UNSPSC 51442400: Iodine-based radiopharmaceuticals, 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 the chemical element with symbol I and atomic number 53, called Iodine, and isotopes thereof, thus the term Iodine-based medical imaging agents and media.

UNSPSC 51442400 Iodine-based radiopharmaceuticals, imaging agents, media, and tracers is a Class code that in recent state and local practice covers X-ray and radiologic equipment procurement, installation, maintenance, and warranty services rather than iodine-based pharmaceuticals. State and local buyers under this code include county government procurement offices and specialized county departments managing correction facilities and aviation security infrastructure. The work spans equipment acquisition for healthcare and security applications — radiologic equipment for college campuses, extended warranty coverage for existing X-ray machines in detention facilities, and maintenance service plans for proprietary baggage-screening systems at airports.

Recent activity appears geographically dispersed across Florida and Arizona, with Maricopa County (Arizona) soliciting radiologic equipment and installation for three colleges via IFB 362910 with a response date of October 22, 2026; Escambia County Correction (Florida) posting sole-source extended warranty coverage for X-ray machines under solicitation SSCORALM2526005 due August 19, 2026; Broward County Aviation Department (Florida) issuing an RFI on June 25, 2026 to contest or confirm sole-source designation for Rapiscan X-ray inspection system maintenance services, with responses due July 28, 2026; and Pasco County (Florida) posting an RFQ on June 3, 2026 for copper sulfate supply on an as-needed basis due June 26, 2026. The copper sulfate opportunity appears unrelated to the code's nominal scope and likely represents a tagging mismatch. Active pursuit should focus on X-ray and radiologic equipment, installation, extended warranties, and manufacturer-authorized maintenance contracts for government health and security operations.