UNSPSC 86101609: Industrial vocational training services

UNSPSC 86101609 Industrial vocational training services (Commodity) encompasses the delivery of hands-on workforce development, career preparation, and skills training that state and local governments procure to serve students with disabilities, justice-involved individuals, low-income workers, and other underserved populations seeking employment readiness and career advancement. Recent state and local opportunities under this code reveal a mix of speech-language pathology staffing, driver education certification, enrichment programming, reentry workforce services, and vocational rehabilitation training delivered across school districts, workforce development agencies, corrections departments, and specialized rehabilitation service providers.

The issuing bodies active under this code include large school districts (Hillsborough County Public Schools, Katy ISD, Pinellas County Schools, Stockton Unified, Wicomico County Public Schools), state workforce and rehabilitation agencies (Texas Workforce Commission with open enrollments for Project SEARCH, employment services, assistive technology, orientation and mobility, and diabetes self-management education), state departments of transportation and criminal justice (FDOT, TDCJ, UDOT, Illinois State Toll Highway Authority), counties (San Mateo, Palm Beach), cities (Little Rock, Palm Bay, Orlando, St. Petersburg), and specialized entities such as community colleges (Collin County Community College, City Colleges of Chicago), correctional facilities (San Mateo County Sheriff's Office), and transit authorities. Representative recent solicitations include Hillsborough County Public Schools RFP 24127-RFP-DST (due March 23, 2026) seeking speech-language pathologists and assistants for approximately 100 vacancies at $11.64 million annually with IDEA Grant funding; Katy ISD RFP 2335AB-E (due October 16, 2026) for districtwide staff development and materials across PreK-12 with face-to-face, online, and coaching delivery; Collin County Community College FY2026RFP057 seeking five-year CDL training services beginning November 1, 2026 with turnkey instruction and compliance with FMCSA Entry-Level Driver Training; Texas Workforce Commission open enrollments for Project SEARCH (due February 9, 2027), Employment Services (due February 8, 2027), and Assistive Technology for visually impaired customers (due February 4, 2027); and the Florida Department of Transportation RFP16861 (due September 21, 2026) seeking statewide CDL training and testing services at $1 million minimum per-accident liability and 90 percent first-attempt pass-rate requirements. Geographic activity centers in Texas (particularly through TWC open enrollments across 254 counties), Florida (Hillsborough, Pinellas, state DOT), Illinois (IDOT, DCFS, Toll Highway Authority), California (San Mateo, Stockton), and scattered activity across Colorado, Georgia, Maryland, Utah, Wisconsin, and Arkansas. The code reflects strong recent activity driven by federal workforce and education funding, disability accommodation mandates under IDEA and rehabilitation statutes, and post-pandemic reentry and skills-training priorities in state and local budgets.