Veterans Integrated Service Network 8 issued a purchase order to Wheelchair Transport Service, Inc. on September 1, 2026, for special mode transport wheelchair and stretcher services with a ceiling value of $2,045,497.60 and completion date of August 31, 2027.
Performance is located in Bay Pines, Florida. The order covers non-emergent wheelchair, scooter, ambulatory, and stretcher transportation for eligible veterans across the Bay Pines VA Healthcare System service area, including Pinellas, Lee, Charlotte, Sarasota, Manatee, Highlands, and Collier Counties, with occasional transport to other VISN 8 facilities. Services include 24-hour-per-day, seven-day-per-week dispatch capability, scheduled and will-call trips, patient assistance, wheelchair and mobility-device securement, stretcher transportation with attendants when required, and full administrative support. The estimated six-month workload comprises approximately 20,400 wheelchair and ambulatory trips, 1,560 stretcher trips, 66,000 miles, and 60 hours of contractor-furnished attendant services. The order was issued under a Notice of Intent to sole-source posted August 19, 2026, with response deadline of August 24, 2026.