UNSPSC 86131501: Theater studies

UNSPSC 86131501 Theater studies is a Commodity code with minimal recent state and local procurement activity aligned to its nominal scope. The opportunities posted under this code over the past six months center on special education services, educational staffing, professional development, and clinical social work—services bearing no substantive connection to theater instruction, dramatic arts pedagogy, or theatrical production. The County of Orange Probation Department in California issued one genuinely relevant solicitation (RFP0572944004MM) in June 2026 seeking Theatre Arts and/or Music Instructional Services for incarcerated youth, with a three-year firm fixed-fee contract and optional two-year renewal; proposals were due March 23, 2026 under Phase 1 (written proposals on firm qualifications, staffing, and service delivery methodology), Phase 2 (cost evaluation), and Phase 3 (presentation and interview scoring). That procurement, however, is the only recent opportunity where theater arts instruction matches the code's definition.

The remaining opportunities in the block—spanning school districts in Texas, Georgia, Mississippi, Michigan, Arizona, Florida, Kentucky, New Mexico, and Oregon—are consistently miscoded or unrelated to theater studies. They target special education diagnosticians, speech-language pathologists, school nurses, paraprofessionals, virtual learning platforms, career workforce services, and enrichment programs, none of which fall under theater studies taxonomy. The code shows little actionable recent activity for firms pursuing theater instruction contracts. Prospective vendors should monitor the County of Orange Probation Department and other justice-involved youth programs, as well as local school districts with arts enrichment initiatives, but should not rely on this UNSPSC code's recent posting history as a reliable signal of marketplace opportunity.