UNSPSC 51172456: Calcium carbonate/magnesium carbonate/sodium alginate

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 GA199. This VA Drug Class (GA199) classifies this compound as belonging to the group ANTACIDS, OTHER.

UNSPSC 51172456 Calcium carbonate/magnesium carbonate/sodium alginate is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment with recent state and local procurement activity. The three most recent opportunities tagged under this code — offender drug testing services (Collin County), direct-to-manufacturer pharmacy benefit program vendor research (Texas HHS), and generic multi-source pharmaceuticals and OTC products (Minnesota Multistate Cooperative Purchasing Alliance) — concern specimen collection, drug screening, pharmaceutical supply chain management, and pharmacy benefit contracting rather than the chemical compounds the code nominally describes. The code does not appear to capture what state and local governments are actually sourcing when they need these materials.

Geographic activity in recent months spans Texas (Collin County and Texas HHS) and Minnesota (MMCAP, which includes participating state and local facilities across multiple states including Oregon), but the mismatch between the code's chemical scope and the substance of the solicitations suggests that buyers are either tagging pharmaceutical and testing services with an incorrect UNSPSC classification or that the code itself is being applied to a broader family of health-related products and services than its name indicates. Without recent opportunities that genuinely solicit calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, or sodium alginate as standalone products or materials, the code shows little actionable procurement signal for vendors in those commodity areas at the state and local level.