Covidien Sales LLC

Covidien Sales LLC, doing business as Covidien Sales, is a foreign-owned medical device distributor and service provider supplying ventilators, electrosurgical units, endoscopy systems, patient monitoring devices, and diagnostic equipment to federal healthcare agencies as a prime contractor (88% of recent awards) competing exclusively in full-and-open markets with no set-aside footprint. The company is a subsidiary of Medtronic Inc., headquartered in Mansfield, Massachusetts, and operates across NAICS 339113 (Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing) and related medical equipment codes.

Covidien's federal customer base concentrates heavily on healthcare agencies. The Department of Veterans Affairs accounts for the largest share across multiple operating divisions and regional service networks, with Veterans Integrated Service Network 12 anchoring $1.65 billion in potential value across 45 awards—far exceeding any other customer. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Medical places the second-largest block at $900.1 million across 113 awards, followed by VA Headquarters at $259.6 million. The Defense Health Agency, Indian Health Service, and scattered other VA service networks complete the top tier. Across the portfolio, the top five customer names cover 93% of combined potential value, signaling extreme concentration in defense and veteran healthcare infrastructure.

Covidien's prime work centers on medical equipment procurement and maintenance services. Recent representative awards include a $1.3 million definitive contract with US Pacific Fleet Forces (September 2024) for Puritan Bennett 980 ventilator maintenance aboard the USNS MERCY and USNS COMFORT hospital ships through September 2029; a $741.2 million delivery order from VA Headquarters (September 2024) for electrosurgical units, ventilators, and diagnostic equipment through February 2029; a $5.87 million single-award indefinite delivery contract from VA Headquarters (May 2024) for electrosurgical units, monopolar and bipolar generators, and related accessories through April 2029; and a $648 thousand single-award IDC from VA Strategic Acquisition Center Frederick (June 2024) for GI Genius service agreements through June 2026. Routine task orders pull from these vehicles—for example, a $268.3 thousand order from VA Veterans Integrated Service Network 10 (July 2025) for Medtronic PillCam interface integration with Oracle Health EHR and Cerner Millennium, and a $148.2 thousand order from VISN 17 (March 2026) for ManoScan system and catheters. Maintenance and service agreements recur across the footprint; examples include $296.6 thousand for PB980 ventilator preventive maintenance at Camp Lejeune through January 2031 (Defense Health Agency, January 2026) and $172.9 thousand for Illumisite Complete Care Plus service at Tripler Army Medical Center through September 2029 (Defense Health Agency, October 2024).

Covidien places task orders against two dominant contract vehicles. The GSA Medical Equipment and Supplies Federal Supply Schedule (FSS-65-II-A) accounts for 770 task orders valued at $255.7 million combined. Multiple single-award indefinite delivery contracts issued by VA Headquarters and individual service networks carry large ceilings—the $5.87 million electrosurgical-units IDC and the $648 thousand GI Genius IDC are representative. Award volume has remained steady—99 awards in 2022, 122 in 2023, 130 in 2024, 95 in 2025, and 27 year-to-date in 2026—with no sharp trajectory change. Forty awards (combined potential value $4.5 million) face ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months, presenting a moderate recompete exposure window.

Covidien subcontracts primarily to Cardinal Health 200, LLC, supplying medical and surgical equipment and supplies across dozens of small task orders (over ninety documented sub-awards to Cardinal Health between 2024 and 2025 for items such as surgical staplers, sealers, dividers, laparoscopic kits, mesh products, gloves, and specialized instruments). The company also appears as a sub-recipient on research grants under Leidos Inc. The subcontract footprint is modest—222 sub-awards (12% of the portfolio) against 1,587 prime awards.

Covidien operates as a prime on no federal grants; however, one sub-grant award appears in the source—a Johns Hopkins University sub-award (May 2026) related to a photoacoustic and fluorescence imaging device development effort.

The company holds no GSA Schedule seat of its own; it operates entirely through task and delivery orders placed by federal agencies against standing vehicles, particularly the Medical Equipment and Supplies GSA Schedule and VA-specific indefinite delivery contracts. This posture reflects Covidien's role as a manufacturer-authorized distributor and service provider rather than a primary schedule holder.