UNSPSC 82151700: Performing arts professionals

UNSPSC 82151700 Performing arts professionals is a Class code naming artists and instructors who teach, perform, or direct theatrical, musical, dance, or ceremonial work for state and local agencies. State and local governments buy performing arts instruction—dance education, theatre arts, jazz residency programs, piano services—delivered directly to patients in mental health facilities, students in school districts and public universities, and residents in parks and senior centers. The work spans therapeutic and recreational performance, instructional delivery, event entertainment (DJ services), and specialized rigging for performance venues. Issuing bodies include state departments (California Department of State Hospitals, Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs, Nevada Division of State Parks), school districts (Dallas ISD, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD, LEAD Public Schools), counties (Orange County Probation, Volusia County), cities (Daytona Beach, Conyers, Dallas), public universities (Savannah State, Sam Houston State), convention authorities (Georgia World Congress Center Authority), and special-purpose facilities (Nevada Division of State Parks, convention centers). Repeat patterns show strong activity in therapeutic arts for institutionalized populations and in K–12 music and theatre curriculum support.

The code sees recent activity across California, Georgia, Illinois, Nevada, Florida, Texas, and Tennessee, with the densest concentration in California and Texas. Representative recent opportunities include California Department of State Hospitals Metropolitan's IFB for Dance Educator Services and Performance Art Educator Services (August and July 2026, IFB notice type), serving adult mental health patients at six state facilities; Dallas ISD's RFP for Academic Enrichment and Support and Visual and Performing Arts Instructional Materials (August 2026, RFP), covering consumables, equipment, and services across band, choir, orchestra, dance, theatre, and technical theatre; Nevada Division of State Parks' RFP for Sand Harbor Sleigh Ride services (November 2026 response due, RFP), requesting seasonal horse-drawn sleigh operations; Georgia World Congress Center Authority's RFP for Audio Visual and Production Rigging Services (September 2026 response due, RFP), positioning the successful vendor as preferred provider for trade shows and exclusive provider for production rigging; County of Orange Probation's RFP for Theatre Arts/Drama/Acting Services to incarcerated youth (March 2026 close, RFP); LEAD Public Schools' RFP for Jazz Residency Program Services (July 2026, RFP); and Savannah State University's eRFP for DJ Services (June 2026, eRFP). Set-asides and preferences vary by jurisdiction—California offers 5% small business and disabled veteran business enterprise incentives; Nevada offers 5% local-business preference; Orange County applies 5–8% scoring preference for Local Small Business and DVBE certification; and Texas school district RFPs typically target SBE participation goals of 20–30%.