NIGP 78585: Reading Programs, Reading Aids, Accelerators, and Calculators

NIGP 78585 Reading Programs, Reading Aids, Accelerators, and Calculators is an Item code covering instructional materials, reading aids, and specialized educational products that state and local governments procure for K–12 classrooms and special-education programs. State and local buyers currently solicit reading and decodable materials, phoneme-grapheme aids, intervention curricula for students with dyslexia and autism spectrum disorder, multisensory instructional kits, and related teacher-training and web-based tools through both catalog discount bids and targeted RFPs. School districts and special-purpose purchasing cooperatives dominate the issuing-body mix; individual districts pursuing sole-source awards to vendors offering proprietary methodology-based materials and intervention programs appear alongside cooperative procurement vehicles that bundle reading materials with broader special-education supplies and instructional catalogs.

Recent activity clusters in Texas and Florida. The State of Texas posted Invitation for Catalog Discount Bid ICAT2628 (due November 19, 2026) for instructional materials at negotiated catalog rates. Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative in Kilgore, Texas sought Special Education & Supplies proposals (SPE2628, due October 1, 2026) with estimated expenditures of $2,713,541 over two years and prior awards to 99 vendors. Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District posted Reading & Video Materials bid CRDG1026 (due October 1, 2026). Hillsborough County Public Schools in Tampa, Florida issued a sole-source notice of intent to award The Institute for Multi-Sensory Education (IMSE) for Orton-Gillingham methodology training and materials including phoneme-grapheme cards, decodable readers, and multisensory kits for elementary exceptional-student-education teachers, with a challenge period ending April 28, 2026. Clark County School District in Nevada posted RFP27012LMK (due September 10, 2026) for an evidence-based Pre-K curriculum aligned to naturalistic developmental behavioral intervention for students with autism spectrum disorder. Sole-source and framework-agreement procurement structures predominate alongside competitive catalog bids.