The Defense Health Agency awarded a $37,589 firm fixed-price purchase order to TS Enterprise Associates Inc. (doing business as Advanced Technologies Consultants), a small business based in Northville, Michigan, on September 10, 2025. The contract supports the Medical Education and Training Command's Biomedical Equipment Technician Course 102 at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, with completion required by January 10, 2026. The award is designated as a Total Small Business Set-Aside and involves procuring Lab-Volt FACET Cards and repair components essential for hands-on electrical training, including DC fundamentals, semiconductor devices, transistor amplifier circuits, FET fundamentals, power control circuits, operational amplifier fundamentals, and digital logic fundamentals cards.
These specialized training components address critical equipment degradation issues that have resulted in high failure rates after five years of student use in the Medical Education and Training Command's curriculum. As an authorized Festo distributor, TS Enterprise Associates Inc. will deliver exact brand-name items with a two-year warranty requirement, enabling the program to maintain uninterrupted delivery of essential Biomedical Equipment Technician training. The procurement reflects the government's recognition that these kinesthetic learning tools provide critical electrical theory foundations necessary for medical equipment maintenance and repair, supporting the Defense Health Agency's mission to prepare qualified biomedical technicians for military medical facilities.