The Department of Veterans Affairs awarded a $1,146,420.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Gerling & Associates, Inc., a small business, for the design, manufacture, and delivery of a 53-foot mobile medical unit trailer. The trailer will have interior medical areas including exam rooms, a laboratory, nurses' station, and restroom. This requirement was set aside for total small business participation. Gerling & Associates is a specialized manufacturer of customized vehicles, trailers, and mobile units for federal agencies, having previously delivered similar medical and transportation assets to the VA, Department of Homeland Security, and Department of Labor. The mobile medical unit will be used by the VA's Veterans Integrated Service Network 16 in Ridgeland, Mississippi.