National Biomedical Contractor Support Services

The Department of Veterans Affairs Strategic Acquisition Center Frederick established this Master IDIQ on September 20, 2021, to provide technical and professional support to Biomedical Engineering departments across VA medical centers, outpatient clinics, VISN offices, and the VHA Office of Healthcare Technology Management. Ordering authority expires September 19, 2026, leaving approximately two months to place new task orders against the $200 million shared ceiling. The vehicle is set aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses, though unrestricted competition is also available.

Of the 35 task orders awarded to date, two-thirds are designated SDVOSB and one-third unrestricted. Combined task-order potential value stands at $99.3 million, with $74.1 million obligated (75% of combined potential value). Annual ordering peaked at 11 orders in 2022, declining to 2 orders through May 2026, signaling a slowdown in new issuance.

Blue Water Thinking, LLC dominates the vehicle, holding 15 of 35 orders with $82.2 million in combined potential value—roughly 83% of all task-order value. Agilerank LLC ranks second with 14 orders totaling $14.6 million combined potential value. Enabled Advisors LLC and Deltastrac LLC hold the remaining 6 orders collectively. All 35 task orders fund the Department of Veterans Affairs exclusively; customer concentration is complete.

Task orders range from under $100,000 to more than $29 million in ceiling value. Recent awards show significant variation: the May 2026 order carried a $6.6 million obligated amount with matching ceiling; an earlier order from May 2024 had a $17.2 million obligated amount against a $29.9 million ceiling. Pricing models split between labor-hour and firm-fixed-price structures. Orders address biomedical engineering staffing, medical equipment maintenance, project management, and pandemic-response support. Place of performance spans VA facilities nationwide and in Puerto Rico.

With roughly two months remaining before the ordering deadline and three-quarters of potential value already obligated, new entrants face a compressed window to compete. Blue Water Thinking's dominance and the vehicle's declining ordering velocity warrant close attention to whether renewal or successor vehicles are planned.

Provide technical and professional support to Biomedical Engineering departments at Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers, outpatient clinics, VISN offices, and the HTM Program Office to accomplish corrective and planned maintenance, professional Biomedical Engineering services, and project management work of VHA, including the VHA Office of Healthcare Technology Management (HTM) and its customers, to best accomplish VHA s mission, strategic goals, healthcare priorities, and initiatives.