Stripes Global, Inc.

Stripes Global, Inc., a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) and SBA 8(a) certified firm based in Gig Harbor, Washington, supplies specialized medical, laboratory, and life science equipment and consumables to the federal government as a prime contractor exclusively, with no subcontractor footprint in its recent award history. The company holds HUBZone certification and is self-certified as a small disadvantaged business, competing predominately under set-asides — SDVOSB set-asides and total small business set-asides characterize the bulk of its recent work, though an increasing share of its volume flows through unrestricted procurements.

Stripes Global's capability portfolio centers on hospital and clinical laboratory instrumentation: erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) analyzers, osmometers, flow cytometry equipment, and related consumables (reagents, supplies, wash fluid) form the core. The company also delivers specialized pharmacy and cleanroom support — mobile pharmacy cleanroom trailers meeting USP 797 and 800 standards, laminar flow workstations, compounding aseptic equipment, and installation and validation services. Medical gas supply (oxygen, nitrogen, nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide, liquid nitrogen, dry ice) across multiple VA networks represents a second major capability stream. Representative work includes a $3.21 million definitive contract from Veterans Integrated Service Network 15 (April 2026) for a mobile pharmacy trailer for pharmaceutical compounding; a $987,286.59 SDVOSB set-aside definitive contract from VISN 22 (May 2025) for medical gas cylinders and supply services through May 2030; and a $683,165.35 BPA from VISN 15 (May 2026) for cost-per-test automated ESR analyzers running through April 2031. The company also ships broader laboratory instrumentation — tissue homogenizers, microplate readers, spectrophotometers, biomolecular imagers, 10X Genomics sequencing kits — and simulation training equipment (manikins, VR simulators) to VA facilities.

Customer concentration is extreme and narrow. The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration dominates, accounting for 42% of recent awards across 170 VISN-level customers. Within that, VISN 22 (Southern California and southern Nevada) alone represents 88 awards valued at $12.2 million combined potential value — roughly 17% of the company's entire recent portfolio. The next four highest-volume customers are VISN 19, VISN 15, VISN 2, and VISN 20, each delivering 18–22 awards. These five VISNs account for $40.3 million combined potential value, or 57% of all dollars in Stripes Global's recent award base. Non-VA customers are scattered: the Indian Health Service, Defense Health Agency, Secret Service, CDC, USDA, National Institute on Aging, NIST, and Air Mobility Command each appear in single-digit award counts. This concentration creates dependency risk — VISN 22 alone could represent turnover and recompete exposure approaching a quarter of the company's federal footprint.

Stripes Global holds a portfolio of indefinite delivery contracts and blanket purchase agreements anchoring recurring task-order placement. The GSA Federal Supply Schedule (47QSMS24D002L) carries a $475,000 ceiling through February 2029 and covers analytical instruments (Special Item Number 334516). Five active IDIQs and BPAs drive the bulk of volume: a $683,165.35 BPA from VISN 15 for cost-per-test ESR analyzers (May 2026–April 2031); an $800,000 BPA from VISN 1 for ALCOR ISED laboratory supplies and reagents (December 2021–November 2026, supporting Manchester, West Haven, Providence, and Gorst locations); a $542,334.37 IDC from VISN 2 for CPRR flow cytometry products and services (March 2023–March 2027, Snyder, New York); a $361,200 IDC from VISN 17 for ESR equipment and testing (June 2023–May 2028, Dallas, Texas); and an $108,312 IDC from VISN 22 for liquid nitrogen (December 2022–November 2027, San Diego, California). Delivery orders flow consistently under these vehicles, enabling recurring procurement patterns and reducing the need for full solicitation cycles.

Activity has contracted over the past five years, moving from 34 awards in 2022 to 17 in 2025 before rebounding slightly to 22 in 2026. Annual volume sits at roughly one-fifth the 2022 baseline, reflecting either market saturation within the VA or customer shift toward larger prime integrators for multi-facility roll-ups. The company faces a recompete cliff of twenty awards valued at $7.3 million combined potential value with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months — these awards include VISN-level task orders under existing BPAs and IDCs that are near their option-period limits and will require re-solicitation or re-negotiation.

SCI-reported invoicing for Stripes Global covers service contracts above the $150,000 reporting threshold and totals $5.7 million across fiscal years 2022–2025, with $1.4 million invoiced in FY2023 and $4.3 million in FY2025, reflecting the capital-equipment and supply-driven nature of the company's business. The SCI dataset carries seventeen prime records and zero named-subcontractor records, indicating no reported subcontract engagement; across those prime records, an average of 11% of contractor hours were performed by named subs, though the low FTE footprint (0.1 FTEs in FY2023, 0.2 FTEs in FY2025) and the SCI threshold itself limit the visibility into the full labor picture. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI records ran a median of $7,381 per hour, with rates at the 90th percentile reaching $12,791 per hour, consistent with specialized laboratory equipment and engineering services. Stripes Global operates as a 100% prime contractor across its award portfolio with no subcontract footprint — all work is performed in-house or through manufacturer partnerships and supplier relationships rather than through named subcontractors to other primes.

Stripes Global competes almost exclusively as a sole prime under SDVOSB and small-business set-asides within VA networks, reflecting its profile as a specialized supplier to a single dominant customer. The company's federal contracting footprint remains narrow and highly specialized — medical laboratory equipment distribution to veteran healthcare facilities — with limited diversification into other customer agencies or capability domains. Recent expansion into non-VA markets (Indian Health Service, Defense Health Agency, CDC, USDA) remains marginal in volume and appears opportunistic rather than strategic.

tripes Medical, LLC is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), focusing on providing both preventive-class and treatment-class products to ensure end-to-end healthcare solutions. Stripes Medical, LLC is committed to providing the VA, DOD healthcare systems and large GPOs and IDNs with high-quality solutions. Stripes Medical, LLC was founded on the principle of providing high-quality medical, dental and life science equipment, devices, services, and commodities to veterans, soldiers, and those in need.

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