NIGP 92474: Special Education

NIGP 92474 Special Education, an Item code, encompasses contracted direct and indirect therapeutic, diagnostic, and instructional services that state and local education agencies, school districts, and special-purpose education authorities purchase to supplement or replace in-house capacity for students with disabilities. Recent solicitations show school districts and state education agencies buying speech-language pathology, occupational therapy, physical therapy, educational diagnostician services, school psychology services, specialized nursing, behavioral and intervention support, sign language interpretation, assistive technology, and online assessment platforms—often on as-needed or time-and-materials bases rather than fixed-volume commitments. Issuing bodies are predominantly independent school districts (Katy ISD, Tacoma Public Schools, Dougherty County School System, DeKalb County School District, Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD, Hidalgo County ISD, Cherokee County School District, Buffalo Public Schools, Columbia County School District, Tupelo Public School District, South Panola School District), state departments and agencies (Texas Education Agency, South Dakota Department of Education, Florida Agency for Persons with Disabilities, Texas Juvenile Justice Department, Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind), and specialized districts (county probation departments). No single repeat buyer dominates the recent activity; purchasing is broadly distributed across K-12 districts of varying sizes and state-level special education and human services agencies.

Recent activity spans California, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Mississippi, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Washington, with the heaviest concentration in Texas, Florida, and Georgia school districts. Representative opportunities include Katy Independent School District's RFP for Educational Diagnosticians and Licensed School Psychologists (responses due August 13, 2026) and sign language interpreting services (due July 8 and August 3, 2026); Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD's open-ended RFP for speech-language pathology, occupational therapy, physical therapy, nursing, school psychology, and educational diagnostician services with multiple rolling award deadlines through December 2029; Texas Education Agency's RFP for special education and general education complaint investigation support services (due July 24, 2026); Texas Juvenile Justice Department's RFP for an online special education tracking system serving five secure juvenile correctional facilities (due July 2, 2026); and Buffalo Public Schools' RFP for an online literacy intervention platform with science-of-reading methodology (due June 15, 2026). Sole-source and single-source procurements for proprietary assessment and instructional platforms (Newsela educational software at Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind at $47,000 for three years; online special education tracking systems) also appear regularly. Set-asides and preferences vary by state and locality; Texas districts typically require HUB subcontracting plans targeting service-disabled veteran businesses, while California and Florida procurements reference small business and DVBE preferences when applicable.