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This is a Sources Sought notice.
The agency is gauging market interest. No bid is being requested yet — submitting a capabilities statement may put you on the radar for the eventual solicitation.
The Department of Veterans Affairs needs a small business to manufacture a spirometer for its hospitals.
Key Details
- What exactly do they need? The Department of Veterans Affairs needs a compact, desktop spirometer for loading and transportation by a physical therapist. It must provide spirometry testing, lung volume measurements, and DLCO single-breath diffusing capacity measurements. The device must be FDA-cleared, comply with ATS/ERS standards, and be compatible with VA-approved hospital-grade disinfectants.
- What's the contract structure and timeline? This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE only, and no proposals are being requested or accepted. The notice is for market research purposes only.
- How will they pick the winner? The notice doesn't say.
- When and how do you bid? The deadline for this information is 4:00 PM Central Time on Monday, July 20th 2026. Interested vendors should submit their responses to the notice.
Routine commodity buy — low-effort bid, modest payoff.
Who can apply
- Must be a certified small business
- Has experience in surgical and medical instrument manufacturing
- Has a quality-management standard like ISO 9001
If you're interested, do this first
- Check that your small business certification is still active in SAM.gov
- Write a 1-page summary of similar work you've done before
- Email the contracting officer to RSVP for the site visit (if any)
Primary point of contact
Name
Jennifer Watkins-Schoenig
Email
jennifer.watkins-schoenig@va.gov
Phone
(319) 688-3631
Office
Contracting Specialist