VA Healthcare & Services Contracts — October 31, 2026

Medline received an $88,992,131 firm-fixed-price delivery order from VA (SAC Frederick) covering September 2026 medical-surgical prime vendor expenditures, awarded full and open competition with no set-aside and the recipient explicitly 'Not Designated a Small Business'.

Total obligation and base-plus-options are identical at $88,992,131 and the period of performance runs only 2026-09-01 to 2026-09-30, so this is roughly one month of prime vendor spend rather than a multi-year commitment; the ~$1.07B annualized run-rate is not confirmed by the data.

The $88,992,131 order was recorded on 2026-10-28 for a period beginning 2026-09-01, and outlays to date are $0, indicating a retroactive monthly spend report whose obligation timing and cash conversion should be verified before treating it as forward revenue.

The entire $88,992,131 stream is VA (civilian) medical-surgical supply spending with no DOD component; durability depends on VA medical-supply appropriation continuity rather than NDAA authorization, and no CR or multi-year funding vehicle is evidenced in the data.

Medline's $88,992,131 order shows $0 outlayed to date against a performance period that has already closed (2026-09-30), creating ambiguity on obligation-to-cash timing for the September 2026 prime vendor spend.

The award was full and open competition with no set-aside and the recipient is 'Not Designated a Small Business', so Medline's position reflects an established large-supplier relationship rather than a protected or sole-source moat; competitive signal strength is unknown from a single record.

If the $88,992,131 September 2026 Medline order reflects a stable monthly VA medical-surgical prime vendor run-rate, the implied annualized figure is approximately $1.07B; this is a hypothesis, not a confirmed commitment, and requires recurrence evidence.

The sole award in this stream is an $88,992,131 VA delivery order to Medline under NAICS 423450 / PSC 6515 (medical, dental, and hospital equipment and supplies wholesale distribution), structured as a one-month firm-fixed-price prime vendor expenditure report rather than a new program.

All $88,992,131 in this digest is Department of Veterans Affairs civilian spending, with zero defense-related contracts, so DOD budget, NDAA alignment, and continuing-resolution dynamics are not drivers here.

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