NIGP 71584: Textbooks, Special Education

NIGP 71584 Textbooks, Special Education is an Item code under which state and local governments procure specialized instructional materials, behavior management platforms, and open educational resources (OER) tailored to students with disabilities and at-risk populations. Recent solicitations show school districts, state education agencies, and purchasing cooperatives buying print and digital core materials aligned to special education curriculum standards, web-based behavior intervention systems that combine compliance tools with professional development, catalog discounts on instructional supplies, and custom-developed or sourced OER content for K-12 subjects including social studies and language arts. The issuing bodies span independent school districts (Harlingen Consolidated ISD, Cobb County Schools, Gwinnett County Public Schools), state agencies (Texas Education Agency), regional purchasing cooperatives (Region 7), and county school boards (Hillsborough County Schools in Florida). Texas and Georgia dominate recent activity, with multiple concurrent opportunities in each state.

Representative recent solicitations include the Texas Education Agency's RFP 701-26-027 for PreK-12 OER sourcing, custom content development, and continuous improvement services across multiple subject areas, with responses due November 13, 2026, and an initial contract term of five state fiscal years commencing May 2027; the School Board of Hillsborough County, Florida's sole-source notice of intent to award the Insights to Behavior web-based behavior management system to Briton Education (dba Insights To Behavior), designed to create legally defensible, IDEA-compliant behavior intervention plans with 130+ hours of professional development, fidelity checkers, and data tracking; and Cobb County Schools' RFIs for AP Psychology, AP European History, and Zoology instructional resources (all due October 2, 2026) to inform potential 2027-2028 adoptions. The State of Texas is also soliciting catalog discount bids on instructional materials under ICAT2628, due November 19, 2026, establishing a framework for negotiated rates from awarded vendors. Set-asides include a 5% service-disabled veteran-owned business participation goal under the Texas Subcontracting Plan for the TEA OER procurement.