UNSPSC 85122107: Blind or vision impaired rehabilitation services

In this classification, this commodity consists of comprehensive services required to be a blind or vision impairment rehabilitation service

UNSPSC 85122107 Blind or vision impaired rehabilitation services is a Commodity code covering orientation and mobility (O&M) training, mobility assessments, cane skills instruction, and related vision rehabilitation delivered to individuals who are blind, visually impaired, or deaf-blind in state-supported living centers, schools, and community settings. State and local governments procure these services through state health and human services departments, state schools for the deaf and blind, independent school districts, county departments, and municipal agencies serving populations with visual impairments. Recent solicitations show Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) posting multiple O&M specialist contracts for state supported living centers and psychiatric facilities, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation soliciting blind cane tapping training at correctional health care facilities, school districts including California School for the Deaf Fremont and Dougherty County Schools seeking O&M specialists for students with visual impairments, and education service districts sourcing speech language pathology and related therapies that often bundle vision-related support services. The code also captures music therapy and art therapy services directed at blind and visually impaired populations, such as HHSC's procurement for music therapy services through the Blind Children's Vocational Discovery and Development Program (BCVDDP) across four regional service areas in Texas.

Geographic activity concentrates heavily in Texas, California, and the Southeast, with HHSC issuing at least six O&M and vision rehabilitation-related solicitations since June 2026 at locations including Brenham, Austin, Corpus Christi, Abilene, El Paso, and Richmond. The California Department of Education and California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation have posted separate O&M and cane-training procurements, while Dougherty County Schools in Georgia, Ocean Springs School District in Mississippi, and High Desert Education Service District in Oregon round out the recent geographic spread. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's Certified Orientation Mobility Specialist solicitation (HHS0017698) for Brenham State Supported Living Center, posted July 14, 2026, with responses due July 28, 2026, requiring COMS or equivalent certification and offering a three-year term at historical rates near $13,000 annually plus optional one-year extension; the California Department of Education's Orientation and Mobility Services procurement (IFB DF260021) for the California School for the Deaf Fremont, posted March 24, 2026, due April 16, 2026, seeking O&M assessment and instruction with estimated 1,000 hours annually and ASL interpreting at 900 hours annually across three contract years; and HHSC's music therapy services RFP (HHS0016728) for the Blind Children's Vocational Discovery and Development Program, originally posted in March 2026 with responses due April 17, 2026, seeking four regional Board-Certified Music Therapists across distinct Texas service areas with a two-year initial term and option to extend three additional years plus one year for operational needs. Mandatory qualifications across these procurements consistently require ACVREP or NBPCB certification for O&M specialists, and all positions mandate background checks, comprehensive insurance (typically $1 million general liability minimum), and multiple professional references from contracts within the preceding five years.