UNSPSC 86131904: Specialized rehabilitation services for people with disabilities

UNSPSC 86131904 Specialized rehabilitation services for people with disabilities is a Commodity code that encompasses state and local procurement of direct therapeutic, educational, and support services for students and individuals with disabilities—including speech-language pathology, occupational and physical therapy, educational diagnostics, behavioral and intervention services, nursing support, interpreting, and related specialized personnel delivered on contract or as managed service partners to fill staffing gaps, address mandated service requirements, and supplement internal capacity. School districts dominate the buyer mix, with recent activity spanning independent school districts (Hillsborough County Public Schools, Katy ISD, Tacoma Public Schools, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD, Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD, Dougherty County School System, Cherokee County School District, Hidalgo County ISD) and special education cooperatives, alongside state education agencies (Texas Education Agency, South Dakota Department of Education), health and human services departments (Nevada Aging and Disability Services Division, Utah Department of Health and Human Services, Florida Agency for Persons with Disabilities), and juvenile justice systems. Representative recent solicitations include Hillsborough County Public Schools' RFP 24127-RFP-DST seeking speech-language pathologists and assistants on an as-needed basis for short and long-term assignments to address approximately 100 SLP vacancies and 2 SLPA vacancies for 2024-2025, with an estimated annual budget of $11,641,950 and an amended response deadline of March 23, 2026; Griffin-Spalding County School System's RFP for a Special Education Managed Service Provider to recruit, hire, employ, and manage qualified personnel across 18 schools, with a multi-year partnership structure; and South Dakota Department of Education's RFP 26RFP19511 to develop and administer statewide alternate assessments for students with significant cognitive disabilities across English Language Arts, Math, and Science, running September 1, 2026 through August 30, 2031 with state options to renew for three additional one-year periods.

Activity concentrates in Texas (Katy ISD, Tacoma Public Schools, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD, Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD, Texas Education Agency, Texas Juvenile Justice Department, Hidalgo County ISD), Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools, Beaverton School District, Florida Agency for Persons with Disabilities), and Georgia (Griffin-Spalding County School System, Dougherty County School System, Cherokee County School District, DeKalb County School District), with additional recent opportunities in Mississippi (Pascagoula-Gautier School District, Tupelo Public School District, South Panola School District, Smith County School District), Washington (Tacoma Public Schools), Nevada, Utah, and South Dakota. Contracts typically run one to five years with renewal options. School districts increasingly use managed service provider models and standing pools of qualified providers to staff specialized positions on rolling or as-needed terms, with pricing typically structured as hourly or per-student rates and response times often compressed to 24–72 hours for staffing placements. Compliance requirements are stringent—IDEA, HIPAA, FERPA, criminal background screening, professional licensure, and workers' compensation and liability insurance with limits commonly at $1 million per occurrence and $2 million general aggregate.