UNSPSC 51473902: Benzethonium/triclosan

This classification denotes a combination drug defined by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in its (VA's) National Drug File (NDF), which falls under VA Drug Class DE400. This VA Drug Class (DE400) classifies this compound as belonging to the group SOAPS/SHAMPOOS/SOAP-FREE CLEANSERS.

UNSPSC 51473902 Benzethonium/triclosan is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent activity. The three state and local opportunities tagged under this code in the past six months span a District Attorney office dog procurement, athletic training services for fire and police departments, and medical aid supplies for a fire rescue department — none of which align with the code's nominal scope of antimicrobial chemical compounds. The medical aid supplies solicitation from the City of Tampa Fire Rescue Department includes some first-aid and wound-care items but does not specifically reference benzethonium chloride or triclosan-based products in the opportunity description. The mismatch between the code's chemical taxonomy and the actual procurements suggests either systematic miscoding at the source or that this code is not actively used by state and local procurement offices for the products it nominally represents.

No representative opportunities directly solicit benzethonium or triclosan products. The City of Tampa Fire Rescue Department's medical supplies ITB (ITB 25-P-00157, due April 9, 2025) offers the closest proxy, targeting a range of first-aid and antiseptic items with an estimated annual budget of $100,000 and set-asides for certified Small Local Business Enterprises and Underutilized Woman and Minority Owned Business Enterprises. Geographic activity is sparse and concentrated in the Southwest (Arizona and Florida) and Pacific Northwest (Oregon), but the connection to this commodity code is tenuous. Business development professionals evaluating whether to pursue opportunities under this code should monitor whether future solicitations tag it more accurately or consider whether the code is effectively dormant in state and local procurement.