UNSPSC 86131602: Dance education

UNSPSC 86131602 Dance education is a Commodity code that does not appear in recent state and local procurement activity. The code's abstract scope—dance instruction and performance services—sits at odds with the actual work being solicited under codes tagged with 86131602 in the dataset. Of the 50 most recent opportunities indexed to this code, one involves dance educator services at a state psychiatric facility, while the remaining 49 address special education staffing, speech-language pathology, occupational and physical therapy, educational diagnostics, school psychology, sign language interpreting, professional development for teachers, behavioral management systems, and related support services—none of which map to dance education as a standalone instructional discipline. The single directly relevant opportunity posted by the California Department of State Hospitals Metropolitan in August 2026 solicits dance educator workshops to adult patients with mental illness, delivered under IFB #26-20055-000 with proposals due August 24, 2026. The widespread mismatch between the code's nominal content and the special-education-dominated procurement profile suggests either data-entry error in the indexing system or use of this code as a catch-all for multi-service educational opportunities that include enrichment programming. No standout repeat buyers, defined geographic concentration, or active pipeline of dance-education-specific opportunities is evident.

The code shows minimal current relevance for vendors pursuing dance instruction contracts at state and local government entities. If dance education is part of a broader enrichment or student support proposal, prospective vendors should verify the actual UNSPSC coding through the issuing body's procurement portal before investing in bid development. The single IFB from California's psychiatric hospital system represents the only recent, on-code solicitation in the dataset.