UNSPSC 86131900: Schools for people with disabilities

UNSPSC 86131900 Schools for people with disabilities is a Class code that encompasses staffing and services for students with disabilities across school districts, including special education teachers, related services providers, therapeutic staff, interpreters, and support personnel supplied on contract or as managed services.

State and local school districts—particularly large Florida districts such as Hillsborough County Public Schools and Texas independent school districts including Katy ISD, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD, and Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD—are the primary issuing bodies. Solicitations also originate from county school systems in Georgia (Cherokee County, Dougherty County, DeKalb County) and Mississippi, as well as smaller districts and state agencies. Hillsborough County Public Schools appears as a repeat buyer, with recent RFPs for speech-language pathology staffing and behavior management systems. Recent activity spans RFPs and RFQs for speech-language pathologists and assistants, special education teachers and paraprofessionals, school nurses, occupational and physical therapists, educational diagnosticians, school psychologists, sign language and educational interpreters, managed services provider arrangements, and specialized platform or audit services. Hillsborough County Public Schools issued RFP 24127-RFP-DST for speech-language pathologist staffing targeting approximately 100 SLP vacancies and 2 SLPA vacancies for the 2024–2025 school year, with proposals due March 23, 2026, estimated annual budget of $11.6 million, and a contract term of approximately one year with up to four additional renewals. Katy ISD has posted multiple concurrent RFPs for educational diagnosticians and licensed school psychologists, sign language interpreting services, and educational interpreting services, all with proposals due between July and August 2026 and initial contract terms running September 2026 through August 2027 with renewal options. Texas Education Agency issued RFP 701-26-027 seeking open education resources and custom instructional materials development, with proposals due November 13, 2026 and a five-year initial contract term commencing May 2027.

Recent procurement activity concentrates in Texas (Katy ISD, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD, Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD, Hidalgo County ISD, Texas Education Agency, Texas Juvenile Justice Department), Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools, Pinellas County School District), and Georgia (DeKalb County School District, Cherokee County School District, Dougherty County School System). Secondary activity appears in Mississippi (Pascagoula-Gautier School District, Tupelo Public School District, South Panola School District, Smith County School District), Nevada (Gwinnett County Public Schools in Georgia also posted an RFI for an Inclusive Education Model Pilot), South Dakota (statewide alternate assessment), Washington (energy resilience education), Oregon (Beaverton School District sole-source therapy placements), Michigan (Utica Community Schools), and Arkansas (Pulaski County BUILD Academy). Contract values range from under $1 million for specialized single-school services to $11.6 million for districtwide staffing such as Hillsborough County's speech-language pathology program, and initial terms typically span one to five years with renewal options.