UNSPSC 51442102: Perflubron or perfluorooctyl bromide

This classification denotes a diagnostic reagent with the molecular formula C8BrF17, a preparation that US FDA regulates as an active ingredient or moiety under Unique Ingredient Identifier Q1D0Q7R4D9, chemically known as 1-bromo-1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,7,7,8,8,8-heptadecafluorooctane but more generally known as perflubron, which bears U.S. National Institutes of Health Compound Identifier 9873. The European Medicines Agency schedules Perflubron in its eXtended EudraVigilance Medicinal Product Dictionary or XEVMPD under Index SUB09721MIG.

UNSPSC 51442102 Perflubron or perfluorooctyl bromide, a Commodity code, shows minimal recent state and local procurement activity aligned with the code's nominal scope. The two most recent opportunities posted under this code in the state and local market do not involve perflubron or perfluorooctyl bromide procurement. Instead, Broward County Aviation Department posted an RFI (Request for Information) on June 25, 2026, due July 28, 2026, seeking to establish whether maintenance and inspection services for Rapiscan X-ray systems are available from vendors other than Rapiscan or whether comparable alternate systems exist, while Pasco County, Florida issued an RFQ on June 3, 2026, due June 26, 2026, to procure large copper sulfate crystals and liquid copper sulfate on an as-needed basis under an indefinite-quantity arrangement. Neither of these solicitations addresses the chemical or medical products that the code nominally describes.

The mismatch between the code's stated scope and the opportunities tagged to it suggests either a classification error in the state and local procurement systems or inactive demand for perflubron or perfluorooctyl bromide under this code. No geographic concentration, issuing-body pattern, or representative recent demand for the code's actual product is apparent from available recent solicitations. Firms evaluating this code should verify whether state and local agencies are acquiring these specialized fluorochemicals or whether procurement offices are consistently misclassifying unrelated solicitations under this code.