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 state and local governments buy to source specialized assessment, evaluation, and treatment services delivered by licensed clinicians—psychologists, counselors, diagnosticians, and psychiatrists—to support student mental health, employee fitness screening, and public safety personnel psychological evaluations. The code spans a wide range of applied clinical work: school-based mental health therapy, pre-employment and fitness-for-duty psychological testing for police and emergency personnel, special education diagnostic evaluations, crisis intervention and stabilization services, and forensic assessments. Recent solicitations show school districts, county government departments, municipalities, state mental health and human services agencies, and special-purpose districts as the primary issuing bodies. School districts appear most frequently—Katy ISD, Birdville ISD, Clarke County School District, and Madison Metropolitan School District all posted RFPs for educational diagnosticians, school psychologists, and behavioral health therapists in the past ninety days. County public health and behavioral health agencies (Chatham County, Hillsborough County, Harris County, Trinity County, Santa Clara County) and municipal police departments (Tucson, Tampa, Phoenix, Fairfax County) represent the next tier of activity, focusing on psychological screening, crisis residential services, and mental wellness programs for public safety personnel. Illinois Department of Human Services stands out as a repeat buyer, posting multiple IFBs for Medical Director positions at state mental health and rehabilitation centers.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas (Katy ISD, Birdville ISD, Harris County, El Paso Psychiatric Center, Rio Grande State Center, Austin-based HHSC), Florida (Hillsborough County), Georgia (Clarke County School District, Chatham County, Augusta-Richmond County), Illinois (multiple DHS facilities), California (Trinity County, Solano County, Santa Clara County, San Mateo County), and Arizona (Tucson, Phoenix, Fairfax County). Representative recent opportunities include Hillsborough County School Board's notice of intent to award a sole-source procurement to Briton Education dba Insights To Behavior for a web-based behavior management platform ($22154SSDIVR4, protest period closing August 28, 2026); Katy ISD's RFP for Educational Diagnosticians and Licensed School Psychologist services due August 13, 2026, seeking hourly rates for full-time and part-time special education evaluation and ARD support across multiple campuses; Birdville ISD's RFP for special education contracted services (23 line items including diagnosticians, speech therapists, occupational therapists, and behavior analysts) with a cost-price baseline of $398,494.30 for the 2025–2026 year and proposals due October 21, 2026; and Chatham County's RFP for pre-employment psychological evaluations for law-enforcement and emergency communications applicants, with MBE/WBE participation weighted at 15 points and proposals due October 29, 2026. Tampa's psychological screening services RFP (September 29, 2026 deadline) emphasizes Small Local Business Enterprise set-asides with up to 15 evaluation points for certified SLBE prime contractors. Illinois DHS continues to solicit Medical Directors for psychiatric centers through competitive bidding, most recently for positions at ICRE-Roosevelt and Chester Mental Health Center (multiple rebids through October 2026). The code shows sustained, distributed demand across jurisdictions nationwide with no dominant geographic concentration—opportunity flow is steady but fragmented across school districts, county behavioral health systems, and municipal public safety agencies.