UNSPSC 51442100: Fluorocarbon-based medical imaging agents, media, and tracers

This classification denotes a variety of compounds and preparations that are sensitive to frequencies or rays common in nuclear medicine that empower practitioners to differentiate between cell or tissue types, or to bring to focus one cell or tissue type over another, and to thus examine internal body parts or systems, typically for diagnostic purposes, and which are based in part or whole on organofluorine compounds with the base formula CXFY, compounds commonly called Fluorocarbons, thus the term FLUOROCARBON-BASED MEDICAL IMAGING AGENTS, MEDIA, AND TRACERS.

UNSPSC 51442100 Fluorocarbon-based medical imaging agents, media, and tracers is a Class code that in recent state and local procurement activity covers radiologic and X-ray equipment, extended warranties for imaging systems, and maintenance services for specialized X-ray inspection platforms. State and local governments soliciting under this code include county corrections departments, county aviation authorities, community colleges within multi-college districts, and general county procurement offices. The solicitations span equipment acquisition, warranty renewal, and specialized service contracts for proprietary imaging systems—work that reflects the capital and operational intensity of medical and security imaging infrastructure.

Recent opportunities show activity concentrated in Florida and Arizona. Maricopa County solicited radiologic equipment and installation services for three colleges under IFB 362910, with proposals due October 22, 2026. Escambia County Correction posted a sole-source extended warranty renewal for X-Ray machines under IFB SSCORALM2526005, due August 19, 2026. Broward County Aviation Department issued an RFI on June 25, 2026 (due July 28, 2026) to determine whether maintenance services for Rapiscan X-ray inspection systems—characterized as highly specialized work involving complex X-ray technology—are available from vendors other than Rapiscan or whether comparable alternate systems exist. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope (fluorocarbon-based medical imaging agents) and the actual recent solicitations (equipment, warranties, and maintenance services) suggests the code carries limited activity directly aligned to fluorocarbon tracers or agents themselves; state and local procurement under this classification appears to reflect broader radiologic and X-ray system acquisition rather than radiopharmaceutical or contrast-media procurement.