NIGP 94828: Dental Services

NIGP 94828 Dental Services is an Item code under which state and local governments procure clinical dental care delivery—examinations, preventive treatment, restorative work, oral surgery, anesthesia services, and related supplies—at institutional and community sites. Recent solicitations across Texas, California, Florida, Arizona, Utah, Maryland, and Michigan show heavy demand from state health and human services agencies operating facilities for individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities, state hospitals, correctional facilities, and school districts, alongside procurement for municipal employee benefits and cooperative purchasing arrangements.

Texas Health and Human Services Commission dominates the recent activity, with at least fifteen separate IFB notices since June 2026 seeking dental services, oral surgery, and dental anesthesia at State Supported Living Centers in Lubbock, San Angelo, Abilene, Austin, Corpus Christi, and El Paso—each targeting licensed dentists with three to seven years of relevant experience, firm fixed pricing on hourly or per-procedure bases, and comprehensive professional liability and general liability coverage at $1 million per occurrence. California Department of State Hospitals, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, and the Florida Agency for Persons with Disabilities have each issued large-scope solicitations: California is procuring dental laboratory services, oral and maxillofacial surgery services (estimated $675,000 not-to-exceed over three years), and dental registry network staffing (36-month term with capped hourly rates ranging $45–$190 per hour for dentists, hygienists, and assistants); Florida is seeking statewide dental services administration and coordination for individuals with developmental disabilities across six regions with $3.6 million appropriated for a five-year term. School districts—Granite School District (Utah), Valencia College (Florida), and the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services—are soliciting school-based preventive dental services and digital imaging equipment. Municipal procurements include employee dental benefits administration (Jackson, Mississippi; Tempe, Arizona; California State University statewide system) and on-call correctional dentistry (City of Atlanta, Williamson County Texas). Geographic concentration is heaviest in Texas, California, and Florida; secondary activity appears in Michigan, Maryland, Missouri, Utah, and Arizona. A representative recent opportunity is the Texas HHSC procurement of dental anesthesia services for Lubbock State Supported Living Center (IFB HHS0018027), proposals due October 19, 2026, seeking a licensed dentist with five years of experience to deliver deep sedation or general anesthesia to approximately 195 residents twice monthly at hourly rates, with four-hour emergency response requirement. Another is the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation solicitation for dental registry network services (RFP SD25-00032), proposals due October 5, 2026, to supply temporary and relief dental staffing—dentists, hygienists, assistants, and laboratory technicians—across all CDCR institutions for 36 months (January 1, 2027–December 31, 2029) with an estimated 24,101 dentist hours and a 25 percent small-business or microbusiness subcontracting requirement and DVBE participation preference.