Span America Medical Systems, Inc.

Span America Medical Systems, Inc., a foreign-owned for-profit manufacturer of durable medical equipment headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina, sells specialized therapeutic mattresses, hospital beds, control units, pumps, patient lifts, and related healthcare accessories to the Department of Veterans Affairs as a prime contractor exclusively under the GSA Federal Supply Schedule (FSS-65-II-A) for Medical Equipment and Supplies. The company competes in full-and-open (non-set-aside) procurement and holds no SBA designations. Span America operates 100% as a prime contractor with no subcontract footprint in the source data.

The company's entire federal footprint flows through a single vehicle: the GSA Medical Equipment and Supplies (FSS-65-II-A) multiple-award schedule, awarded May 1, 2022 with a ceiling value of $61.8 million running through April 30, 2027. This pre-competed catalog contract enables the VA and other federal agencies to place delivery orders and purchase orders against Span America's price list without new competition. Across the schedule, Span America operates under PSC 6530 (Hospital Furniture, Equipment, Utensils, and Supplies) and PSC 6505 (Medical and Surgical Instruments, Equipment, and Supplies); the portfolio spans NAICS 339113 (Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing), 339112 (Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing), and 326140 (Urethane and Other Foam Product Manufacturing).

The Department of Veterans Affairs accounts for the overwhelming majority of recent activity — the top five VA regional integrated service networks account for 19% of all awards by count but the data reveals extreme concentration by dollar value. VISN 12 alone represents $113 million of the $131.8 million combined potential value across all 2,495 awards in the source data (86% concentration), followed distantly by VISN 9 ($4 million), VISN 7 ($1.3 million), VISN 1 ($1.2 million), and VISN 23 ($1.2 million). By award count, VISN 1 leads with 127 orders, VISN 7 with 98, and VISN 10 with 92, indicating a pattern of high-volume, small-dollar replenishment orders for stock mattresses, beds, pumps, and control units across all VA regions. The FSS-65-II-A vehicle carries 330 delivery and purchase orders valued at $8 million; secondary GSA schedules (Federal Supply Schedule V797P4384A and V797P3923K) generate 878 and 336 task orders respectively, though at significantly lower individual values ($4.6 million and $616 thousand combined potential across both vehicles).

Recent representative awards include a $94,070.40 Easy Air LR mattress system delivery order to VISN 9 (October 2025), a $48,869.25 control unit order for VISN 5 (July 2025), a $59,111.40 PressureGuard Easy Air mattress purchase from VISN 9 (March 2025), and a $19,547.70 alternating-pressure pad pump purchase order for VISN 10's Community Living Center at the Dayton VA Medical Center to treat pressure injuries (September 2026). Delivery orders and purchase orders are priced on firm fixed-price basis with completion dates ranging from immediate fulfillment to nine months; places of performance span Greenville, South Carolina (headquarters and primary manufacturing), Dayton, Ohio, Columbia, Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, El Paso, Texas, and Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Activity volume has remained steady — 13 awards in 2023, 17 in 2024, and 10 in 2025 — though the most recent award data (2026) reflects only one order as of the snapshot date. Only one award faces recompete within the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $20 thousand), reflecting the shelf-stock nature of the VA's DME procurement: once Span America's FSS-65-II-A schedule was awarded in May 2022, the contract itself runs through April 2027 and generates continuous replenishment orders rather than periodic new competitions. The company's footprint reflects no federal grant activity, no subcontracting revenue, and no work outside the VA healthcare system.