MARQUETTE – The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has announced that it has launched a competitive bidding process for the Healthy Kids Dental contract.

Healthy Kids Dental is a dental benefit program for children with Medicaid and covers dental services such as X-rays, cleanings, fillings, extractions, sealants and more at no cost to families. The Healthy Kids Dental model functions similarly to commercial dental plans and serves approximately 955,000 Michigan children statewide.

The Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget will manage the request for proposal process on behalf of MDHHS. The RFP is posted on the state’s SIGMA Vendor-Self Service system online. Interested bidders are encouraged to refer to the proposal instructions for additional information regarding questions submittal and deadlines.

To bid on proposals, all vendors must first be registered with SIGMA Vendor Self-Service. Registration is free, and information on how to register and obtain an account to bid on open solicitations is available online: DTMB

• How to Register as a Vendor.

Responses from bidders are due Monday, Jan. 12. Bidders are to submit any written questions regarding the RFP by Monday, Dec 1. MDHHS will post answers to bidder questions on the SIGMA system by Monday, Dec. 15.

New contracts are scheduled to begin Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026. For more information, visit the MDHHS Healthy Kids Rebid webpage.