UNSPSC 86131901: Primary schooling services for people with disabilities

UNSPSC 86131901 Primary schooling services for people with disabilities is a Commodity code covering contracted direct services to students with disabilities in school settings—speech-language pathology, special education teaching, therapy, evaluations, counseling, and ancillary professional support to fulfill mandated Individualized Education Program (IEP) and Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) requirements under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). State and local school districts soliciting under this code range from large urban systems (Hillsborough County Public Schools, Katy ISD, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD in Texas; DeKalb County Schools in Georgia) to mid-sized regional districts across the South, Southwest, and Upper Midwest, with emerging activity in Pacific Northwest and Mountain West jurisdictions. Districts are replacing expiring contracts, establishing managed service provider (MSP) relationships for workforce continuity, and standing up multiple-vendor pools to address chronic staffing shortages and specialized service gaps. Representative recent solicitations include Hillsborough County Public Schools' RFP 24127-RFP-DST (posted August 23, 2024; amended February 26, 2026; due March 23, 2026) for approximately 100 speech-language pathologists and two assistants to deliver FAPE-compliant services across Hillsborough County schools with an estimated annual budget of $11.64 million; Griffin-Spalding County School System's RFP for comprehensive special education managed services (due October 30, 2026) to recruit, hire, employ, and replace qualified special education personnel across 18 schools; and Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD's standing RFP 25-004V (due December 30, 2029) establishing an Approved Provider List for speech-language pathologists, occupational and physical therapists, nurses, school psychologists, and educational diagnosticians on an as-needed basis.

Recent opportunities concentrate in Texas (Katy ISD, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD, Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD, Hidalgo County ISD, Pascagoula-Gautier School District in Mississippi, Columbia County and Cherokee County school districts in Georgia, Dougherty County Schools in Georgia, Tacoma Public Schools in Washington, and the Texas Education Agency for statewide training and assessment functions), with secondary activity in Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools, Pinellas County Schools), Georgia (DeKalb County, Dougherty County, Cherokee County), and sporadic opportunities in Mississippi, Michigan, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota, and Arkansas. The code shows sustained high-volume activity: districts are requesting multiple contract awards per solicitation, establishing long-term relationships (three to five-year terms with renewal options), using cooperative purchasing frameworks (Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative catalog discount bid for special education supplies; Central Texas Purchasing Alliance adoption), and balancing recruitment of qualified licensed professionals (speech-language pathologists, occupational and physical therapists, school psychologists, educational diagnosticians) with paraprofessional and support-staff procurement. Evaluation typically weights qualifications and experience heavily (20–35 points), compliance and licensing (10–20 points), past performance with school districts (10–15 points), and cost (10–30 points). Districts increasingly require staff to respond to emergencies within 24–72 hours, maintain FERPA/HIPAA confidentiality, pass criminal background checks and drug screening, carry professional liability and workers' compensation insurance, and demonstrate IDEA compliance.