Wahts Hearing LLC

Wahts Hearing LLC, a for-profit limited liability company based in Lebanon, New Hampshire, manufactures wireless automated hearing test systems, boothless audiometric equipment, and integrated hearing assessment software platforms and sells them to federal agencies exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) with no subcontract footprint. The vendor competes full-and-open with no recurrent set-aside posture; roughly half of recent awards carry Total Small Business designations, but the vendor pursues both set-aside and unrestricted opportunities. Wahts Hearing LLC is classified under NAICS 334510 (Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing) and does not carry SBA certifications such as 8(a) or HUBZone.

Wahts Hearing LLC's business model centers on a single Federal Supply Schedule contract (FSS-65-II-A, Medical Equipment and Supplies) held with the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration, awarded December 15, 2022, with a $4 million ceiling running through December 2027. The vendor has also secured a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Medical (Medical Supply Chain), awarded February 24, 2026, with a $21.3 million ceiling through February 23, 2031. These two vehicles anchor virtually all recent transacting. The FSS schedule carries a base unit price of $7,165.33 per wireless automated hearing test system with annual audiology software access at $1,706.03; quantity discounts apply for orders of 21 or more units, with 45-day delivery to the contiguous United States. Recent representative task orders under the FSS include a Department of the Army award for $234,578.20 (wireless hearing test devices for soldier audiometry screening, September 24, 2025), an Indiana National Guard delivery order for $250,542.80 (twenty boothless wireless audiometers for mobile hearing tests, May 30, 2025), and a National Capital Region Integrated Air Defense System award for $230,378.20 (WAHTS hearing devices, August 5, 2025). The newly awarded Defense Logistics Agency IDIQ with the $21.3 million ceiling represents the vendor's largest single vehicle and carries no set-aside designation; this contract is positioned to serve defense-sector hearing-assessment procurement across the Army, Veterans Affairs, Defense Health Agency, Naval Sea Systems Command, and National Guard units.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward defense and federal medical customers. The top five customer agencies by potential-value share account for 91% of combined potential value, dominated by the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Medical (3 awards, $21.3 million ceiling from the new IDIQ), the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration (1 award, $4 million FSS ceiling), the Department of the Army (10 awards, $1.1 million combined), and the Defense Health Agency (8 awards, $761 thousand combined). By award count, the Army leads with 10 delivery orders, followed by Defense Health Agency with 8, and GSA Federal Acquisition Service with 3. National Guard units (Indiana, North Carolina, Colorado, Kansas, Texas, Minnesota, Arkansas, and New Mexico) account for multiple orders across the recent awards slice. The vendor has also worked with Naval Sea Systems Command, the Department of Defense Medical Command (SBIR Phase II contract of $1,099,473.29 awarded April 28, 2023, for a multi-user hearing protection fit test system), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. With 24 distinct customer agencies served and activity concentrated in 2024–2026, Wahts Hearing LLC has shifted from ad-hoc procurement to regular task-order engagement.

Activity has grown sharply year over year — one award each in 2022 and 2023, twelve in 2024, twenty-eight in 2025, and six through early July 2026 — totaling 48 awards with combined potential value of $30 million. Combined dollars obligated to date stand at $4 million (13% of potential value), reflecting the early-stage status of most orders. Three awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $844 thousand, presenting modest recompete exposure. However, the $21.3 million IDIQ and the $4 million FSS contract, both of which remain valid through 2027–2031, represent the structural foundation for future task-order capture and do not require recompete until their respective maturity dates.

The vendor's product suite, as evidenced across delivery orders, consists of the WAHTS AC system (audiometer with annual calibration, quality assurance evaluation, software access, and administrative tablets), boothless wireless audiometry equipment with software calibration services, wireless automated hearing test system headsets, hearing test equipment calibration and maintenance services, and associated audiology software licenses. Delivery orders range from approximately $6,190 to $250,542, with the largest single awards flowing through National Guard units and the Defense Health Agency. The Medical Equipment and Supplies PSC category accounts for 35 of 37 awards under electromedical manufacturing NAICS, confirming tight category focus.