UNSPSC 86101700: Non scientific vocational training services

UNSPSC 86101700 Non-scientific vocational training services, a Class code, encompasses job-readiness training, workforce-development programming, and skills certification delivered to adults and youth by state and local education and human-services agencies. Recent opportunities show school districts, workforce agencies, community colleges, criminal-justice departments, and county human-services offices procuring speech-language pathology staffing, commercial driver's license training, reentry and employment-readiness services, diabetes self-management education, orientation and mobility instruction, assistive technology training, and enrichment programming for students with disabilities. The work ranges from short-duration single courses to multi-year pre-qualification frameworks where agencies issue rolling delivery orders for specialized training aligned with federal workforce-development mandates (WIOA, Perkins V, Vocational Rehabilitation) or state credentialing requirements.

Geographic activity centers on Texas (Texas Workforce Commission open-enrollment vocational rehabilitation services, Project SEARCH, reentry services), Florida (Department of Juvenile Justice Career and Technical Education, Department of Transportation Commercial Driver's License training), and California (Employment Development Department IT training, San Mateo County e-learning development), with secondary activity in Illinois (State Toll Highway Authority fall-protection and aerial-lift training), Massachusetts (Emergency Management Agency incident-management training), and scattered county and municipal jurisdictions. Representative recent opportunities include Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) RFP 24127-ARFPDST for speech-language pathology staffing on an as-needed basis with responses due March 23, 2026, budgeted at approximately $11.6 million annually with IDEA funding; Collin County Community College (Texas) RFP FY2026-RFP-057 for commercial driver's license training services with proposals due May 19, 2026, structured as a five-year turnkey contract beginning November 1, 2026; Texas Workforce Commission open-enrollment procurements for Project SEARCH (applications due February 9, 2027), Employment Services (February 8, 2027), Diabetes Self-Management Education (November 10, 2026), and Orientation and Mobility services (November 24, 2026), all rolling-award opportunities with outcome-based or hourly compensation and no volume guarantee; and City of Little Rock RFP 247783 for the Bridge to Work Program combining employment support for individuals experiencing homelessness with litter-removal services, proposals due October 29, 2026. Evaluation commonly weights experience and qualifications heavily (25–40 points), followed by service approach and responsiveness to scope (20–35 points) and cost (5–25 points). Set-asides and preferences appear sporadically—Florida-based opportunities encourage voluntary SBE, MBE, and WBE certification; Texas open-enrollment contracts emphasize service-disabled veteran subcontracting and Texas-produced goods; California procurements apply DVBE and small-business incentives; and Illinois and Chicago cite MBE and WBE participation goals. Insurance requirements (general liability $1 million–$2 million, workers' compensation) and background-check compliance (FERPA, E-Verify, Jessica Lunsford Act where applicable) appear across nearly all opportunities.