Permobil Inc.

Permobil Inc., a foreign-owned manufacturer of powered wheelchairs and advanced assistive mobility devices headquartered in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, is a prime contractor supplying specialized mobility equipment to the Department of Veterans Affairs through the GSA Patient Mobility Devices schedule (FSS-65-II-F), competing on full-and-open basis with no set-asides. The company operates exclusively as a prime vendor—100% of its 24,574 recent federal awards are prime contracts—with no subcontracting involvement, delivering equipment directly to regional Veterans Integrated Service Networks across the VA healthcare system.

Permobil's federal footprint centers entirely on powered wheelchair supply and wheeled mobility prosthetics for veterans with service-connected disabilities. Representative work includes delivery orders for M3 Corpus, M5 Corpus, F3 Corpus, and F5 Corpus powered wheelchair platforms, many featuring power tilt, recline, and elevation functions. Recent examples include a $105.6 million delivery order from VISN 6 (May 15, 2026) for power wheelchair supply, a $68.3 million delivery order from VISN 6 (June 12, 2026), a $63 million delivery order from VISN 17 (May 13, 2026) for M3/F3 base and maximum-power-option variants, and a $34.9 million order from VISN 6 (April 23, 2026). Ceiling values across individual delivery orders range from approximately $14,700 to $171,200, with firm fixed-price terms and completion dates typically spanning three to twelve months.

Customer concentration sits almost entirely within the Department of Veterans Affairs. The top five VISNs by award count—VISN 8, VISN 6, VISN 17, VISN 10, and VISN 7—account for 46% of awards and anchor the relationship; VISN 8 alone carries 3,408 awards worth $64.6 million. When ranked by potential value, VISN 12 emerges as the highest-value customer ($97.5 million across 466 awards), followed by VISN 8 ($64.6 million), VISN 6 ($54 million), VISN 17 ($38.6 million), and VISN 22 ($32.5 million). The top five customers by dollar value cover 55% of combined potential value. No other federal agencies appear in the award portfolio; the VA is Permobil's sole federal customer.

Permobil's entire vehicle position sits on a single parent vehicle: the Patient Mobility Devices (FSS-65-II-F) GSA schedule, under which 17,797 task orders carry $315.8 million in combined potential value. A secondary vehicle—Federal Supply Schedule V797P3784K—carries 156 task orders worth $1.5 million. All awards are issued as delivery orders or purchase orders under these GSA schedules, with no IDIQs, BPAs, or agency-wide vehicles in the footprint.

Activity has remained stable at roughly 1,300–1,600 awards per year from 2022 through 2025, with 2026 tracking to approximately 400 awards year-to-date (data current to July 13, 2026). Within the next twenty-four months, 275 awards (combined potential value $5.7 million) reach ultimate completion, representing a modest recompete exposure relative to the vendor's overall portfolio scale. The breadth of the recompete cliff suggests Permobil renews orders continuously across many VISNs rather than facing a single large contract cliff.

Permobil holds no identified subcontracting relationships. The company manufactures powered mobility devices and delivers them directly to VA facilities, positioning itself as the equipment supplier rather than a systems integrator or service provider. Primary NAICS classification is Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing (22,485 awards), with secondary exposure in Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers (749 awards). PSC coding reflects Medical and Surgical Instruments, Equipment, and Supplies (23,105 awards), with minor allocation to Hospital Furniture and Equipment categories.

Permobil's footprint reflects a narrow, high-volume specialization: powered wheelchair supply to the VA through GSA schedule delivery orders, spanning two decades of registered federal activity and generating $523.6 million in combined potential value with $430.6 million obligated (82% of ceiling). The vendor has not diversified into other customer agencies, contract vehicles, or mobility-adjacent service lines, concentrating instead on consistent execution of individual delivery orders across geographically dispersed VISNs nationwide.