UNSPSC 85122002: Dental hygienist services

In this classification, this commodity consists of comprehensive services required to be a dental hygienist

UNSPSC 85122002 Dental hygienist services (Commodity) covers clinical and administrative dental support roles that state and local governments buy for populations served by state-funded facilities, community health systems, and public benefit programs. Recent opportunities show state and local buyers purchasing everything from standalone dental hygienist staffing and clinical coordination to embedded anesthesia support and comprehensive oral surgery delivery within correctional, developmental-disability, and public-health service models. The mix of issuing bodies includes state health and human services departments (particularly Texas HHSC and Florida APD), county jail systems (Williamson County, Atlanta Department of Corrections), city health departments (Detroit), regional purchasing consortia (H-GAC in Texas), and community college systems (Valencia College in Florida). Texas dominates the recent activity by volume, with the HHSC Procurement and Contracting Services division issuing a steady stream of facility-specific contracts for dental anesthesia, oral surgery, and comprehensive dental services at State Supported Living Centers across Lubbock, Abilene, Austin, San Angelo, Corpus Christi, and El Paso. The code's actual scope spans anesthesia delivery (conscious sedation, general anesthesia, and total intravenous anesthesia for residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities), specialized oral surgery (extractions, implants, biopsies), periodontal services, and on-call correctional dentistry. The commodity does not cleanly map to the abstract code name—it captures licensed practitioner roles (DDS/DMD or dentist credentials required for most roles) and ancillary clinical support rather than hygienist-specific licensure.

Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's on-site total intravenous anesthesia procurement for Austin SSLC (HHS0017561, July 1, 2026, IFB with July 8 response deadline), the Florida Agency for Persons with Disabilities' statewide dental services administration contract (ITN 16256, June 15, 2026, five-year term, $3.6 million appropriation, due August 11, 2026), the City of Atlanta Department of Corrections on-call inmate dental services prequalification (June 11, 2026, due June 30, 2026), and the Texas HHSC dental anesthesia services procurement for El Paso SSLC (HHS0017597, June 29, 2026, three-year term through August 31, 2029, due July 15, 2026). Geographic activity concentrates in Texas (particularly central and west Texas for facility-based services), Florida (statewide developmental-disability program), and scattered municipal activity in Georgia and Michigan. Contract terms typically run one to three years with optional one-year extensions at the procuring agency's discretion; pricing structures vary widely from hourly rates ($0.00 to $200,000.00 per hour for anesthesia and specialized services) to fixed annual fees and per-service unit pricing. Incumbent contractors and historical spending data appear in several HHSC IFBs but are not centrally tracked; recent awards are not named in the source material.