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 is a Commodity code capturing dental support and ancillary services that state and local governments procure for facilities serving vulnerable populations, clinical training environments, and municipal employee health plans. Recent activity shows state and local buyers contracting for inmate dental care, on-site school dental programs, anesthesia support services, oral surgery, emergency and routine dental care at state-operated facilities for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, dental equipment, and third-party administrative services for municipal dental benefit plans. Issuing bodies include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (by far the dominant buyer in this dataset, sourcing dental services across multiple state-supported living centers), city governments (Atlanta, Detroit, Jackson, Millcreek), county jails and detention centers, independent school districts (Granite School District in Utah), and regional health systems (Santa Clara County Health System). Texas HHSC has posted more than twenty separate dental-services solicitations since July 2026 across facilities in Lubbock, San Angelo, Abilene, Austin, El Paso, Corpus Christi, and San Antonio, each targeting specific service lines—general dentistry, oral surgery, dental anesthesia, or specialized procedures like total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA).

Recent activity concentrates heavily in Texas, where HHSC's Procurement and Contracting Services division issues standing IFBs for dental services at state-supported living centers serving residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission soliciting dental anesthesia services for El Paso State Supported Living Center (IFB HHS0017597V2, responses due August 20, 2026), oral surgery services at San Angelo SSLC (IFB HHS0017156, responses due August 20, 2026), and comprehensive dental services at multiple facilities across the state. The City of Atlanta issued a multi-step sealed bid for on-call inmate dental services at the Atlanta City Detention Center (prequalification phase responses due June 30, 2026, followed by formal IFB), and Granite School District (Utah) released an RFP for student dental services at 26 Title I schools (responses due May 29, 2026). Pricing structures vary significantly: Texas HHSC contracts typically require firm, fixed hourly rates ranging from $0.00 to $200,000.00 per hour depending on service type and hours of operation; school and municipal health system contracts often expect cost-neutral delivery through insurance billing and Medicaid reimbursement. Contract terms range from one year (most Texas HHSC dental services) to three years with optional renewals (oral surgery at Corpus Christi and San Angelo SLCs, Austin anesthesia services). Insurance requirements are consistent across solicitations—workers' compensation, commercial general liability of $1,000,000 per occurrence, professional liability, and umbrella coverage at $1,000,000.