Premier Medical Distributors, LLC

Premier Medical Distributors, LLC, a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and Veteran-Owned Small Business headquartered in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, supplies and installs patient ceiling lift systems—primarily Guldmann GH3+ equipment—to the Department of Veterans Affairs as a prime contractor under SDVOSB set-asides and competitive awards. The vendor competes exclusively as a prime across its portfolio; 100% of recent awards are prime contracts, with no subcontractor engagement.

Premier Medical Distributors operates as a sole proprietorship structured as a limited liability company, with SBA certifications expiring May 6, 2029. The vendor's federal footprint spans surgical appliance and supplies manufacturing (NAICS 339113, 47 awards) and electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance (NAICS 811210, 17 awards), with supporting PSC codes in medical and surgical instruments, equipment and supplies (PSC 6515, 49 awards) and maintenance and repair of medical equipment (PSC J065, 17 awards).

Customer concentration is extreme: the Department of Veterans Affairs accounts for all recent awards across 17 distinct Veterans Integrated Service Networks. The top five VISNs represent 66% of awards by count, led by VISN 6 (15 awards, $33.6 million combined potential value) and VISN 17 (15 awards, $4.7 million). The potential-value ranking diverges sharply: VISN 6 dominates both volume and dollars, anchoring 49% of the vendor's $68 million combined potential value across the entire portfolio. VISN 22 (7 awards, $6.9 million), VISN 12 (7 awards, $5.2 million), and VISN 9 (3 awards, $3.4 million) round out the top tier by dollars. Activity has accelerated significantly, from three awards in 2021 to 36 in 2026, with 82 total awards across the source data spanning June 2021 to September 2026. Twenty-eight awards carrying $31.4 million in combined potential value face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating substantial recompete exposure.

Premier Medical Distributors holds two IDVs: a $16.3 million multiple-award indefinite-delivery contract with VISN 6 awarded September 20, 2026 (ultimate completion September 20, 2031) for ceiling lift procurement and installation across VA facilities in North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina, and a $2.5 million single-award indefinite-delivery contract with VISN 12 awarded August 19, 2026 (ultimate completion August 18, 2030) for ceiling lift replacement at Tomah VA Medical Center and associated CBOCs. Recent representative work includes a $3.73 million delivery order from VISN 6 (September 22, 2026) for patient ceiling lift supply, installation, and maintenance; a $3.4 million purchase order from VISN 9 (September 18, 2023) for procurement and installation of Guldmann GH3+ systems across Tennessee Valley Healthcare System campuses; and a $2.5 million purchase order from VISN 2 (September 11, 2026) for Guldmann GH3+ systems and associated services at James J. Peters VA Medical Center in Bronx, New York.

Scope across recent awards clusters around procurement, installation, and maintenance of Guldmann patient ceiling lift systems. Equipment specifications recur: 550- to 825-pound lifting capacity, integrated digital weight scales, motorized vertical motion with automatic charging, emergency stop and lowering controls, and compliance with ISO 10535, NFPA 13/70/99, and UL medical safety standards. Service contracts include unlimited service calls with one-business-day emergency response, annual weight and function testing at 150% load capacity, preventative maintenance, staff training, and extended warranty coverage. Performance locations span VA medical facilities nationwide, with administrative headquarters and primary fulfillment at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

SCI-reported invoicing totaled $777 thousand across FY2023–FY2025 ($169 thousand in FY2023, $301 thousand in FY2024, $307 thousand in FY2025), reflecting service-contract activity above the $150,000 reporting threshold. The SCI dataset shows roughly 0.3 to 3.4 FTEs delivered to federal services contracts in those fiscal years, with workload scaling up in FY2025. On federal services contracts captured in SCI, the vendor's government-paid hourly rate profile runs from a 10th percentile of $126.65 per hour through a median of $740 per hour to a 90th percentile of $1,078.31 per hour, indicating a mix of technician-level labor and senior repair or project-management roles. The vendor self-performs all labor on SCI-reportable prime contracts (0% sub-hours share); no subcontractor engagement appears in the SCI records. Combined with the full award portfolio, this posture positions Premier Medical Distributors as a direct-delivery, vertically integrated operator rather than a platform or teaming-oriented provider.

The vendor competes predominantly under SDVOSB set-asides, though recent activity reflects a growing share of full-and-open awards. Set-aside designations span SDVOSB sole source, SDVOSB competitive, and total small business. The absence of subcontracting activity and the focus on equipment procurement plus installation and maintenance services create a capability profile tightly coupled to Guldmann product expertise and VA medical infrastructure standards; opportunities for cross-VISN leverage and scale are visible in the IDV structure, particularly the VISN 6 multiple-award vehicle.