Pre-solicitation notice for Dental Staffing Services

The Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service is seeking to procure non-personal healthcare services in the form of dental staffing for the Woodrow Wilson Keeble Memorial Health Care Center in Sisseton, South Dakota. This commercial item procurement will be structured as a single-award labor hour purchase order with fixed, fully loaded hourly rates for Dental Department Staffing Services. The solicitation will be issued under PSC Q503 (Medical - Dentistry) and NAICS code 621210 (Offices of Dentists), which carries a small business size standard of $9 million. While the pre-solicitation notice does not specify evaluation criteria in detail, prospective contractors should anticipate that proposals will be assessed based on their ability to provide qualified dental staffing at competitive hourly rates. The pre-solicitation notice was posted on March 2, 2026, with an anticipated solicitation issuance date of March 16, 2026, and a proposal closing date of March 16, 2025 (note: this appears to be a typographical error in the notice and likely should reference a future date).

This procurement is designated as a 100% Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise (ISBEE) set-aside, meaning only businesses certified as Indian Small Business Economic Enterprises are eligible to compete for this contract. The pre-solicitation notice does not identify any incumbent contractors or current service providers. No specific award value or budget range is disclosed in the notice, nor are details provided regarding the anticipated volume of staffing hours or the duration of the labor hour purchase order. Interested firms should monitor for the formal solicitation release on the anticipated date and prepare their qualifications documentation and pricing structures accordingly.