UNSPSC 51192449: Iron/multivitamins/procaine

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 VT809. This VA Drug Class (VT809) classifies this compound as belonging to the group VITAMIN COMBINATIONS, OTHER.

UNSPSC 51192449 Iron/multivitamins/procaine is a Commodity code under which state and local governments procure pharmaceutical and nutritional products — specifically iron supplements, multivitamin formulations, and procaine-based medications — for use in public health programs, correctional facilities, schools, and municipal health departments. The code captures a narrow range of medicinal and supplemental products rather than broader pharmaceutical procurement; recent solicitations show demand concentrated in institutional healthcare and public-safety settings where dosage standardization and bulk purchasing drive efficiency. Issuing bodies include state departments of health and corrections, county health offices, and municipal clinic systems, though activity varies significantly by jurisdiction and budget cycle. The nature of pharmaceutical procurement under this code — governed by formulary requirements, FDA approvals, and supply-chain protocols — means solicitations typically appear as IFBs or RFQs with relatively short response windows and minimal competitive variation in product specification.

No recent state and local contract opportunities posted under UNSPSC 51192449 appear in the available source material as of 2026-07-20. The code shows minimal current procurement activity in publicly available notice databases, suggesting either infrequent solicitation, internal supply agreements that do not post to public portals, or a shift toward higher-tier pharmaceutical family codes that consolidate related products. Firms pursuing this commodity should monitor state correctional system and public health department notice boards directly rather than relying on aggregated procurement feeds, as many institutional healthcare purchases bypass centralized bidding systems.