Spectrum Medical Inc.

Spectrum Medical Inc., a foreign-owned, for-profit company headquartered in Fort Mill, South Carolina, supplies cardiac surgical equipment, perfusion technologies, software systems, and maintenance services to the Department of Veterans Affairs as a prime contractor (97% of recent awards), competing on full-and-open basis with no set-aside designations. The vendor is the original equipment manufacturer and authorized distributor for Quantum Perfusion Technologies heart-lung machines, extracorporeal pumps, and related clinical interfacing software, positioning it as a sole-source supplier across multiple VA medical centers.

Spectrum Medical's customer footprint is heavily concentrated in the Veterans Health Administration. The Department of Veterans Affairs accounts for 93% of combined potential value across all awards, with VA Headquarters' single $4.5 million indefinite delivery contract for Terumo extracorporeal perfusion pumps (awarded September 30, 2025, running through September 29, 2027) anchoring the dollar concentration. Within VA's regional networks, Veterans Integrated Service Network 1 leads by award count (10 awards, $3.3 million combined potential value), followed by VISN 12 (5 awards, $1.1 million) and VISN 17 (4 awards, $622 thousand). The Department of the Army Medical Command rounds out the active customer set with three awards valued at $200 thousand. Scope spans multiple VA medical centers nationwide — West Haven, Connecticut; West Roxbury, Massachusetts; Portland, Oregon; Madison, Wisconsin; Houston, Texas; and Boston, Massachusetts among named locations — with administrative oversight from Kansas for the IDC.

Representative prime work includes a $710.972 million purchase order from VISN 1 (August 26, 2025) for Quantum Perfusion Technologies frames, modules, mounting systems, accessories, sensor kits, and SAP cables running through November 12, 2029; a $370.773 thousand license and service agreement with VISN 1 (July 20, 2024) for the Spectrum Medical VISION Quantum Perfusion clinical EMR system renewal and support through July 19, 2027; a $303.002 thousand exercise of option year 2 with VISN 1 (October 16, 2024) for sentinel service on heart-lung bypass equipment at West Roxbury through October 15, 2027; and a $245.327 thousand sole-source Quantum Heater Cooler system from VISN 20 (September 18, 2024) awarded under 41 USC 3304(a)(5) for the Portland VA Medical Center. Software and maintenance work includes a $208 thousand Spectrum Vision Vue software license from VISN 17 (June 1, 2024) through May 31, 2028, and annual preventive-maintenance contracts ranging from $93.577 thousand to $200.635 thousand across multiple networks. The vendor carries NAICS 334510 (Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing) and PSC Medical and Surgical Instruments, Equipment, and Supplies (17 awards) as its primary coding footprint.

Activity has contracted year over year — six awards in 2022 declining to one in 2026 — with five awards (combined potential value $990 thousand) reaching ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months and facing recompete exposure. Spectrum Medical subcontracts in a minimal capacity (3% of recent awards); one sub-award on an Army-facing contract in June 2025 supplies Quantum components including frames, mounting systems, sensor kits, and sterile technique modules to a prime contractor in support of the Airman Decision Making Interface and Research (ADMIRE) program. The vendor's footprint is narrow and specialized: exclusive focus on VA cardiac surgical equipment procurement, sole-source positioning on manufactured goods and maintenance, and no presence on government-wide vehicles or multi-agency IDIQs, making it highly dependent on periodic VA refresh cycles and recompete outcomes at individual medical centers.