NIGP 95228: Day Care Training Consortium

NIGP 95228 Day Care Training Consortium, an Item code, encompasses professional development training services for early childhood educators, administrators, trainers, and coaches, as well as back-up childcare services and discount programs that state and local employers offer their workforces. State and local buying under this code spans regional workforce boards, municipalities, and public employers procuring either instructor-led training aligned with early childhood competency standards or third-party administration of employee benefit programs covering emergency and routine childcare. Workforce Solutions Alamo and the City of Tucson represent the issuing bodies active in this code's recent opportunities, with both seeking comprehensive, multi-year service relationships requiring specialized vendor capabilities in either training curriculum design and delivery or national back-up care network administration.

Workforce Solutions Alamo, the regional workforce board serving thirteen Texas counties, posted RFP 2026-005 on April 6, 2026, requesting proposals for early childhood professional development training services with a contract period beginning October 2026 through September 2027 and two one-year renewal options; respondents must hold at least two years of documented early childhood education experience, active TECPDS use within the past twelve months, and SB265 qualifications, with pricing submitted on a cost-per-participant basis. The City of Tucson issued RFP 250012 on March 4, 2026, for a five-year back-up care services and discount program administrator for approximately 4,200 benefit-eligible employees beginning July 1, 2025, requiring nationwide in-home and out-of-home care provider networks, online service portals, HIPAA compliance, and members-only discount offerings; proposals were due March 12, 2025, at 2:00 P.M. Arizona time. Recent activity is concentrated in Texas and Arizona, with Texas showing workforce development emphasis and Arizona representing municipal employee-benefit procurement.