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

NIGP 78585 Reading Programs, Reading Aids, Accelerators, and Calculators, an Item code, covers the procurement of curriculum materials and educational reading resources that state and local education agencies and school districts buy to support literacy instruction and special-education programming. Recent solicitations show state and local governments acquiring proprietary reading curricula, language arts textbooks, and supplementary reading resource materials aligned with state education standards and individual school or district literacy goals. The issuing bodies under this code include state specialty schools, municipal school districts, and public education agencies operating under state curriculum-adoption mandates and compliance frameworks.

The Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind issued a single-source purchase notice on March 13, 2026 (due April 3, 2026) for proprietary Florida Connections Reading Curriculum materials estimated at $50,000.00 for fiscal year 2026-2027, citing Perfection Learning Corporation as the exclusive copyright holder and sole authorized provider. The City of Hattiesburg, Mississippi posted an RFP on April 23, 2026 (due April 30, 2026) seeking nonprofit organizations to provide Community Development Block Grant–funded public service activities, though this opportunity addresses broader community programming rather than reading-specific procurement. Recent activity appears concentrated in the Southeast, with solicitations in Florida and Mississippi; the source does not provide sufficient geographic breadth to characterize broader regional patterns.