UNSPSC 51192421: Ascorbic acid/rose hips

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 VT400. This VA Drug Class (VT400) classifies this compound as belonging to the group VITAMIN C.

UNSPSC 51192421 Ascorbic acid/rose hips is a Commodity code covering vitamin C supplements and related nutritional products sourced from or derived from rose hips, which state and local governments procure primarily for public health programs, correctional facilities, and school nutrition services. The code captures finished ascorbic acid products—tablets, powders, and fortified supplements—used to support inmate health, student nutrition, and disease-prevention initiatives in county jails, state prisons, school districts, and public health departments. Issuing bodies under this code span correctional systems, education agencies, and health departments; correctional procurement offices appear to be repeat buyers given the standing nutritional requirements in detention facilities.

The source provided contains no recent state and local contract opportunities posted under UNSPSC 51192421. Without posted RFPs, RFQs, IBs, or ITBs naming this code, geographic concentration and representative recent solicitations cannot be characterized. Firms tracking this Commodity code should monitor correctional purchasing channels and school nutrition cooperative vehicles, where ascorbic acid procurement typically clusters, but no current market activity is evident in the available data.