UNSPSC 93141506: Social welfare services

UNSPSC 93141506 Social welfare services is a Commodity code. State and local governments procure prevention and aftercare services for vulnerable families, family preservation and assistance programs, parenting support and skills training, transitional living services for youth aging out of care, foster and adoptive parent support infrastructure, and specialized interventions including domestic violence services, batterer intervention, and child abuse medical examination under this code. The buying mix spans state departments of health and human services, county social services agencies, and specialized authorities. Michigan's Department of Health and Human Services is a standout repeat buyer, issuing dozens of family preservation, family assistance, and parenting time visitation support contracts across multiple counties in recent months; the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services, the Washington State Department of Children, Youth & Families, the Orange County Social Services Agency in California, and the Florida Department of Children and Families also appear frequently. The scope of work is broad and heterogeneous: family preservation in-home services delivered by unit-hour, prevention and aftercare strength-based interventions, parenting education and skills development, crisis intervention, foster parent recruitment and retention support, youth transitional living programs with residential care, forensic child abuse medical examinations, and peer-support and advisory services. Unit rates typically range from $50 to $143 per hour for direct services, with fixed allocations for transportation ($3,000–$45,000 annually) and specific assistance ($1,000–$21,000 annually); total contract values span $50,000 to $600,000 over three-year terms.

Geographic activity concentrates in Michigan, California, Washington, and Florida. Recent representative solicitations include the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services' RFP #25-0062 for Prevention and Aftercare services, due October 20, 2026; the Washington State Department of Children, Youth & Families' request for Adolescent Transitional Living Program services in Region 6 (RFQ 26DCYFCW104), due August 20, 2026; the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services' multiple ongoing family preservation RFPs across Alpena-Montmorency, Alcona-Iosco, Wexford-Missaukee, and other counties with deadlines ranging from June through August 2026; the Orange County, California Social Services Agency's RFP 063-3051102-AH for Child Abuse Medical Services, due August 7, 2026; and the Maine Department of Health and Human Services' RFA #202606110 for parent education services during separation and divorce, due July 30, 2026. Michigan's MDHHS demonstrates heavy procurement velocity with dozens of notices of intent to award and active solicitations in the recent opportunities block; most Michigan contracts employ a 125-point technical evaluation (Experience and Qualifications 15 points, Delivery Capability 40, Service Capability and Understanding 40, Instructions and Vendor Questions 30) requiring a minimum 100-point threshold to advance to price evaluation, and award decisions favor best value combining technical score, economic impact to the state (employee wage and benefit standards), and competitive pricing. Set-asides and preferences vary by issuing body: Washington DCYF applies 5% bid preferences for Executive Order 18-03 compliance and 10% preferences for Washington Small Businesses and Certified Veteran-Owned Businesses; California applies Orange County Local Small Business and Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise scoring adjustments; no uniform disadvantaged-enterprise set-asides appear across the jurisdictions, though Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Business (SDVOB) status appears explicitly in several Michigan awards.