UNSPSC 51201620: Smallpox vaccine

This classification denotes a vaccine an acute, highly contagious, often fatal infectious disease caused by an orthopoxvirus characterized by a biphasic febrile course and distinctive progressive skin eruptions. Vaccination has succeeded in eradicating smallpox worldwide.

UNSPSC 51201620 Smallpox vaccine is a Commodity code that sees limited recent state and local solicitation activity focused on vaccine procurement by state health departments. The recent opportunity record shows a sole source notice rather than open competitive procurement, which is typical for specialized pharmaceutical products where supply is restricted or where a state health agency determines that a single vendor meets its requirements. State and local governments use this code to acquire vaccines for public health initiatives, emergency preparedness, or disease surveillance programs administered by state departments of health.

The Mississippi State Department of Health issued a sole source procurement notice (Solicitation 3150006922, due August 3, 2026) for yellow fever vaccine from Sanofi Pasteur, Inc., with a formal objection period allowing other vendors to challenge the sole source designation with evidence of alternative supply. The notice did not disclose contract term, quantity, or estimated value. State health departments appear to be the primary issuing bodies under this code, and Mississippi represents the only recent documented activity in the available record. The structure of sole source procurement for vaccines reflects the specialized regulatory and supply constraints in the immunization market, where state health agencies often work directly with established manufacturers rather than through open competitive processes.