UNSPSC 86101710: Teacher training services

UNSPSC 86101710 Teacher training services (Commodity) encompasses professional development, instructional design, and curriculum-based training for educators across K-12 and higher-education settings, grounded in recent state and local solicitations that span districtwide staff development, specialized educator training, virtual learning platforms, and workforce certification programs. School districts dominate the recent opportunity set, with standout repeat buyers including Katy Independent School District in Texas (which has issued multiple RFPs for districtwide staff development covering face-to-face, online, and coaching modalities), Hillsborough County Public Schools in Florida (soliciting speech-language pathology staffing and training), and Pinellas County Schools in Florida (procuring STEAM enrichment training). State agencies also participate regularly: the Texas Workforce Commission issues open-enrollment contracts for vocational rehabilitation training and specialized services including assistive technology, diabetes management, and reentry programming; the State of Florida Department of Children and Families solicits child care training curriculum development; and the State of Illinois Department of Human Services has procured VR training services. The code sees activity across Florida, Texas, Utah, California, Illinois, Maryland, and Georgia, with Texas and Florida representing the densest recent posting activity. Representative solicitations include Hillsborough County's RFP 24127ARFPDST (due March 23, 2026) for speech-language pathology services—an annual $11.6 million procurement addressing critical staffing shortages under IDEA—and Katy ISD's RFP 2335AB-E (due October 16, 2026) seeking districtwide professional development in content areas, English learners, interventions, social-emotional learning, and instructional technology, with evaluation weighted 25% on cost, 20% on vendor reputation, 20% on service quality, and remaining points on district need alignment and past performance.

Geographic breadth spans the South (Florida, Texas), Mountain West (Utah), Midwest (Illinois), and Mid-Atlantic (Maryland), with Texas and Florida leading in posting frequency and dollar volume. Solicitation types vary: competitive RFPs dominate, but sole-source and open-enrollment structures also appear (Utah's Accelerate Learning STEM certification procurement at $111,000 over five years; Texas Workforce Commission open enrollments for diabetes self-management education, orientation and mobility, and assistive technology; the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind's ThinkCERCA single-source training at $3,200). Pricing models range from firm fixed-price (Katy ISD RFPs) to hourly rates (TWC open enrollments typically $75–$117 per hour) to cost-per-participant structures. Set-asides appear sporadically—Florida solicitations often encourage voluntary SBE/MBE/WBE registration; Illinois DCFS and Texas TWC procurements involve no formal set-asides; City Colleges of Chicago imposes MBE (25%) and WBE (7%) participation goals. Evaluation weighs experience, qualifications, scope responsiveness, and cost; insurance requirements (general liability typically $1 million minimum, workers' compensation) and background checks (Jessica Lunsford Act in Florida, criminal background verification in Texas) are standard compliance mandates. Current activity suggests steady demand from school districts for districtwide professional development and from state VR agencies for specialized educator and support-service training.