UNSPSC 86101603: Chemistry vocational training services

UNSPSC 86101603 Chemistry vocational training services is a Commodity code. State and local governments rarely purchase vocational training services under this code—the recent opportunities do not reflect chemistry-specific training but instead span diverse workforce-development and education domains: speech-language pathology services, educational interpreting, driver education and commercial driver licensing, jail programs, diabetes self-management education, orientation and mobility instruction, independent living skills training, reentry services, enrichment programs, staff professional development, and bootcamp-level coding and technical coursework. The code itself names chemistry training, yet the procurement record shows no recent activity explicitly matching that taxonomy, signaling a disconnect between the code label and what agencies are actually buying under it.

State and local bodies soliciting under this code include school districts (Hillsborough County Public Schools in Florida, Katy Independent School District in Texas, Pinellas County Schools in Florida, Gwinnett County Public Schools in Georgia, Stockton Unified School District in California, Wicomico County Public Schools in Maryland), a community college (Collin County Community College District in Texas), cities (Little Rock, Milpitas, Orlando, Palm Bay, St. Petersburg), counties (Palm Beach County in Florida, San Mateo County in California, Wicomico County in Maryland), state workforce agencies (Texas Workforce Commission, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, Illinois Department of Human Services), a state college system (University of Texas at Dallas, University of Oregon), a transit authority (City Colleges of Chicago), and specialized government entities (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, Beltline Inc. in Atlanta). The Texas Workforce Commission appears as a repeat issuer across multiple open-enrollment vocational rehabilitation training contracts. Geographic activity spans Florida, Texas, California, Maryland, Georgia, Wisconsin, Illinois, Nevada, and Arkansas, with heaviest recent concentration in Texas and Florida school districts and state workforce systems. Representative opportunities include Hillsborough County Public Schools RFP 24127-RFP-DST (posted October 19, 2026, proposals due March 23, 2026) seeking speech-language pathologists and assistants for short- and long-term on-call staffing with an estimated annual budget of $11.6 million; Katy Independent School District RFP #2335AB-E (posted October 16, 2026, proposals due October 16, 2026) requesting districtwide professional development and materials across ten content areas; and Collin County Community College District RFP FY2026RFP065 (posted August 19, 2026, proposals due September 1, 2026) for commercial driver's license training services on a five-year term beginning November 1, 2026.