VA VISN 2 Durable Medical Equipment 2017

Veterans Integrated Service Network 2 (VISN 2) established this Master IDIQ on October 5, 2016, to provide durable medical equipment services throughout VA Healthcare Network Upstate New York, but ordering closed on October 4, 2019—the vehicle is no longer active. The scope encompasses environmental assessment, storage, delivery, set-up, repair, instruction-in-use, and pick-up of Government-purchased equipment; installation of grab bars and room air conditioners; and maintenance of feeding pumps. Equipment covered includes feeding pumps, hospital beds, trapezes, patient lifts, mattresses, bathroom equipment, ambulation devices, and room air conditioners.

All 298 task orders fund VISN 2 with no customer diversification across agencies. Competition concentrates among five dominant primes: Tri-County Home Care Services, LLC leads by combined potential value at $780 thousand across 43 orders; Apnea Care Inc. holds $400 thousand across 59 orders; Health System Services, LTD. holds $327 thousand across 60 orders; Warrior Service Company LLC holds $253 thousand across 60 orders; and Everything Medical Equipment And Supplies, Inc. holds $240 thousand across 59 orders. These five firms account for 94 percent of task-order count and 89 percent of combined potential value, indicating significant concentration. The remaining sixth contractor captures the long tail of awards.

The set-aside mix shows 82 percent of orders (243) placed under no set-aside designation, with 18 percent (55 orders) set aside for small business. Award activity remained stable through 2019 at roughly 60 orders per year before declining to 45 in 2021, the final award year. The combined potential value stands at $2.3 million with 100 percent obligated. Monthly delivery orders in the most-recent block show individual order values ranging from approximately $269 to $20,359, with typical monthly totals for each of five delivery order holders running in the $3,000 to $20,000 range. Work is performed at five VA Medical Centers and one outpatient clinic: Albany VAMC, Bath VAMC, Canandaigua VAMC, Rochester OPC, and Syracuse and Buffalo VAMCs (served jointly under single orders).

The Network Contracting Office (VISN 2) has awarded a Master IDIQ to provide Durable Medical Equipment (DME) services throughout the VA Healthcare Network Upstate New York to include: environmental assessment, storage, delivery, set-up, repair, instruction-in-use, and/or pick-up of Government purchased items. The services shall also include the installation of grab bars, room air conditioners, and maintenance of feeding pumps. Some of the equipment that may need to be delivered and set-up includes, but is not limited to, feeding pumps, hospital beds, trapezes, patient lifts, mattresses, bathroom equipment, ambulation devices, room air conditioners, etc.