UNSPSC 85901309: Hearing and related disorders prevention treatment using audiovisual equipment

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a physical rehabilitation intervention or procedure of hearing and related disorders prevention treatment using audiovisual equipment. This intervention or procedure is listed in the World Health Organization's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems or ICD-10 as code F09Z1KZ

UNSPSC 85901309 Hearing and related disorders prevention treatment using audiovisual equipment is a Commodity code under which state and local governments procure sign language interpreting services, audiology services, and related hearing-support staffing for educational institutions and state health facilities. The recent opportunities show that issuing bodies are actually buying on-demand interpreter staffing (certified and pre-certified sign language interpreters, oral interpreters, transliterators, and tactile interpreters) and clinical audiology services (diagnostic assessment, hearing aid fitting, vestibular evaluation, and staff training) to serve deaf, hard-of-hearing, and deafblind students and residents across school districts, special education cooperatives, health systems, and state-supported living centers. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix—Hillsborough County Public Schools in Tampa, Katy Independent School District, Tacoma Public Schools, and Birdville Independent School District all posted recently—alongside Texas Health and Human Services Commission facilities, County of Santa Clara Health System, and regional purchasing cooperatives. Issuing bodies consistently require interpreters and audiologists to hold active state licensure or nationally recognized certification (RID, BEI, or Texas audiologist license) with demonstrated experience; most impose 24/7 or four-hour response windows for service calls and require comprehensive liability and workers' compensation insurance.

The code shows concentrated recent activity in Texas and Florida, with Hillsborough County Public Schools issuing an RFP (26041-DST) due April 15, 2026 for sign language interpreting services to cover 235 schools and 750 deaf and hard-of-hearing students at an estimated annual budget of $950,000, and Katy Independent School District posting RFP #2518YT due July 8, 2026 for sign language interpreting across a six-district cooperative. Birdville Independent School District issued a competitive sealed proposal (01027) due October 21, 2026 for special education contracted services including audiology and speech language therapy across 30 campuses, budgeted at $398,494.30 for 2026–2027. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission solicited audiology services at Richmond State Supported Living Center twice (HHS0017735, posted July 24, 2026, due August 10; HHS0017735V2, posted August 17, 2026, due August 31), indicating a reissued or amended procurement. Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative in Kilgore, Texas posted an IFB for catalog discount pricing on special education and supplies (SPE2628) due October 1, 2026, budgeted at $2.7 million over two years. Tacoma Public Schools posted RFP26021C due July 3, 2026 for special education contracted services including visual and hearing support and audiology. County of Santa Clara Health System established a qualified vendor pool (RFSQHHSFY270052) for temporary health professional staffing including audiology, with proposals due October 7, 2026 and no guaranteed minimum work volume.