UNSPSC 51473910: Sodium lauryl sulfate/sorbic acid/standapol

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 51473910 Sodium lauryl sulfate/sorbic acid/standapol is a Commodity code that shows no meaningful recent state and local procurement activity aligned with its nominal scope. The three recent opportunities tagged to this code—athletic training services for city fire and police departments (Tucson), medical aid supplies for fire rescue (Tampa), and a therapeutic pharmacy initiative RFI (Texas HHS)—bear no relationship to surfactants, preservatives, or the chemical products the code describes. The mismatch between code assignment and actual procurement suggests either systematic miscoding by the issuing jurisdictions or data quality issues in how opportunities are tagged to UNSPSC categories.

State and local buyers appear to be using this code incorrectly or the opportunities were indexed to an unrelated classification. No concrete procurement signals support pursuing business development under this Commodity code based on the current activity record. If your firm supplies sodium lauryl sulfate, sorbic acid, or standapol products to state and local agencies, monitor whether future opportunities in personal care, food preservation, or industrial cleaning are correctly tagged to this or related codes; current activity provides no reliable indicator of demand.