UNSPSC 51192305: Calcium carbonate/sodium fluoride

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 TN490. This VA Drug Class (TN490) classifies this compound as belonging to the group ELECTROLYTES/MINERALS, COMBINATIONS.

UNSPSC 51192305 Calcium carbonate/sodium fluoride is a Commodity code that in recent state and local practice encompasses chemical supplies for water treatment and municipal utility operations, though the recent opportunities block shows limited alignment with the code's nominal scope. The City of Meriden, Connecticut solicited sodium bisulfite under this code for its Water Pollution Control Facility, a chemical used in water treatment processes rather than the calcium carbonate or sodium fluoride the code name suggests. A second opportunity in the block—the Minnesota Multistate Cooperative Purchasing Alliance (MMCAP) RFP for generic multi-source pharmaceuticals and OTC products—bears no material connection to water-treatment chemicals and appears to be a classification mismatch. State and local governments using this code appear primarily to be municipal water utilities and cooperative purchasing organizations, though the sample is too sparse to characterize issuing-body concentration or establish a clear buying pattern.

Geographic activity in the recent-opportunities block is limited to Connecticut and Minnesota, with no visible multi-state concentration or repeat-buyer pattern. The City of Meriden's IFB for sodium bisulfite closed on July 29, 2026, requiring General Liability coverage of $1,000,000 to $2,000,000, performance bond and labor/material payment bond, and pricing evaluated on a unit-cost basis. MMCAP's RFP for pharmaceuticals, which closed March 26, 2026, served a broader footprint including Oregon and other participating jurisdictions but falls outside the code's nominal chemical-supply scope. The code shows insufficient recent activity focused on calcium carbonate or sodium fluoride specifically to support a clear market characterization or forward-procurement outlook.