Purchase Order 36C26126P0425

Edwards Lifesciences LLC, a leading manufacturer of advanced cardiovascular medical devices, has been awarded a $125.8K firm fixed-price purchase order by Veterans Integrated Service Network 21 (VISN 21), a civilian agency within the Department of Veterans Affairs. The contract, with an ultimate completion date of February 11, 2026, covers prosthetics and heart implants to be delivered to the VA Palo Alto Health Care System in Palo Alto, California. This award carries no set-aside designation and represents a sole-source procurement reflecting Edwards Lifesciences LLC's exclusive manufacturing capability for the specified medical technologies. The company, a self-certified small disadvantaged business, specializes in transcatheter heart valves, surgical implants, annuloplasty systems, and related cardiac technologies essential to the VA's cardiac surgical programs.

This purchase order falls within the framework of Edwards Lifesciences LLC's broader relationship with VISN 21, which includes a $6.5M five-year Indefinite Delivery Contract effective January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2030, for surgical implant consignment services. The IDV employs a consignment model allowing VISN 21 to maintain inventory of specialized cardiac devices and procure them on an as-needed basis, optimizing inventory management for these short shelf-life products. The individual purchase order complements this long-term contractual structure by ensuring consistent availability of the specialized surgical implants and transcatheter heart valves critical to supporting veteran patient outcomes across the VA's cardiac care programs.