UNSPSC 85122003: Dentist support staff services

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

UNSPSC 85122003 Dentist support staff services (Commodity) covers clinical and administrative support delivered by licensed dental professionals to state-supported living centers, county and city detention facilities, school districts, and public health authorities—work that ranges from general anesthesia and oral surgery to routine examinations, preventive screenings, and emergency care. State and local buyers under this code are predominantly Texas Health and Human Services Commission procurement offices on behalf of state-supported living centers across multiple HHS regions, supplemented by county sheriffs' offices (Williamson County, Richmond County Georgia), city corrections departments (City of Atlanta), school districts (Granite School District Utah), public health systems (San Mateo Medical Center, Detroit Health Department), and specialty institutions (Valencia College dental hygiene program). The work solicited reflects a narrow but concentrated demand: dental anesthesia services dominate the Texas HHSC activity, with separate solicitations for monitored anesthesia care, total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA), and conscious sedation; oral surgery and comprehensive dental services appear in parallel tracks at the same facilities; and correctional facility dental contracts emphasize routine and emergency care under resource constraints and scheduling limitations.

Texas Health and Human Services Commission drives the volume of recent activity, posting at least nine separate IFBs and RFQs across June and July 2026 for dental anesthesia, oral surgery, and general dentistry at San Angelo, Austin, Abilene, El Paso, and Corpus Christi state-supported living centers, with response deadlines clustered between late June and mid-July 2026 and contract terms typically running September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2027 or 2029. Outside Texas, the City of Atlanta (Corrections Department) issued two linked prequalification-plus-IFB notices (due June 30 and July 9, 2026) for on-call inmate dental services requiring ten years of general dentistry experience and five years of correctional-specific experience; Williamson County, Texas solicited jail inmate dental services (RFQ due May 26, 2026) requiring 16 hours per week on-site presence and 24/7 on-call availability; and Granite School District (Utah) conducted a school-based preventive and limited restorative dental RFP (due May 29, 2026) structured as no-cost-to-district billing to student insurance and Medicaid. Geographic concentration is heavy in Texas (Austin, San Angelo, Abilene, El Paso, Corpus Christi, Georgetown), with secondary activity in Georgia (Atlanta, Augusta/Richmond County), Utah (Granite School District), and California (San Mateo County). Historical spending on comparable services ranges from $19,000 to $99,999 annually at individual state-supported living centers, though Texas HHSC does not guarantee volume or usage. Bidders must hold state dental board licensure at specified levels, maintain professional liability insurance at $1,000,000 minimum, and document three to five years of relevant experience with verifiable references; many solicitations require DDS/DMD degrees, anesthesia permits or certifications at specific levels, DEA registration, CPR certification, and background-check clearance.