UNSPSC 86141701: Language laboratories

UNSPSC 86141701 Language laboratories is a Commodity code. State and local governments buying under this code are primarily procuring speech-language pathology services, speech-language pathology assistant support, educational diagnostician evaluations, special education teacher services, and related therapeutic staffing to fulfill mandated special education requirements under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Recent solicitations show school districts establishing contracts with staffing providers and managed service providers to address critical vacancies in speech-language pathology, special education evaluation, and related therapeutic disciplines on both short-term and long-term bases. Hillsborough County Public Schools in Florida issued RFP 24127-RFP-DST seeking speech-language pathologists and assistants for approximately 100 SLP and 2 SLPA vacancies, with responses due March 23, 2026; the estimated annual budget was $11.6 million with IDEA funding of up to $3 million per year. Griffin-Spalding County School System in Georgia issued an RFP for a Managed Service Provider to recruit, hire, and manage special education staffing across the district's 18 schools, with proposals due October 30, 2026. Katy Independent School District in Texas solicited Educational Diagnosticians and Licensed School Psychologists under RFP 2516YT with proposals due August 13, 2026, and Sign Language Interpreting Services under RFP 2518YT with proposals due July 8, 2026.

Issuing bodies span independent school districts, county school systems, regional education service centers, and state education agencies, with Texas and Florida dominating recent activity. School districts of all sizes—from rural Mississippi districts to major urban systems like Hillsborough County—are actively procuring speech-language pathology, special education evaluation, and therapeutic staffing services. Geographic concentration is heaviest in Texas (Katy ISD, Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD, Hidalgo County ISD), Florida (Hillsborough County, Pinellas County), and Georgia (Griffin-Spalding, Dougherty County, DeKalb County, Cherokee County), with scattered activity in Mississippi, South Dakota, Oregon, Michigan, and Washington. Contract values when disclosed range from $411,953 for single-site therapy placement (Beaverton School District, Oregon) to $11.6 million annually for districtwide speech-language pathology services (Hillsborough County). Most contracts run one to four years with renewal options. Procurement vehicles include competitive RFPs, RFQs, sole source awards where unique certification requirements justify them, and cooperative purchasing agreements; Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative in Texas conducted a catalog discount bid for special education supplies with estimated two-year expenditures of $2.7 million across 99 vendors.