NIGP 94876: Psychologists/Psychological and Psychiatric Services (Including Behavioral Management Services)

NIGP 94876 Psychologists/Psychological and Psychiatric Services (Including Behavioral Management Services), Item, encompasses mental health counseling, fitness-for-duty evaluations, pre-employment psychological testing, crisis intervention, and specialized assessments for law enforcement and public safety personnel that state and local governments are actively procuring. Recent activity shows sustained demand across multiple issuing-body types—counties, cities, school districts, state agencies, and special districts—with a particular concentration in public safety workforce screening and first-responder wellness programs.

State and local buyers are soliciting psychological services primarily through RFPs and RFQs targeting three distinct service categories: pre-employment and post-conditional-offer psychological evaluations for law enforcement and public safety candidates; fitness-for-duty and return-to-duty assessments for incumbent personnel; and comprehensive employee wellness, crisis response, and counseling programs. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Tucson's open qualified vendor list (Solicitation 230147, proposals due May 23, 2028) establishing a pool of mental health professionals across four service groups (mental health counseling, chemical dependency counseling, fitness-for-duty evaluations, and pre-employment psychological evaluations) with intent to award multiple providers per category; Augusta-Richmond County's annual mental wellness and stabilization program for 1,500 public safety personnel across eight departments (Solicitation PE72155NONST2026000000195, proposals due August 19, 2026) requiring clinician-led preventative assessments with up to 10 follow-up sessions per participant annually and mandatory insurance integration; the County of Orange Sheriff-Coroner's procurement for pre-employment psychological evaluations with capacity to handle 30 candidates per day (Solicitation 0603008701MB, proposals due April 2, 2026) supporting multiple law enforcement agencies and requiring POST compliance and on-site testing capability; and the City of New Haven Police Department's psychological testing services for 40–60 candidates annually (Solicitation 2026RFPCNH381, proposals due August 4, 2026) requiring Connecticut POST-certified clinicians. Geographic activity spans California (Orange County, San Mateo, Tucson), Georgia (Augusta-Richmond, Fulton, DeKalb), Texas (Denton, Katy), Connecticut (New Haven), Arizona (Phoenix), Ohio (Cuyahoga), and Colorado (Denver/Arapahoe). Contract structures vary from as-needed hourly fee models to fixed-fee annual wellness programs, with evaluation emphasis on clinician qualifications, experience serving law enforcement or first responders, trauma-informed methodology, and cost. No broad-based set-asides characterize the code, though Orange County applies local small business (OCLSB) and disabled veteran business enterprise (DVBE) preferences on multiple procurements.