6515--DENTAL MILLING/DRILLING MACHINE
Overview
Buyer
Place of Performance
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Set Aside
Original Source
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Qualification Details
Fit reasons
- NAICS alignment with historical contract wins in similar service areas.
- Scope strongly matches core technical capabilities and delivery model.
Risks
- Past performance thresholds may require one additional teaming partner.
- Potential clarification needed on staffing minimums before bid/no-bid.
Next steps
Validate eligibility requirements, assign capture owner, and schedule partner outreach to confirm teaming strategy before submission planning.
Quick Summary
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), specifically the Asheville VA Medical Center, has issued a pre-solicitation notice for Dental Milling Drilling Machines. This upcoming solicitation, identified as 36C24626Q0513, seeks a system capable of advanced digital dental restoration processes. The opportunity is designated as a Total Small Business Set-Aside. The solicitation is expected to be issued on or about April 24, 2026, with responses due by May 8, 2026.
Scope of Work
The VA requires a Dental Milling Drilling Machine system with comprehensive capabilities for digital dentistry. Key requirements include:
- Digital Scanning: Ability to digitally scan intra-oral and extra-oral images for store-and-forward and CAD/CAM purposes.
- Secure Transmission: Securely transmit scanned images within the facility and to the Central Dental Laboratory.
- On-site Production: Mill definitive and print provisional dental restorations on-site from digital scans. Specific performance requirements detail accurate scanning and storage meeting infection control, secure transmission of various preparation types (crowns, bridges, edentulous ridges), digital design of fixed and removable appliances, milling all-porcelain crowns and small fixed bridges for same-day delivery, and printing provisional crowns, fixed splints, 3-D study models, working models, custom impression trays, and biteguards.
Contract & Timeline
- Opportunity Type: Presolicitation (for Solicitation 36C24626Q0513)
- Set-Aside: Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)
- NAICS Code: 339114 (Dental Instrument Manufacturing)
- Size Standard: 750 Employees
- Place of Performance: Asheville VAMC, 1100 Tunnel Road, Asheville, NC 28805, United States
- Solicitation Release: On or about April 24, 2026
- Response Due: May 8, 2026, 10:00 AM Eastern Time (New York, USA)
- Published Date: April 24, 2026
Submission & Evaluation
This notice serves as a pre-solicitation and is not a request for formal proposals or quotes at this stage. All correspondence and responses related to the upcoming solicitation must be submitted via email to the designated Contract Specialist. Telephone requests will not be accepted. Offerors are responsible for actively monitoring the Contract Opportunities website for the release of the solicitation and any subsequent amendments.
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Kristine Woodbury
- Title: Contract Specialist
- Email: kristine.woodbury@va.gov