Bronson Methodist Hospital

Bronson Methodist Hospital, a non-profit hospital system based in Kalamazoo, Michigan, provides reference laboratory testing and STAT clinical diagnostic services to the Department of Veterans Affairs as a prime contractor on full-and-open federal contracts, with no set-aside designations. The hospital is a child entity of Bronson Health Care Group, Inc., a tax-exempt corporate organization.

Bronson Methodist Hospital's federal footprint is concentrated entirely with the VA Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 10, which accounts for 12 of 16 recent awards and $657 thousand of the combined $681 thousand potential value across all work. The hospital delivers microbiology services (blood cultures), blood bank services (ABO/Rh typing and antibody screens), and backup general laboratory testing for STAT cases and specimens unsuitable for long-distance transportation to the Battle Creek VA Medical Center and Wyoming VA Clinic. STAT results must be delivered within one hour of sample collection. The hospital's most recent award—a $65,402 firm fixed-price definitive contract—runs from August 1, 2026 through July 31, 2027 with four one-year option periods. Place of performance is Battle Creek, Michigan. Earlier work includes multiple BPA calls under a Blanket Purchase Agreement (36C25021A0064) with five task orders valued at $145 thousand combined, and an Indefinite Delivery Contract (36C25019D0066) with three task orders at $50 thousand combined. Awards are categorized under NAICS 621511 (Medical Laboratories) and PSC Reference Laboratory Testing.

Activity has been sparse but consistent, with one award per year from 2022 through 2024, then two awards in 2025 and three in 2026. Notably, combined dollars obligated across all awards ($8.1 million) substantially exceed the combined potential value ($681 thousand), indicating that invoiced revenue has tracked above contract ceiling estimates—a signal of either contract modifications or option exercise patterns not fully reflected in the potential-value snapshot. The hospital also acts as a sub-recipient on three federal grant sub-awards from the State of Michigan, dated May 2026 and July 2025, for unspecified public-health or behavioral-health initiatives under the Department of Community Health portfolio. The Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons North Central Regional Office accounts for one award ($24 thousand) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency for three awards, neither representing material volume relative to VA work.