UNSPSC 85911004: Vocational counseling

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a mental health intervention or procedure of vocational counseling. 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 GZ61ZZZ

UNSPSC 85911004 Vocational counseling—a Commodity code—spans mental health assessment, crisis intervention, behavioral coaching, and employment-focused counseling services that state and local governments procure to support at-risk populations, public safety personnel, students, and justice-involved individuals. State and local solicitations under this code show significant activity from school districts, county human services departments, police and fire departments, correctional facilities, workforce development boards, and state mental health agencies. Recent opportunities reveal a diverse mix of issuing bodies: Katy Independent School District and DeKalb County Schools (special education and behavior analysis); the City of Orlando Police Department and Waukesha County Sheriff's Office (pre-employment and fitness-for-duty psychological evaluations); Hillsborough County Public Schools (mobile crisis response teams); Washington State Department of Children, Youth & Families (adolescent transitional living); Texas Health and Human Services Commission (counseling at state supported living centers); Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (first responder peer assistance); and the District of Columbia (credible mentor and psychology consulting services). Representatives of recent work include Katy ISD's RFP for Educational Diagnosticians and Licensed School Psychologists (proposals due August 13, 2026, RFP-2516YT), Solano County's RFP for Behavioral Health Interim Housing Placement serving 350 unduplicated participants annually with up to 50 beds and an estimated first-year value of $1.2 million (proposals due July 8, 2026, IFB 952060526), and the City of New Haven Police Department's RFP for Psychological Testing of Police Candidates (proposals due August 4, 2026, RFP-2026RFPCNH381).

Geographic concentration spans multiple regions, with significant recent activity in Texas (Katy ISD, HHSC, Texas Military Department), California (Solano County, San Mateo County Sheriff), Colorado (Denver/Arapahoe County PATH4EMS, Boulder County evaluations and therapeutic services), Florida (Hillsborough County, City of Orlando), Georgia (DeKalb County Schools, Cherokee County Schools, Fulton County Schools), Washington State (DCYF Region 6, HCA tribal health consulting), Kentucky (Greater Louisville Workforce Development Board Jefferson and regional career services, Kentucky Correctional Psychiatric Center), Ohio (Cuyahoga County Sheriff), and the District of Columbia (multiple credible mentor and consulting solicitations). The code sees steady procurement velocity across school districts procuring behavioral intervention and special education assessment services, county health and human services departments purchasing crisis response and therapeutic programs, law enforcement agencies soliciting pre-employment and fitness-for-duty evaluations, and workforce development boards issuing multi-year career service contracts. Set-asides and preferences appear regularly: HUB (Historically Underutilized Business) requirements in Texas procurements, MBE/WBE goals in City Colleges of Chicago and Louisville Metro jurisdictions, SBE and veteran preferences in Washington State solicitations, and compliance with ban-the-box hiring policies in Louisville. No single vendor dominates the recent opportunities, and issuing bodies range from small rural school districts to large metropolitan counties and state agencies, signaling broad-based, distributed procurement activity with moderate competition intensity and recurring multi-year contract terms.