UNSPSC 86132202: Field trip service

Service provided for various field trips outside of schools

UNSPSC 86132202 Field trip service is a Commodity code capturing the purchase of organized travel experiences and instructional programs for students, though the recent state and local solicitations under this code show minimal direct relevance to field trips in the traditional sense. Instead, the code's recent activity reflects a broader and messier procurement pattern: school districts and state agencies are using the code to tag professional development, training delivery, and consulting services that bear little connection to student excursions. Hillsborough County Public Schools in Tampa, Florida posted a notice of intent to purchase sole-source Brainspring Phonics First professional development and instructional materials for ESE teachers (RFP 26105SSDEST, March 17, 2026 response date), while Katy Independent School District in Texas has issued multiple RFPs for districtwide staff development and materials across ten content areas including literacy, math, ESL, and social-emotional learning (most recent RFP 2335AB-E due October 16, 2026). Neither procurement involves field trips. Additional opportunities tagged under this code include safety and occupational training (Los Angeles County Public Works solicitations for forklift operator training, crane operation, signal person rigging, electrical safety, and fall protection), reentry services consulting (Texas Department of Criminal Justice RFIs for Austin and Dallas-area workforce training), and emergency management exercise program development (San Bernardino County). The code shows activity primarily in Texas, California, and Florida, with scattered opportunities across the Southeast and Midwest, but the mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the work actually being solicited suggests either systematic miscoding by issuing bodies or a deliberate use of the field-trip code as a catch-all for education and training services that lack a more precise classification.

The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts (Hillsborough, Katy, Northside ISD, Seminole County Fire, TSTC, TSU) and state agencies (Texas DFPS, TDCJ, TSLAC, Oregon Department of Education, Illinois State Board of Education, State of Nevada), with occasional city and county procurement offices (Los Angeles County, San Bernardino County, City of Atlanta). School districts represent the plurality of buyers, reflecting heavy investment in professional development and instructional materials. No concentrated repeat buyer emerges beyond Katy ISD (which has issued multiple iterations of the same RFP for staff development) and Los Angeles County Public Works (which has issued numerous training RFPs across different safety disciplines). The geographic concentration in Texas—driven by Katy ISD's multiple releases, TDCJ's reentry initiatives, and TSTC's fleet safety procurement—dominates recent activity, with secondary pockets in California (Los Angeles County, San Bernardino) and Florida (Hillsborough, Seminole, Orlando). The code shows no meaningful recent field-trip procurement activity and carries a material risk of false positives in opportunity screening; business development professionals tracking this code should verify alignment with actual scope before committing resources.