NIGP 94828: Dental Services

NIGP 94828 Dental Services, an Item code, encompasses clinical dental care delivery to state and local populations — primarily individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in state-supported living centers, correctional inmates, and public employees and retirees — sourced through a mix of competitive solicitations including RFPs, RFQs, IFBs, and ITNs. State and local buyers under this code procure general dentistry (exams, cleanings, restorative work), oral surgery (extractions, biopsies, implants), dental anesthesia (conscious sedation and general anesthesia), and specialized services such as endodontics and denture fabrication. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission dominates recent activity, issuing multiple IFBs and RFQs for dental and dental anesthesia services across its state-supported living centers in San Angelo, Austin, Abilene, Corpus Christi, and El Paso, with response dates ranging from late June through August 2026. Beyond Texas, state departments of veterans affairs in California, county health systems (Cook County Health in Illinois, San Mateo Medical Center in California), school districts (Granite School District in Utah, Baltimore County Public Schools in Maryland), cities (Atlanta Department of Corrections), and special-purpose bodies (California State University system, Detroit Health Department) all appear as issuing bodies. Procurement structures vary: Texas HHSC contracts typically run one to three years with optional one-year extensions at agency discretion, range from $40,000 to $99,999 in historical annual spend, and mandate Level 3 or Level 4 anesthesia permits and DDS/DMD credentials for anesthesia-specific roles. California and Georgia procurements emphasize competitive oral surgery and dental services with five-percent small-business and disabled-veteran-business-enterprise preferences where applicable.

Texas dominates the geographic footprint of recent solicitations, with eight separate HHSC dental or dental-anesthesia opportunities posted between late June and late April 2026, concentrated in HHS Regions 7 and 9 serving Central and West Texas. California shows secondary activity through the Department of Veterans Affairs (oral surgery at Redding) and Department of State Hospitals (oral and maxillofacial services at Coalinga), while Florida (Agency for Persons with Disabilities seeking statewide dental services administration for $3.6 million, ITN due August 11, 2026), Georgia (Athens-Clarke County dental benefits, Richmond County Sheriff's Office comprehensive inmate medical services including dental), Illinois (Cook County Health dental and vision benefit management for Medicaid enrollees), Maryland (Baltimore County Public Schools mobile dental, WSSC Water dental plan administration), Michigan (Detroit Kindergarten Oral Health Assessment Program), and Utah (Granite School District student dental services) round out the geographic spread. Representative opportunities include Texas HHSC's Dental Anesthesia Services for San Angelo SSLC (HHS0017648, IFB, due July 30, 2026, requiring Texas Board Level 3 or Level 4 anesthesia permit and DDS/DMD, firm fixed-price per-15-minute increments, nine-month contract term), California Department of State Hospitals Oral and Maxillofacial Services at Coalinga (IFB 26-64023, due July 14, 2026, five-percent SBE and DVBE preferences, $675,000 estimated value over three years), and Florida Agency for Persons with Disabilities Statewide Dental Services (ITN 2526-031, due August 11, 2026, seeking nonprofit administrator, five-year initial term, $3.6 million appropriated). Insurance requirements across solicitations consistently demand $1 million professional liability, $1 million commercial general liability per occurrence, and $1 million umbrella coverage; Texas HHSC additionally requires workers' compensation with $1 million employer's liability limits per accident. Board certification, state licensure, and three-to-five-year relevant experience benchmarks appear standard across all issuing bodies.