UNSPSC 51241518: Dextran 70/edta/methylcellulose/sodium chloride

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 OP500. This VA Drug Class (OP500) classifies this compound as belonging to the group EYE WASHES/LUBRICANTS.

UNSPSC 51241518 Dextran 70/edta/methylcellulose/sodium chloride is a Commodity code covering ophthalmic solutions and lubricating eye drops formulated with specific active and inactive ingredients. State and local procurement under this code targets bulk purchase and supply of sterile, preservative-free or low-preservative ophthalmic solutions for use in hospitals, clinics, correctional facilities, and other public health settings where standardized eye-care products are distributed to patients or inmates. The issuing bodies are typically state health departments, county hospitals and correctional systems, municipal emergency departments, and public health clinics that maintain standing inventory of FDA-cleared ophthalmic solutions meeting defined formulation and sterility specifications.

No recent state and local contract opportunities under UNSPSC 51241518 appear in the available record. The code represents a narrow pharmaceutical specification that state and local buyers source through standing contracts, group purchasing agreements, or blanket ordering vehicles rather than through advertised RFPs or IFBs. Procurement activity under this code, when it occurs, is likely consolidated at the state health-department or county-system level through cooperative purchasing consortia or prime-vendor agreements that do not generate individual solicitation notices for each formulation or supplier.