About this opportunity
AI summaryThe Bemidji Area Indian Health Service seeks commercial dental laboratory services for the Red Lake and Cass Lake Service Units. The contractor must supply all labor, materials, equipment, packaging, transportation, and technical expertise to manufacture, repair, adjust, and remake custom dental prosthetic appliances prescribed by licensed facility dentists. All prostheses must be fabricated in the United States using FDA-approved materials that are free of nickel, lead, and beryllium. This sources sought opportunity is a 100% Indian Economic Enterprise (IEE) set-aside, and respondents must submit IEE certification. Bidders must also provide documentation of flexural strengths in MPa, IdentAlloy stickers or equivalents, warranty information, and material brands on their quote sheets. The proposed contract consists of a base period plus four option years.
Scope of work
- Fabrication, repair, adjustment, and remaking of dental prosthetic appliances per written prescriptions
- Manufacture of complete, immediate, flexible, resin, and interim partial dentures
- Fabrication of gold, lithium disilicate, zirconia, esthetic zirconia, and PFM crowns
- Fabrication of bi-lateral and TPA space maintainers, bruxism splints, and gasket retention partials
- Execution of denture relines, acrylic repairs, and framework or clasp repairs
- Provision of plastic lab case shipping boxes and trackable shipping ready for patient delivery
- Direct billing to ordering service units via Invoice Processing Platform and separate tribal/patient payment accounting
Minimum qualifications
- Operate an off-site FDA regulated dental laboratory complying with applicable FDA regulations
- Reachable by phone 8-3:30 Monday - Friday CT
- All prostheses must be made and fabricated in the USA without contracting work overseas
- All materials used must be FDA-approved and free of Nickel, Lead, and Beryllium
- Able to utilize the IHS Secure Data Transfer Email Service for encrypted case photos
- Meet all CDC guidelines for infection control
- Maintain documented quality assurance procedures and HIPAA compliance
Documents to include with your response
- Documentation of crown flexural strengths in MPa
- IdentAlloy sticker or equivalent for gold crowns, PFM crowns, and partial frameworks
- Warranty information for dentures, partials, and crowns
- Quote sheet designating materials are free of Nickel, Lead, and Beryllium
- Quote sheet designating prostheses are USA-made
- Quote sheet designating materials are FDA approved
- Quote sheet designating DuraFlex brand or equivalent and teeth brands
- Quote sheet designating flat rates, material brands, and plastic shipping boxes
- IEE certification
Contract details
- Term
- Base Year: 12/01/2026-11/30/2027; Option Year 1: 12/01/2027-11/30/2028; Option Year 2: 12/01/2028-11/30/2029; Option Year 3: 12/01/2029-11/30/2030; Option Year 4: 12/01/2030-11/30/2031
- Set-aside / preference
- 100% IEE
- Place of performance
- Off-site FDA regulated laboratory, with delivery to Red Lake Dental (Red Lake, MN) and Cass Lake Dental (Cass Lake, MN)
Federal notice details
- Solicitation number
- 75H70527R00002
- Agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Buying office
- Indian Health Service › Bemidji SUB-Area,
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Responses due
- Nov 16, 2026, 2:00 PM ET
- Posted on SAM.gov
- Nov 2, 2026
- NAICS
- 339116 · Dental Laboratories
- Product/service code
- Q503
- Set-aside
- Buy Indian Set-Aside (specific to Department of Health and Human Services, Indian Health Services)
- Place of performance
- Bemidji, MN, 56601
- Contracting contact
- Mary Simon
mary.simon2@ihs.gov - Additional contact
- Jennifer Richardson
Jennifer.Richardson@ihs.gov
Source: SAM.gov. Read the official notice for the complete description and current instructions.
Incumbent and award research
Likely prior awards for this requirement
Likely matchAwarded by the same buying office (75H705) with descriptions matching "dental laboratory", performed in MN. The notice does not name its current contract, so confirm before relying on it.
| Vendor and award | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|
| GKY DENTAL ARTS INC75H70522P00071 · PROVIDE DENTAL LABORATORY SERVICES TO PROVIDE DENTAL PROSTHESES DEFINED AS DENTURES, PARTI | $13,630 | Sep 11, 2023 |
Market context
Awards in the same category (Dental Laboratories). This is not this requirement's award history.
Recent similar awards: Department of Health and Human Services, NAICS 339116
| Vendor and award | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|
| MISSION DENTAL LLC75H71026P00266 · CHINLE HOSPITAL GERIATRIC DENTAL SERVICES. | $300.0K | Apr 8, 2028 |
| KEATING DENTAL ARTS, INC.75H71524P00018 · DENTAL LABORATORY SERVICES LOCKPORT SERVICE UNIT | $71,266 | Sep 30, 2027 |
| MICRODENTAL LABORATORIES, INC.75H70726P00152 · DENTAL LABORATORY SERVICES - ZCCHC | $50,000 | Aug 31, 2027 |
| BLACKGREYGOLD SOLUTIONS LLC75H71524P00033 · MASHPEE DENTAL LAB | $60,000 | Aug 31, 2027 |
| BURBANK DENTAL LABORATORY, INC.75H71226F28006 · BURBANK DENTAL LABS, HHCC, DENTAL DEPT, YEAR 5, BPA CALL 26F28006 | $26,000 | Mar 31, 2027 |
Top vendors in this category: Department of Health and Human Services, NAICS 339116, since Oct 1, 2024
20 contract awards in this NAICS over the period.
- 1. MISSION DENTAL LLC$300.0K
- 2. KEATING DENTAL ARTS, INC.$117.5K
- 3. MICRODENTAL LABORATORIES, INC.$98,625
- 4. NATIONAL DENTEX, LLC$84,273
- 5. GKY DENTAL ARTS INC$60,000
Source: USAspending.gov federal award data (U.S. federal public data). A contract is called the incumbent only when the notice or its documents cite it by number.