approximately 25,031 tests. This commodity code shows no meaningful recent activity aligned with castor oil procurement in state and local government.

The Collin County RFP, due July 23, 2026, carries an estimated contract value of $600,000 over two years with three optional one-year renewal periods, and requires vendors to hold SAMHSA, TX DPS, or CAP lab certification. Pricing is submitted per-test across three service models (screening only, confirmation after screening, and screening with automatic confirmation of positives), with no additional surcharges permitted and price redetermination limited to annual cost-of-living adjustments not exceeding 3 percent. Evaluation emphasizes vendor understanding, firm qualifications, client references, and cost, with optional Phase 2 demonstrations available. The single posted opportunity under this code represents a data-tagging mismatch rather than legitimate castor oil procurement activity in the state and local market.