UNSPSC 73101700: Pharmaceutical production

UNSPSC 73101700 Pharmaceutical production is a Class code covering medication dispensing, pharmacy benefit management, and related pharmaceutical services that state and local governments procure to serve their employees, retirees, patients, and inmates. Recent solicitations show state and local bodies purchasing primary care medication dispensing for safety-net populations, pharmacy benefit administration for employee and retiree health plans, long-term care pharmacy services, emergency medical supply dispensing, and specialized pharmacy consulting. The mix of issuing bodies spans county health departments (DeKalb Public Health in Georgia), state health authorities (Nevada Health Authority), county commissioners (Pinellas County, Hall County, Volusia County in Florida and Georgia), municipalities (Town of Greenwich, Connecticut; City of Tucson), state departments (Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, State of Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services), and special-purpose entities (Inland Empire Health Plan in California, Seminole County and Pinellas County in Florida). The code draws solicitations from health systems seeking to control pharmacy costs through centralized benefit management, fire departments and EMS providers buying emergency medical pharmaceuticals and supplies, and correctional and long-term care facilities requiring on-site or managed pharmacy services.

Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia (DeKalb Public Health's Ryan White medication dispensing rebid in Decatur; Hall County's on-site pharmacy and Medicare Advantage plan solicitations near Gainesville), Florida (Pinellas County PBM services, Volusia County Medicare Supplement and Part D pharmacy, Seminole County naloxone and drug deactivation systems, Town of Greenwich long-term care pharmacy), Nevada (Nevada Health Authority's Average Acquisition Cost program and Single Pharmacy Benefit Manager RFI), Illinois (Department of Veterans Affairs emergency pharmacy services), Connecticut, and Texas. Recent representative opportunities include DeKalb Public Health's RFQ 27-2033-RFQ14 (due July 27, 2026) for primary care medication dispensing to Ryan White HIV/AIDS patients with fee-for-service compensation based on actual dispensing volumes; Nevada Health Authority's RFP 41NHA-S3922 (due August 24, 2026) to develop and operate the Nevada Average Acquisition Cost pharmacy reimbursement benchmark program over four years with a two-year extension option; Pinellas County's RFP 26-0408 (due March 31, 2026) for comprehensive PBM services to 3,200 county employees over five years with two optional renewals, with Express Scripts as the incumbent; and City of Tucson Fire Department's procurement (due June 24, 2026) of BLS/ALS pharmaceuticals, supplies, and VendNovation vending machines with federal ARPA, HUD, and FTA funding and Section 3 labor requirements. The code also captures emergency procurements by the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs and emergency final-cost notices for completed pharmacy benefit management contracts.