NIGP 95225: Day Care (Preschool)

NIGP 95225 Day Care (Preschool), an Item code, encompasses on-site and near-site early childhood care and learning services that state and local governments procure to serve employee dependents, community families, and children with special needs. Solicitations under this code require vendors to deliver curriculum-based preschool programming, classroom management, staff supervision, compliance with state licensing standards, and often meal service and transportation coordination. Recent opportunities span traditional center-based preschool operations at school facilities and medical campuses, specialized respite care for infants and toddlers with developmental delays or disabilities, and employment-related back-up care networks. Issuing bodies include state departments (Florida Department of Children and Families, Utah Department of Health and Human Services, Illinois Department of Central Management Services), county health departments and hospital systems (Santa Clara County Health System, Boulder County Public Health), independent school districts (Phoenix-Talent School District 4 in Oregon), and city governments (City of Tucson). Vendors typically must hold or secure appropriate state licensing, maintain comprehensive insurance coverage (general liability, workers' compensation, and abuse/molestation coverage in specialized cases), pass fingerprint-based background checks, and employ staff meeting state early childhood qualifications and certification standards.

Geographic activity across recent postings spans California, Utah, Florida, Illinois, Colorado, Arizona, and Oregon, with notable concentration in western and southwestern states. Representative recent opportunities include the County of Santa Clara Health System soliciting childcare and preschool services at or near Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (RFP RFPHHSFY260676, due August 19, 2026) for a one-year initial term with up to four renewal options; the State of Florida Department of Children and Families seeking implementation and evaluation of a Key Indicator Differential Monitoring System for statewide child care facility inspections (RFP 15740, proposal deadline July 29, 2026, six-year contract not to exceed $600,000 total); Phoenix-Talent School District 4 in Oregon requesting qualified preschool service providers for on-site delivery at Orchard Hill Elementary School (RFP SP1500400015986, due March 20, 2026, three-year initial term with options to extend up to ten years total); Boulder County Public Health seeking specialized in-home respite care for disabled or developmentally delayed infants and toddlers (RFQ PHI00226, due March 23, 2026, contract not to exceed $28,500); and the Illinois Department of Central Management Services establishing an eight-year concessions contract to operate the State of Illinois Child Development Center in Chicago (RFP 26416CMSBOPM4B50869, due May 7, 2026, incorporating Business Enterprise Program and Commitment to Diversity scoring).