Rhyfel, Inc.

Rhyfel, Inc., a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) based in Naples, Florida, supplies medical equipment and consumable medical products to the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as a prime contractor on firm-fixed-price purchase orders, competing predominantly in full-and-open procurements rather than set-aside categories despite holding SDVOSB and small-disadvantaged-business certifications.

Rhyfel operates as a Subchapter S corporation registered under multiple ownership and SBA designations: SBA certified as both a veteran-owned small business and service-disabled veteran-owned small business (certifications expiring April 14, 2027), self-certified as a small disadvantaged business, and DOT certified as a disadvantaged business enterprise. The company's federal procurement footprint centers on medical consumables and diagnostic equipment—surgical instruments (forceps, retractors, scissors, rongeurs), sutures (absorbable and nonabsorbable), drainage systems and kits, collection bags, gauze bandages, EEG and EMG diagnostic systems, neuromonitoring devices, wound care materials, and sterilization equipment components. Representative prime work includes a $1.58 million NeuroWorks software license and support contract with Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 1 covering four production server licenses, twenty Citrix client licenses, and Advanced Care Support extending through September 2030; a $145.8 thousand EMG system (Natus Nicolet EDX equipment, software, and training) delivered to VISN 17 for two VA medical centers in Texas; and a $114.8 thousand EEG system (Natus equipment package) for the Gainesville VA Medical Center designated as a VA Epilepsy Center of Excellence. Smaller routine procurements—the bulk of the footprint—span collection drainage bags, lumbar drainage kits, surgical forceps variants, gauze bandages, sunscreen preparations, and sterilization components in the $300 to $10,000 range.

Customer concentration is extreme and narrow. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Medical dominates the award portfolio, accounting for 1,718 awards (89% of the recent footprint) with $7.8 million in combined potential value (31% of dollars). VA Veterans Health Administration customers collectively account for approximately 115 awards with $10.1 million in combined potential value; within the VA, VISN 1 (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts) leads with 20 awards and $3.9 million, followed by VISN 8 (representing Gainesville and Tampa, Florida facilities) with 27 awards and $2.4 million. The remaining 25 customer agencies collectively account for fewer than 100 awards. Dollar concentration diverges sharply from award count: while DLA places the most purchase orders, the VA's higher-value diagnostic and software contracts ($30,000 to $1.58 million per unit) drive 40% of the combined potential value. Rhyfel has no identified parent vehicles, GWACs, or agency-wide IDIQs in the portfolio; all awards are direct purchase orders.

Award activity has contracted sharply. The vendor received 235 awards in 2023, declined to 191 in 2024, fell to 119 in 2025, and shows only 24 awards year-to-date in 2026, reflecting a 75% decline from peak volume. Only five awards (combined potential value $324 thousand) have completion dates within the next twenty-four months, creating minimal near-term recompete exposure relative to the overall portfolio. The company does not operate as a subcontractor—100% of the recent award footprint consists of prime contracts.

Rhyfel's capability framing is narrow and commoditized: the company functions as a distributor and reseller of medical consumables and branded diagnostic equipment (Natus, Dantec, Camino systems) rather than a systems integrator, service provider, or original manufacturer. Awards are concentrated in PSC codes 6505 (Medical and Surgical Instruments, Equipment, and Supplies; 1,683 awards) and 6530 (Surgical Dressing Materials; 116 awards), with NAICS concentration in Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing (59% of awards) and Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing (18%). The company competes in open-market purchase orders without leveraging its SDVOSB status for set-asides in the majority of transactions, though select higher-value contracts (software licenses, EEG and EMG systems) use SDVOSB set-aside vehicles. Place of performance is consistently Naples, Florida or subordinate VA medical centers and DLA distribution nodes.

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