Joerns Healthcare, LLC

Joerns Healthcare, LLC, a Charlotte, North Carolina-based manufacturer of medical equipment and supplies, operates as a prime contractor on an extensive portfolio of federal delivery orders and blanket purchase agreements, with no subcontracting footprint. The company competes exclusively full-and-open across its federal business, with no SBA set-aside participation, and has delivered 866 prime awards valued at $130.5 million over the past three decades to the Department of Veterans Affairs and 21 other customer agencies.

Joerns Healthcare manufactures hospital beds, specialty mattresses, fluid immersion simulation systems (including the Dolphin product line), bariatric bed systems, patient handling equipment, and mattress control units. The company's core federal capability centers on bed rentals and medical equipment supply to VA healthcare facilities. Representative contract work includes a $7 million Blanket Purchase Agreement with Veterans Integrated Service Network 21 for specialty bed rentals and supplies running through February 2028; a $862,380 delivery order from VISN 22 for specialty bed and mattress rentals through May 2029; a $334,416 VISN 21 delivery order for bed rental bridge services through July 2026; and recurring small delivery orders (typically $11,000–$20,000 per order) for Dolphin fluid immersion simulation systems, custom beds, and prosthetics-grade mattresses issued across multiple regional Veterans Integrated Service Networks.

Joerns Healthcare's customer base is heavily concentrated in the Department of Veterans Affairs. The top five VISN customers account for 44% of awards by count, anchored by VISN 15 and VISN 8 (118 and 106 awards respectively, each carrying approximately $1.8 million in combined potential value) and VISN 21 (60 awards, $20.1 million potential value). However, the top-value ranking diverges sharply: VISN 12 anchors 86% of the vendor's combined potential value with just three awards valued at $82.9 million—a major contract concentration risk. Recent awards per year have held steady between 64 and 95 annually over 2022–2025, with 27 awards recorded through mid-2026. Across all award activity, the recompete cliff shows only $1.6 million in combined potential value due within the next 24 months, indicating limited near-term exposure.

Joerns Healthcare holds two principal indefinite delivery vehicles. The Medical Equipment and Supplies Federal Supply Schedule (FSS-65-II-A) carries 400 task orders valued at $39.1 million and serves as the master contracting vehicle for the majority of delivery orders across VA regions nationwide. The company also maintains a $7 million Blanket Purchase Agreement with VISN 21 (initially awarded February 2, 2023), under which it has issued BPA calls totaling $9.59 million to date: a $6.99 million call (May–September 2023), an $864,165 call (October 2023–September 2024), a $724,589 call (October 2024–September 2025), and a $1 million call (October 2025–September 2026). A single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract for COVID-19 emergency hospital beds, valued at $70,770, completed in February 2022.

The Service Contract Inventory captures only $41 thousand in SCI-reportable invoiced revenue in FY2024 at a derived rate of $1,092/hour, reflecting the fact that Joerns Healthcare's business is predominantly goods procurement (beds, mattresses, equipment) rather than labor-based services. The SCI dataset shows nominal FTE trajectory and zero subcontractor engagement across its prime records. This vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor with a 100% prime-to-sub split across all 866 awards, indicating it builds its own supply chain and does not operate as a feeder vendor for larger contractors.

Joerns Healthcare's corporate structure includes three named subsidiaries: Joerns LLC, Akin Industries (a self-certified small disadvantaged business), and Recovercare LLC. The parent entity is not itself SBA-certified and competes without set-aside designation. The company has maintained active federal contracting relationships with the VA since at least 1995 and continues to receive consistent renewal and expansion of delivery orders across multiple regional networks, with particular strength in specialty bed rentals, fluid immersion simulation systems, and prosthetics-grade equipment for veteran healthcare support.