UNSPSC 80111702: Reference or background check services

UNSPSC 80111702 Reference or background check services (Commodity) encompasses criminal history searches, employment and education verification, and multi-database screening for pre-employment vetting and ongoing employee monitoring that state and local governments procure on an as-needed basis. State and local issuing bodies soliciting under this code include city police and fire departments, county sheriff's offices, public utilities, school districts, higher-education institutions, county human services departments, and municipal administrative agencies. The code shows steady activity across multiple jurisdictions and issuing-body types, with background-check contracts appearing in recent RFPs, RFQs, and ITBs throughout the calendar year.

Recent opportunities span Florida (Orlando Utilities Commission RFP 9308 for background checks with approximately 1,000 checks annually; City of Fort Myers RFP 26-035 for drug and alcohol testing via DOT-regulated screenings; Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners RFP RP039-26 for medical examinations and drug screening), Texas (Texas Department of Agriculture background checks with 65+ checks within 30 days; TxDOT pre-employment criminal background checks; Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center RFP 774-214971517 for recruitment search firms), Georgia (Gwinnett County and DeKalb County occupational health services), California (State of California background check services under RFB-IS-27200048 and background investigation services under RFB-IS-27200086), Oregon (State of Oregon Department of Administrative Services Amendment #2 to Employment and Income Verification services from Equifax Workforce Solutions), Colorado (Boulder County Sheriff's Office EMT staffing services), Arizona (Tucson City Court probation monitoring and GPS monitoring services), and Kansas (City of Olathe background screening services RFP 26-0061 with proposals due September 9, 2026). Cities and counties frequently renew background-check contracts in three-year terms with one or two optional renewals; many procure under as-needed or indefinite-quantity structures and require vendor compliance with FCRA, state privacy regulations, and SOC 2 security controls. Pricing is typically per-screening or subscription-plus-per-unit models; evaluation emphasizes vendor experience, turnaround time, accuracy standards, system integration capability, and cost.