6520--VA Medical Center CONNECTICUT LOCAL DENTAL (VA-27-00000851)

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 1 is soliciting bids for local dental laboratory services supporting the VA Connecticut Healthcare System, with proposals due September 2, 2026. This is a small business set-aside.

Place of performance is West Haven, Connecticut (950 Campbell Ave, West Haven, CT 06516), with daily in-person pickup and delivery required at both West Haven and Newington VA Medical Center campuses Monday through Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. The contractor must be located within a 25-mile radius of either campus.

The NAICS code is 339116 (Dental Laboratories); PSC is 6520. The contract runs for a base year from October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027, plus four one-year option periods extending through September 30, 2031, with a potential six-month extension. The contract is Firm-Fixed-Price. Services include complete and partial dentures, implant-retained prosthetics, flexible partial dentures, crowns, occlusal guards, diagnostic wax-ups, custom trays, relines, rebases, repairs, and related procedures. Turnaround times range from 24 to 48 hours for urgent work up to 5 to 7 days for standard procedures. All dental prostheses must be fabricated in the United States and comply with FDA, ANSI, and American Dental Association standards. The contractor must execute a Business Associate Agreement for fabrication activities. Evaluation criteria are price, turnaround time, technical and quality controls including CAD/CAM capability, and past performance. Performance standards require 98 percent on-time delivery, 98 percent marginal integrity, 98 percent acceptable occlusal relationship and esthetics, 100 percent use of noble metal alloys and U.S. fabrication, and rework due to contractor error not exceeding five percent of orders per batch, quarter, or annually.