Cadwell Laboratories Inc.

Cadwell Laboratories Inc., a Kennewick, Washington-based subsidiary of Cadwell Industries, Inc., manufactures and sells advanced neurological diagnostic equipment — electromyography (EMG) systems, electroencephalography (EEG) systems, polysomnography devices, intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) equipment, and related software — to federal healthcare agencies as a prime contractor exclusively. The company competes predominantly under full-and-open procurements on the GSA Federal Supply Schedule and against its own single-award indefinite delivery vehicle with the Department of Veterans Affairs; recent awards carry no set-aside designations, though scattered small-business set-aside orders appear in the portfolio.

Cadwell's customer base concentrates heavily in the VA health system. Across 444 recent prime awards worth $43.5 million in combined potential value, the top five customers by dollars are the VA Veterans Integrated Service Network 12 (10 awards, $13.2 million), VA Headquarters (22 awards, $12.9 million), the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (30 awards, $2.3 million), the Army Medical Command (29 awards, $1.6 million), and VISN 22 (30 awards, $1.5 million). These five account for 72 percent of the dollar total. The concentration is notable: VA Headquarters and VISN 12 alone anchor $26.1 million of the $43.5 million portfolio. By award count, VISN 22, Navy, and Army Medical Command each carry 29–30 orders, but their per-order values are substantially lower than the VA Headquarters express-report contracts and VISN 12 system purchases, which run into the hundreds of thousands.

Cadwell's contracting footprint rests on two primary vehicles. The GSA Medical Equipment and Supplies Federal Supply Schedule (FSS-65-II-A) carries 232 task orders worth $12.3 million in combined potential value and serves as the mechanism for most delivery orders across the VA networks, Defense Health Agency, Navy, and Army. The single-award Department of Veterans Affairs Indefinite Delivery Contract (awarded May 30, 2023, ceiling $6.25 million, extending through May 2027) has generated 14 documented delivery orders exceeding $2.5 million obligated through March 2026, including a $530.5 thousand order in July 2025 and an $828 thousand express-report contract covering the full fiscal year 2024. Two secondary vehicles — Federal Supply Schedule V797P4124A (131 task orders, $2.5 million) and an earlier VA IDC from 2019 (36C10G19D0076, 5 orders, $2.1 million) — round out the active set. Cadwell holds no subcontractor relationships; 100 percent of awards are primes.

Recent work exemplifies the portfolio. A $126.6 thousand total-small-business-set-aside delivery order from VISN 17 (September 2025) supplied a Cadwell Easy III PSG 54-channel polysomnography system for sleep diagnostics. A $98.6 thousand delivery order from VISN 10 (April 2024) provided software supporting the VA's National Tele-EEG Program, reflecting Cadwell's foothold in telehealth infrastructure. A $50.5 thousand delivery order from the NIH Clinical Center (September 2024) supplied an intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring device under the GSA Schedule. These examples span sleep diagnostics, ambulatory EEG, EMG lifecycle replacement, and maintenance — the breadth of Cadwell's neurodiagnostic portfolio.

Activity has been volatile across the past five years — 16 awards in 2022, spiking to 25 in 2023, then declining to 14 in 2024 and recovering to 16 in 2025 — with only six awards recorded in 2026 year-to-date. The recompete window shows low immediate pressure: only eight awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry a combined potential value of $725 thousand. NAICS concentration aligns with product scope: Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing (316 awards) and Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing (110 awards) dominate; custom software (3 awards) and equipment repair (10 awards combined) are minor. Cadwell's competitive positioning within federal healthcare procurement remains anchored to the VA networks and GSA Schedule ecosystem, with no significant defense prime work, no IDIQ or GWAC seats outside GSA, and no multi-agency government-wide vehicles beyond the supply schedule itself.