UNSPSC 51172908: Lactic acid/octoxynol 9/sodium lactate

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 GU900. This VA Drug Class (GU900) classifies this compound as belonging to the group GENITO-URINARY AGENTS, OTHER.

UNSPSC 51172908 Lactic acid/octoxynol 9/sodium lactate, a Commodity code, encompasses chemical supply products for water treatment and municipal infrastructure operations, though recent solicitations tagged under this code diverge significantly from its nominal scope. The City of Meriden's sodium bisulfite procurement for its Water Pollution Control Facility exemplifies the water-treatment chemistry work commonly solicited under this code tier. State and local issuing bodies soliciting under the code include municipalities (city procurement bureaus) managing water infrastructure, and multistate cooperative purchasing alliances coordinating statewide and multi-jurisdictional chemical and pharmaceutical supply. Vendors responding to opportunities here must maintain standard commercial insurance, typically general liability in the $1 million to $2 million range, and comply with product quality standards and delivery schedules set by the procuring facility's operations team.

The City of Meriden in Connecticut posted an IFB (B027-15) due July 29, 2026, for sodium bisulfite chemical supply to support water pollution control operations, with pricing evaluated on a unit-cost basis and performance and payment bonds required. A separate RFP issued by the Minnesota Multistate Cooperative Purchasing Alliance (MMCAP), administered by the Minnesota Department of Administration's Office of State Procurement, was due March 26, 2026, for generic multi-source pharmaceuticals and over-the-counter products to be distributed across participating state and local government facilities including Oregon—an indication that this code receives broader tagging across chemical and pharmaceutical supply categories in state procurement systems, though that RFP falls outside the nominal scope of lactic acid and related compounds. Recent activity centers on the upper Midwest and Connecticut, with MMCAP's multistate reach suggesting broader geographic participation among cooperative purchasing members.