UNSPSC 86131800: Military education

UNSPSC 86131800 Military education is a Class code that encompasses direct delivery of therapeutic, evaluative, and instructional services to students with disabilities and special needs — including speech-language pathology, occupational and physical therapy, educational diagnostics, school psychology, sign language interpretation, behavioral management training, special education staffing, and related professional development — as solicited by school districts, state education agencies, and special-purpose education authorities to address mandated special education compliance and workforce gaps. State and local buyers using this code include independent school districts (Katy ISD, Hillsborough County Public Schools, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD, Griffin-Spalding County Schools, Dougherty County Schools), county school systems (Columbia County, Cherokee County, Hidalgo County, Smith County), state departments of education (Texas Education Agency, South Dakota Department of Education), and specialized juvenile and residential care facilities (Texas Juvenile Justice Department). The issuing bodies reflect the full breadth of K-12 public education administration, from large urban districts to small rural systems and state-level procurement offices managing statewide programs and compliance initiatives.

Recent solicitations show heavy demand for staffing augmentation, particularly speech-language pathology and special education teaching services delivered on as-needed and managed-services-provider models. Hillsborough County Public Schools issued RFP 24127-RFP-DST in August 2024 (proposals due March 23, 2026) seeking approximately 100 speech-language pathologists and 2 SLPAs on short- and long-term assignment to address IDEA compliance, with annual budget approximately $11.6 million and a protest period closed August 28, 2026; Griffin-Spalding County Schools issued RFP PE55096NONST2027000000023 (due October 30, 2026) for comprehensive special education managed services provider recruitment and employer-of-record functions across 18 schools; and Katy ISD has posted multiple rolling RFPs for educational diagnosticians, licensed school psychologists, sign language interpreters, and educational interpreting services (RFP 2516YT, 2518YT, 2519YT) with regular readvertisement cycles and multi-year renewal options through 2031. Activity spans Texas heavily, with secondary solicitations in Florida (Hillsborough, Pinellas, Miami-Dade-equivalent jurisdiction activity), Georgia (DeKalb, Dougherty, Cherokee, Columbia County systems), Mississippi (South Panola, Smith County, Tupelo, Pascagoula-Gautier), Michigan, Oregon, Washington State (Department of Commerce), Nevada (Aging and Disability Services Division), and South Dakota (Department of Education). The code shows sustained competitive and sole-source procurement activity across staffing contingency, compliance audit, platform and systems procurement, and professional development spanning spring 2026 through October 2026, with contract terms typically one to five years and multiple-award structures enabling vendor pools.