UNSPSC 85911005: Educational counseling

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a mental health intervention or procedure of educational 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 GZ60ZZZ

UNSPSC 85911005 Educational counseling is a Commodity code that encompasses mental health assessment, crisis intervention, behavioral support, and counseling services delivered to students, employees, and populations in transition or crisis across state and local jurisdictions. State and local governments buy counseling, psychological evaluation, and behavioral health services under this code to support employee wellness, pre-employment screening, crisis response, therapeutic intervention for school and foster-care populations, and specialized support for first responders and criminal justice-involved individuals. The issuing bodies are diverse: school districts (Katy ISD, Tupelo Public Schools, Bibb County, Cherokee County, Fulton County, DeKalb County, Hillsborough County in Florida, Montgomery County Pennsylvania), county human services and health departments (Solano County, Boulder County, Montgomery County Pennsylvania, Greenville County Sheriff, Waukesha County Sheriff, Cuyahoga County Sheriff), state departments (Texas HHSC, Texas Military Department, Illinois DHHS, Colorado CDPHE, Utah DHHS, Washington State DCYF and HCA, South Dakota Department of Education, Kentucky CHFS, Mississippi State Hospital), municipalities (City of Phoenix, City of Orlando, City of Tucson, District of Columbia), and specialized authorities (City Colleges of Chicago Head Start, Greater Louisville Workforce Development Board). The range spans employee assistance programs (Texas, District of Columbia) to pre-employment and fitness-for-duty psychological testing for law enforcement (New Haven Police, Orlando Police/Fire, Waukesha County Sheriff, Cuyahoga County Sheriff, Texas Military Department, Phoenix Police), crisis intervention and stabilization services (Solano County behavioral health housing, Utah mobile response, Hillsborough County schools mobile response teams), school-based mental health consulting and behavioral support (Chicago Head Start, South Dakota PBIS coordination, Greenville County EMS, DeKalb County behavioral intervention), and specialized therapeutic programs for justice-involved and at-risk youth (Cherokee County MST, Pinal County detention reentry coaching, Boulder County juvenile justice evaluations, Greater Louisville workforce development with integrated mental health).

Geographic activity spans multiple regions with recent concentrated activity in California (Solano County), Colorado (Boulder County, CDPHE PATH4EMS in Denver and Arapahoe), Texas (Katy ISD, Texas HHSC, Texas Military Department), Arizona (Pinal County, City of Tucson, City of Phoenix), Florida (Hillsborough County), Ohio (Cuyahoga County), South Carolina (Greenville County), Georgia (DeKalb, Fulton, Cherokee counties, Bibb County), Kentucky (Louisville, Commonwealth of Kentucky CHFS), Washington (DCYF Region 6, HCA), Utah (DHHS), Mississippi (State Hospital, Tupelo Schools), Connecticut (New Haven Police), Illinois (DHHS), South Dakota (Education Department), Pennsylvania (Montgomery County), Colorado (multiple jurisdictions), and the District of Columbia. Recent representative solicitations include: the New Haven Police Department RFQ 2026RFPCNH381 (due August 4, 2026) for psychological testing of police candidates requiring licensed clinical psychologists, clinical social workers, or medical doctors with psychiatry specialty; Katy ISD RFP 2516YT (due August 13, 2026) for Educational Diagnosticians and Licensed School Psychologists to conduct special education eligibility evaluations and ARD meeting facilitation; City Colleges of Chicago RFP NC2616 (due August 7, 2026) for Mental Health Consultant services to five Head Start programs requiring twice-monthly on-site consultation with trauma-informed and culturally responsive delivery; Colorado CDPHE RFP 2026000285 PATH4EMS (due August 3, 2026) seeking pre-qualified mental health service providers for EMS peer assistance at hourly rates capped at $125 with $1,875 annual participant limits; and Solano County RFQ 952060526 (due July 8, 2026) for interim shelter and housing placement combining emergency shelter beds and longer-term housing with estimated $1.2 million Year 1 contract value. School districts and county human services departments dominate recent activity, with law enforcement and EMS psychological services representing a secondary but consistent stream, and specialized therapeutic and crisis-intervention programs for vulnerable populations (homeless adults with mental illness, justice-involved youth, school-based behavioral health) showing growing demand.