UNSPSC 85101600: Healthcare provider support persons

In this classification, this family indicates personnel providing healthcare support services

UNSPSC 85101600 Healthcare provider support persons is a Class code covering clinical and support personnel services that state and local governments procure to staff facilities, supplement permanent workforces, and deliver specialized health services. Recent solicitations show state and local bodies buying temporary nursing staff (RNs, LPNs, CNAs), clinical laboratory services, athletic trainer services, special education support (speech-language pathology, occupational and physical therapy, nursing), school nurse staffing, behavioral health services, geriatric and long-term care medical direction and physician services, infectious disease consultation, and telehealth psychiatry. The issuing bodies span state departments of health and veterans affairs, county and municipal health agencies, independent school districts, county behavioral health departments, and public hospital systems. Repeat buyers include the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs, California Department of State Hospitals, Michigan Department of Technology/Veterans Homes, Cobb County and Dougherty County school districts in Georgia, and multiple county behavioral health agencies in California.

Geographic activity concentrates in California, Georgia, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Kentucky, Connecticut, Mississippi, and Texas, with California showing the heaviest recent volume through its state hospital, veterans affairs, and behavioral health procurements. Representative recent opportunities include the Town of Greenwich, Connecticut issuing an RFP for clinical laboratory services at The Nathaniel Witherell facility (Solicitation 7964, due July 30, 2026); the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs issuing an emergency IFB for temporary CNAs and LPNs at Illinois Veterans Home Chicago (Solicitation 27497DVACHICAB53202, due July 23, 2026, awarded to Favorite Healthcare Staffing at $1,091,512.50); East Hartford Public Schools in Connecticut posting an RFP for staffing agencies to provide RNs and LPNs for student health services (Solicitation 190926, due June 18, 2026, with current rates at $55.00–$75.00 per hour for LPNs and $65.00 per hour for RNs); Dougherty County School System in Georgia requesting proposals for specialized school nursing services (Solicitation PE64710NONST2027000000080, due June 17, 2026, at $43.00 per hour for LPNs and $53.00 per hour for RNs); the California Department of State Hospitals posting an IFB for temporary relief and permanent recruitment of RNs, LVNs, and CNAs across five state hospitals (Solicitation 0000039141, due May 20, 2026, with temporary relief rates capped at $52.00–$165.00 per hour depending on classification); and Cobb County School District in Georgia issuing RFPs for pediatric nursing services for medically fragile students (Solicitations P26086 and P26088, due April 30 and April 27, 2026 respectively, capped at Medicaid reimbursement rates of $95.36 per hour for RNs and $63.40 per hour for LPNs). School districts, county health departments, and state veteran and mental health facilities show the strongest and most consistent procurement activity under this code.