UNSPSC 85911011: Individual psychotherapy, interpersonal

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a mental health intervention or procedure of individual psychotherapy, interpersonalindividual psychotherapy, interpersonal. 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 GZ53ZZZ

UNSPSC 85911011 Individual psychotherapy, interpersonal is a Commodity code capturing clinical psychological services, including psychotherapy, mental health counseling, behavioral health stabilization, and crisis intervention delivered by licensed mental health professionals to individual clients in state and local service settings. State and local governments procure these services through schools, public health agencies, municipal police and fire departments, county behavioral health systems, state developmental disability facilities, and corrections departments to support students, employees, public safety personnel, and justice-involved or institutionalized populations. The work spans pre-employment and fitness-for-duty psychological evaluations for law enforcement and emergency services; individual and group mental health counseling in school-based health centers; crisis residential stabilization and interim housing with therapeutic support; forensic assessments for competency and risk evaluation; and occupational health counseling for municipal workforces. School districts dominate recent activity, with multiple independent school districts (Katy ISD, Birdville ISD, Clarke County School District, and others) soliciting educational diagnosticians, licensed school psychologists, and behavioral health therapists. Police and fire departments across multiple states (Florida, Texas, Georgia, Arizona, Connecticut, Illinois) regularly procure pre-employment and fitness-for-duty evaluations. County and state behavioral health systems seek therapeutic crisis services and residential stabilization for adults with serious mental illness or substance use disorders.

Geographic concentration appears heaviest in Texas, Georgia, Illinois, Arizona, and Florida, with secondary activity in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Mississippi, and the District of Columbia. Recent representative opportunities include the Hillsborough County School Board's (Florida) sole-source procurement notice for the Insights to Behavior behavior management system serving Tier Two and Tier Three at-risk students (posted October 19, 2026, RFP with response date August 25, 2026); Chatham County, Georgia's RFP for pre-employment psychological evaluation services for law enforcement and emergency communications applicants (posted September 28, 2026, RFP due October 29, 2026); the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB for part-time forensic psychology services at El Paso Psychiatric Center (posted August 6, 2026, IFB due August 21, 2026); Clarke County School District's RFP for student mental and behavioral health services (posted September 30, 2026, RFP due October 27, 2026); and Fairfax County's RFP for psychological evaluation and testing services for police, fire, and sheriff's office applicants and incumbent personnel (posted September 9, 2026, RFP due October 8, 2026). Illinois Department of Human Services Medical Director positions at psychiatric and rehabilitation facilities represent standing demand for psychiatrist specialists but fall outside this Commodity code's core individual-therapy scope. Procurement activity shows steady RFP and IFB volume through the fall of 2026, with school districts and public safety agencies representing the most active issuing bodies and evaluation criteria typically weighting experience and qualifications heavily alongside cost.