UNSPSC 86131903: Specialized schools for people with disabilities

UNSPSC 86131903 Specialized schools for people with disabilities, a Commodity code, captures state and local procurement of specialized educational services, personnel, and programming for students with disabilities—primarily through school districts contracting for speech-language pathology, occupational and physical therapy, psychological evaluation, special education instruction, behavioral support, nursing care, and related services. The recent opportunities show heavy reliance on as-needed and indefinite-delivery contracting models, with districts establishing approved vendor lists to supplement internal staffing capacity across therapeutic, diagnostic, instructional, and support functions required under IDEA, Section 504, and state special education law.

Issuing bodies are predominantly independent school districts across Texas, Georgia, Florida, Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico, Kentucky, Oregon, and Arizona, with some activity from state agencies (Texas Education Agency, Texas Juvenile Justice Department, Texas Health and Human Services Commission) and workforce development boards. Repeat buyers include Katy ISD (Texas), which posted seven separate RFPs between March and July 2026 for educational diagnosticians, sign language interpreters, educational interpreting services, professional development, evaluation materials, and autism consultant services; Dougherty County School System (Georgia) issued two RFPs for contracted special education teachers and nursing services; and Columbia County School District (Georgia) posted two staffing services RFPs. The mix reflects consistent demand across school districts of varying sizes and geographic markets for therapeutic providers, paraprofessional staffing, and specialized expertise. Most opportunities are RFPs with response windows of four to eight weeks; Katy ISD's RFP 2516YT for educational diagnosticians and licensed school psychologists closes August 13, 2026, and Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD's RFP 25-004V for special education services (speech pathology, PT/OT, nursing, psychology, diagnostics, counseling) features a rolling closing through December 2028 with an approved provider list model. Texas Education Agency's RFP 701-26-022 for special education complaint investigation support, due July 24, 2026, targets approximately 400 IDEA cases and 3,750 general education misconduct cases annually with a five-year term and mandatory 5% service-disabled veteran subcontracting participation. Pricing models vary widely—hourly rates dominate for individual practitioners and staffing vendors, while some districts use lump-sum or fixed daily rates; most require firm pricing for the initial contract year with CPI-indexed or negotiated increases thereafter. Texas and Georgia represent the largest activity clusters, followed by Florida, Mississippi, and emerging activity in Michigan, Arizona, Kentucky, Oregon, and New Mexico.