NIGP 95272: Reading Services for the Blind

NIGP 95272 Reading Services For The Blind is an Item code covering specialized services for individuals with visual impairments, including reading assistance, adaptive technology support, and education-related visual services. State and local governments procure these services through schools, human services agencies, and special education cooperatives to support students with blindness or visual impairment and community members requiring accessible reading accommodations. Issuing bodies include school districts, city human services departments, and regional special education cooperatives. The work spans direct service delivery (on-site reading instruction and visual rehabilitation support), program administration and case management, and procurement of specialized supplies and equipment through cooperative agreements that make these resources available to multiple member jurisdictions.

Recent activity shows geographic presence across Mississippi, Texas, and California. Pascagoula-Gautier School District in Mississippi posted an RFP for school-based visual impairment services for the 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 school years, with proposals due June 4, 2026. Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative in Kilgore, Texas issued an Invitation for Catalog Discount Bid (SPE2628) for special education and supplies with an estimated contract expenditure of $2,713,541 over two years and a response deadline of October 1, 2026, drawing from a prior award pool of approximately 99 vendors. The City of Santa Monica solicited nonprofit organizations through its Human Services Grants Program (HSGP) for four-year grant agreements addressing community needs, with a December 14, 2026 proposal deadline and program execution running July 1, 2027 through June 30, 2031; while the RFP does not name reading services for the blind as a specific priority area, it invites proposals from human services agencies with eligibility and performance management experience similar to those managing blind services programs.