UNSPSC 86101803: Vocational rehabilitation services

UNSPSC 86101803 Vocational rehabilitation services is a Commodity code encompassing employment readiness, skills training, job placement assistance, and related instructional support services that state and local governments provide to populations including students with disabilities, individuals reentering from incarceration, and displaced workers. Recent state and local solicitations under this code reflect a broad mix of delivery models—from structured year-long transition-to-work programs with unpaid internships and asset discovery assessments to short-term safety and occupational skills training, professional development for educators, and specialized instruction in areas including de-escalation response, emergency management, and industrial hygiene. The issuing bodies range across school districts (Hillsborough County Public Schools in Florida, Katy Independent School District in Texas, Northside Independent School District in Texas), state vocational rehabilitation agencies (Texas Workforce Commission), county public works departments and special districts (Los Angeles County Public Works, San Bernardino County Office of Emergency Services), state departments (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Oregon Department of Education, Illinois State Board of Education), universities (Texas Southern University, Texas State Technical College), municipal utilities (Orlando Utilities Commission), and specialized authorities (Martin Luther King Corridor Improvement Authority in Jackson, Michigan; Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County; Events DC). Repeat activity centers on training-service RFPs from Los Angeles County Public Works (at least fifteen separate training solicitations posted between May and August 2026 covering fall protection, OSHA safety, overhead crane operation, aerial device operation, traffic control flagging, lockout/blockout procedures, respiratory protection, and electrical safety) and multiple districtwide staff-development RFPs from Katy ISD covering PreK-12 professional development across academic content, English learners support, interventions, special education, and instructional technology.

Geographic activity concentrates in California (Los Angeles County dominates with serial training RFPs), Texas (multiple school districts, state agencies, and universities), and Florida (Hillsborough County, Orlando Utilities Commission), with secondary activity in Michigan, Illinois, Oregon, District of Columbia, and Nevada. Representative recent opportunities include Katy ISD RFP #2335AB-E (Districtwide Staff Development and Materials, RFP due October 16, 2026, interactive research-based professional development across ten focus areas including literacy, math, English learners, interventions, and special education); Los Angeles County Public Works PWRMO229 through PWRMO234 series (occupational safety training RFPs for OSHA construction safety, fall protection, floor-operated overhead cranes, aerial devices, traffic control flagging, and signal person/rigging, all with proposals due between May 26 and August 13, 2026); Texas Workforce Commission vocational rehabilitation services enrollment (Project SEARCH open enrollment for transition-to-work programming, applications due February 9, 2027, structured around three unpaid internship rotations and permanent job placement with fixed service fees for asset discovery, skills training, and job placement benchmarks); Illinois State Board of Education complaint investigator training (IFB 26-586SBE-CHFED-B-53245, SBE set-aside, bids due August 10, 2026, $375,000 over three years for virtual and on-demand special education complaint investigation training); and Hillsborough County Public Schools sole-source notice for Brainspring Phonics First professional development (Notice of Intent to Purchase Single/Sole Source, March 6–17, 2026 posting period, teacher training in Orton-Gillingham methodology for elementary ESE staff). The code shows strong current activity, dominated by occupational safety and professional development training rather than traditional vocational rehabilitation case management or job coaching, with school districts and public works departments driving volume.