UNSPSC 85161500: Medical or surgical equipment repair

These are services to repair and or maintain equipment used in healthcare. The equipment usually contains multiple and sometimes complicated parts and can be serviced either on site or at an alternate location. These types of products include capital equipment.

UNSPSC 85161500 Medical or surgical equipment repair, a Class code, encompasses preventive maintenance, calibration, testing, emergency repair, and parts replacement for medical and biomedical equipment at healthcare facilities, state institutions, and specialized centers. State and local governments procure this work across diverse facility types — hospitals, state-supported living centers, veterans homes, psychiatric facilities, community health centers, and medical examiner offices — with coverage spanning routine inspections to emergency response and full-service maintenance agreements. Recent solicitations show Missouri, Texas, California, Illinois, and Florida issuing the bulk of opportunities, with Missouri's Veterans Commission emerging as a repeat buyer across multiple facilities. Representative work includes the Missouri Veterans Commission's recurring RFQs for annual inspections and maintenance of 41 to 46 line items of biomedical equipment at Mount Vernon (response dates September 8, 2026 and November 6, 2026); Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFBs for durable medical equipment services covering ventilators, EKGs, patient monitors, IV and feeding pumps, and hospital beds at state hospitals and supported living centers (estimated historical spend $1.5 million over a prior period); and California Department of State Hospitals' IFB for preventive maintenance and repair across 1,626 pieces of biomedical and sterilization equipment at six DSH locations with AAMI certification required and an anticipated three-year term starting October 2, 2026.

Issuing bodies span state health agencies (Texas HHSC, California DSH, Missouri Department of Public Safety), county governments (Hillsborough County, Collier County, San Bernardino County), municipal fire departments and EMS divisions (Bryan County, Orange County Fire Rescue), and special-use facilities (Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs, Maryland Department of Health). Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, California, Missouri, Illinois, Florida, and Maryland, with scattered opportunities in other states. Contractors typically must hold current Certified Biomedical Equipment Technician (CBET) or equivalent certifications, demonstrate minimum two to five years of relevant experience depending on scope complexity, provide three professional references, maintain $1 million to $2 million in general liability and professional liability insurance, pass background checks and E-Verify verification, and comply with HIPAA as Business Associates when accessing protected health information. Contract terms run one to five years with optional renewals; pricing is firm and fixed with indexing permitted only via Consumer Price Index formulas at the procuring agency's discretion. Emergency response times typically range from 24 to 72 hours for standard requests and four hours for urgent calls during business hours. Competitive sealed bids and RFQs dominate, with sole-source procurements restricted to OEM-authorized service providers for proprietary equipment such as Alaris infusion pumps or Siemens CT systems.