Next Step Orthotics And Prosthetics, LLC

Next Step Orthotics And Prosthetics, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company based in Flint, Michigan, manufactures and delivers artificial limbs and prosthetic devices to the Department of Veterans Affairs as a prime contractor, competing exclusively in full-and-open (no set-aside) procurements. The vendor's federal footprint centers on a single $15 million BPA with the VA Technology Acquisition Center Austin, awarded August 31, 2022, and running through August 30, 2032, which covers procurement, building, repair, and fabrication of artificial limbs across approximately 61 VA medical centers and community clinics in the VISN 10 region (Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana). Place of performance spans Flint, Michigan and Columbus, Ohio.

Next Step's customer base is entirely VA-centric. Three VA entities account for 100% of recorded awards: the VA Technology Acquisition Center Austin (3 awards, $15.1 million combined potential value), the VA Veterans Health Administration VISN 10 (2 awards, $97 thousand combined potential value), and the VA Veterans Health Administration VISN 6 (4 awards, $59 thousand combined potential value). The concentration is acute — the single BPA with TAC Austin anchors $15.1 million of the vendor's $15.2 million combined potential value across all nine awards. All work falls under primary NAICS 3121 (Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing) and PSC Code 6520 (Medical And Surgical Instruments, Equipment, And Supplies).

The vendor holds one parent vehicle: BPA 36C25022A0050 with the VA Technology Acquisition Center Austin, which carries four task orders and $152 thousand in combined potential value. Representative work under this BPA includes a $79,820 firm fixed-price delivery order issued July 18, 2024, for above-knee prostheses to VISN 10 (completion October 22, 2024); a $17,628 delivery order issued April 4, 2025, for below-knee prostheses to VISN 10 (completion July 31, 2025); and a $1,532 delivery order issued August 31, 2025, for artificial limbs under EXPRESS REPORT (completion July 6, 2026). Additional activity includes multiple purchase orders from VISN 6 in 2023 and 2024, ranging from roughly $12 thousand to $20 thousand per order, for limb services and prosthetic/orthotic fabrication in Flint and northwest Ohio.

Activity has remained steady at two to three awards per year since 2022, with $212 thousand obligated across all awards (1% of combined potential value), reflecting the early-stage or call-based nature of the BPA vehicle. The vendor operates as 100% prime with no subcontract footprint in the source data. Next Step competes in full-and-open procurements with no small-business or set-aside designation across all recorded awards.