UNSPSC 51453700: Anthelmintic thioxanthenes

Anthelmintic drugs made from compounds with three aromatic rings in linear arrangement with a sulfur in the center ring.

UNSPSC 51453700 Anthelmintic thioxanthenes is a Class code that does not align with the state and local procurement activity recorded against it. The two most recent opportunities tagged to this code—a piggyback pharmaceutical warehouse contract for Doxycycline Hyclate and Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride awarded by the Illinois Department of Public Health, and a Seminole County, Florida IFB for Naloxone and drug deactivation systems—involve antibiotics and opioid-reversal agents, neither of which falls within the anthelmintic (parasite-treatment) thioxanthene category. The mismatch suggests either miscoding in the source system or opportunistic reuse of the UNSPSC tag for broader pharmaceutical procurement. State and local governments do buy pharmaceuticals through cooperative purchasing vehicles and piggyback awards, but this code shows little relevant activity for its nominal scope.

The Illinois Department of Public Health and Seminole County represent the two issuing bodies in the recent record. The Illinois opportunity (awarded to Chartwell Rx LLC on an IFB basis for $2,999,999.11 over three contract years with quarterly or ongoing supply) reflects typical state pharmaceutical warehouse purchasing through MMCAP Infuse consortium vehicles. The Seminole County solicitation (IFB60459723LAS, due July 26, 2023) called for 1,900 units of Naloxone and 800 drug deactivation systems annually with quarterly deliveries to a county health facility, potentially funded through FEMA. Both opportunities required compliance with standard procurement certifications (drug-free workplace, E-Verify) and liability insurance. Activity is concentrated in the Southeast and Midwest, though the coding itself does not support broad conclusions about where anthelmintic thioxanthenes are genuinely being procured by state and local bodies.