UNSPSC 86141700: Educational technology

UNSPSC 86141700 Educational technology is a Class code covering digital platforms, devices, software, and services that school districts and other public educational institutions procure to support teaching, learning, assessment, and instructional delivery. Recent state and local solicitations under this code show districts acquiring Chromebook and laptop units with specified processor, memory, and storage configurations; proprietary instructional software licenses for literacy and content delivery; online intervention and assessment platforms serving students with learning needs; and specialized professional development platforms. The mix of issuing bodies is predominantly independent school districts in Texas (Katy ISD, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD, Klein ISD, Collegium Charter School in Pennsylvania, and Buffalo Public Schools in New York) alongside state agencies (South Dakota Department of Education, Texas Education Agency, Texas Juvenile Justice Department) and special-purpose institutions (Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, Utica Community Schools in Michigan). School districts represent the dominant buyer category, with repeated high-frequency solicitation activity from Texas districts for both hardware bundles and ancillary software licenses.

Representative recent opportunities span multiple product and service categories. Collegium Charter School (Chester County, Pennsylvania) posted an RFP on July 9, 2026, due July 28, 2026, for 500 CTL 14" Chromebook PX141E devices with rugged MIL-STD-810H certification, Chrome EDU upgrade, ZTE white-glove provisioning, and three-year accidental damage warranty with two-way shipping—a typical hardware procurement in the $150,000–$250,000 range. Katy ISD has simultaneously pursued educational diagnostician and licensed school psychologist services (RFP #2516YT, due August 13, 2026), sign language interpreting services (RFP #2518YT, due July 8, 2026), and educational interpreting services (RFP #2519YT, due August 3, 2026), each with hourly rate pricing structures and multi-year renewal options. Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind procured Newsela proprietary software licenses for ELA, Science, Social Studies, and Writing through single-source awards (June 10 and April 28, 2026 notices) valued at $37,000–$47,000 over three fiscal years, citing Newsela's exclusive content partnerships with the Associated Press, Washington Post, National Geographic, and Scientific American. The Texas Juvenile Justice Department issued an RFP (June 30, 2026) for an online special education tracking system serving 700–800 students across five secure facilities, with per-student licensing costs and data-migration services, evaluated on program design (30 points), support and training (25 points), personnel qualifications (20 points), accessibility (15 points), and price (10 points). Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, New York, and Colorado, with scattered demand in Connecticut, Michigan, Mississippi, Georgia, Massachusetts, Kentucky, Arkansas, and New Mexico. Most solicitations employ RFP or RFQ notice types with response windows of two to eight weeks; payment terms typically run net 30 days after delivery or service acceptance, with multi-year renewable contracts standard for both staffing and software.