NIGP 94829: Dental Prosthetic Manufacturing Services

NIGP 94829 Dental Prosthetic Manufacturing Services, an Item code, encompasses the fabrication, repair, and delivery of fixed and removable dental prosthetics—dentures, partial dentures, and related appliances—on behalf of state and local health systems and correctional facilities. Recent state and local solicitations show a mix of issuing bodies: county public health systems (San Mateo County Medical Center), city correctional departments (City of Atlanta Department of Corrections), and hospital networks serving broader regional populations. The scope of work varies materially by customer need. San Mateo Medical Center procures laboratory-based prosthetics fabrication and repair on a per-case fee structure for outpatient dental clinics throughout the county, with cases originating from licensed dentists and supervised dental students. By contrast, the City of Atlanta's Department of Corrections solicitations target licensed dentists to deliver on-call inmate dental services, including emergency care, screenings, examinations, and extractions—notably excluding prosthetics fabrication (denture replacement and bridgework are explicitly carved out). The Atlanta procurement reflects correctional healthcare compliance with American Correctional Association standards and strict clinical timelines (screenings within 7–14 days of admission, examinations within 14 days). Contractors pursuing prosthetics work face substantial regulatory requirements: five years of relevant experience, professional liability insurance ($1,000,000 per occurrence minimum), HIPAA Business Associate agreements, living wage compliance, and intellectual property assignment to the purchasing entity.

Recent activity concentrates in California and Georgia. The County of San Mateo issued an RFP for fixed and removable prosthesis services with proposals due March 6, 2026, using weighted evaluation criteria (27.3% project approach, 22.7% firm qualifications, 18.2% team qualifications, 22.7% price) and offering up to 10 percent local-business preference points under county ordinance. The City of Atlanta issued two pre-advertisement notices for on-call inmate dental services (Solicitation PE66062NONST2026000000415, due July 9, 2026, and PE66062NONST2026000000416, due June 30, 2026 for the prequalification phase), both structured as multi-step sealed-bid processes with prequalification filtering followed by formal IFB. Neither Atlanta solicitation specifies contract value or incumbent information. San Mateo's procurement indicates compensation on a per-case fee basis with monthly invoicing, but does not disclose a total budget. Both issuing bodies noted pre-solicitation conferences to be noticed separately, suggesting the procurement process remains in early stages as of mid-2026.