UNSPSC 51284038: Oxytetracycline dihydrate

This classification denotes a tetracycline antibiotic with the molecular formula C22H24N2O9.2H2O, a preparation that US FDA regulates as an active ingredient or moiety under Unique Ingredient Identifier X20I9EN955, chemically known as 2-naphthacenecarboxamide, 4-(dimethylamino)-1,4,4a,5,5a,6,11,12a-octahydro-3,5,6,10,12,12a-hexahydroxy-6-methyl-1,11-dioxo- but more generally known as oxytetracycline, which bears US NIH Compound Identifier 5280972. European Medicines Agency schedules Oxytetracycline in its eXtended EudraVigilance Medicinal Product Dictionary or XEVMPD under Index SUB09579MIG.

UNSPSC 51284038 Oxytetracycline dihydrate is a Commodity code that names a specific tetracycline antibiotic pharmaceutical product, but state and local procurement activity under this code shows little relevance to the nominal product. The recent opportunities tagged to this code do not involve oxytetracycline dihydrate itself. Instead, the Illinois Department of Public Health awarded a $2,999,999.11 piggyback pharmaceutical warehouse contract through the MMCAP Infuse consortium to Chartwell Rx LLC for Doxycycline Hyclate 100mg tablets and Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride 500mg tablets, and Seminole County, Florida solicited Naloxone and Safe Drug Deactivation Systems through an Invitation for Bid. The mismatch between the code name and actual purchasing activity suggests either miscoding in the source database or that this specific commodity sees minimal direct procurement at the state and local level.

Recent activity under this code spans Florida and Illinois, though the volume of tagged opportunities is sparse. The Illinois contract, posted August 28, 2026, with response date September 11, 2026, was completed under an ITB process by the state health department as a piggyback arrangement with initial term of 12 months and renewal options through year 3. The Seminole County procurement, posted June 30, 2026, with response deadline July 26, 2023, used an IFB process for community health initiatives and specified quarterly deliveries to a county health facility. No set-asides or business enterprise preferences are documented in either record. Given the disconnect between the commodity code name and the products actually solicited, this code should be monitored for data-quality issues rather than treated as an active procurement category.