Alliant Healthcare

What Alliant Healthcare does

Alliant Healthcare (legal entity: Alliant Enterprises, LLC) is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) founded in 2002 by Air Force veteran Bob Taylor in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The company distributes medical devices and healthcare products to U.S. federal healthcare facilities — primarily Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals, Department of Defense (DoD) hospitals, and Indian Health Service facilities — through a portfolio of pre-established government purchasing contracts including ECAT, FSS, MSPV, DAPA, PMCE, and HTME vehicles administered by the Defense Logistics Agency. Alliant serves as a contracting intermediary and channel partner for major OEM medical device manufacturers including Olympus, Philips, Arjo, Skytron, and others, providing federal customers access to more than 100,000 SKUs of medical equipment.

The business operates three divisions: Alliant Healthcare Products (federal distribution), Medisurge (medical device contract manufacturing with Class 7 and Class 8 clean rooms for TAA/BAA-compliant production), and Alliant Biotech (biotechnology solutions for disease prevention). The proprietary Surge Cardiovascular line of open-heart surgery products is sold globally and has reportedly grown 56% annually since 2010. The company's technology backbone consists of its contract infrastructure — particularly the Patient Monitoring & Capital Equipment (PMCE) contract valued at $450 million over 10 years — and a net-centric ordering, distribution, and payment system for federal buyers.

Alliant's revenue model combines transaction-based distribution (acting as a federally qualified intermediary capturing a take-rate on medical device sales through government vehicles) with professional services revenue from contract manufacturing. Sales are driven by a field-based team of Area Vice Presidents and inside sales staff who navigate federal acquisition regulations alongside contracting officers. The company has surpassed $1 billion in cumulative federal healthcare sales as of October 2024, achieved approximately $112 million in annual federal sales by mid-2022, and has a notably concentrated customer base limited to U.S. federal agencies. Headcount stands at 71 employees as of February 2024, with veterans comprising roughly 30% of staff and the majority of senior management.

Name

Alliant Healthcare

Legal name

Alliant Enterprises, LLC

Website

https://allianthealthcare.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Alliant Healthcare is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business that distributes medical devices and provides contract manufacturing, serving U.S. federal healthcare facilities (VA, DoD, Indian Health Service) through pre-established government purchasing contracts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Federal Healthcare Distribution

NAICS

Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing (3391), Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing (339112)

SIC

Wholesale-Medical, Dental & Hospital Equipment & Supplies (5047), Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus (3841)

akta.pro primary industry

Durable Medical Equipment (DME) & Home Health Distribution (CRAOAHAF)

Keywords

• Federal medical distribution
• Government healthcare contracting
• Medical device distribution
• Veteran-owned SDVOSB
• VA medical procurement

Headquarters

HQ city

Grand Rapids

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Federal Government Medical Product Sales: Direct sales of medical devices and healthcare products to federal government customers including VA hospitals, DoD hospitals, and Indian Health Service facilities through pre-established government contracts. The company acts as a distributor and contracting intermediary for OEM medical device manufacturers.
2. Contract Manufacturing (Medisurge): Full-service contract manufacturing for startups and OEMs, offering precision machining, robotics, and advanced manufacturing capabilities for medical devices including metal orthopedic implants (knee and hip implants via Signal Medical partnership).
3. Surge Cardiovascular Products: Proprietary cardiovascular products for open heart surgery sold globally under the Surge Cardiovascular brand, with reported annual growth of 56% since 2010.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Alliant Healthcare distributes medical devices, capital equipment, pharmaceuticals, and biologics to U.S. federal customers — primarily the Veterans Health Administration, Department of Defense, Indian Health Service, and federal prison system — under pre-established government contract vehicles. Through four operating divisions (Alliant Healthcare Products, Medisurge, Alliant Biotech, Surge Cardiovascular) and contract-manufactured products such as the MiniCAT Point of Care CT scanner, the company delivers 1,500+ product lines from 100+ OEM partners.

Product overview

Alliant Healthcare operates as a family of companies focused on medical device manufacturing, government distribution, and biotechnology. The core offering is Alliant Healthcare Products, a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business providing federal government customers (VA, DoD, Indian Health Service) access to tens of thousands of medical products through pre-established government contracts (ECAT, FSS, PMCE, DAPA). Supporting divisions include Surge Cardiovascular (cardiovascular surgical devices for open heart surgery), Medisurge Products (contract manufacturing with clean room capabilities), and Alliant Biotech (biotechnology solutions for disease prevention). The company also distributes specific medical devices including the MiniCAT point of care CT scanner and Olympus endoscopy equipment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Surge Cardiovascular: Cardiovascular products for open heart surgery, sold globally with 56% annual growth since 2010
• Patriot Promise

Products and services

• Alliant Healthcare Products Flagship distribution division of Alliant Healthcare focused on federal medical device and supply sales to VA, DoD, Indian Health Service, and federal prison facilities, leveraging 1,500+ product lines from 100+ OEM partners.
• Medisurge Alliant Healthcare division dedicated to surgical tables, table accessories, and surgical capital equipment for federal OR/sterile processing environments, distributed through OEM partners such as Skytron, LINET, and Belimed.
• Alliant Biotech Alliant Healthcare division distributing biologics, wound-care, and diagnostic products to federal healthcare customers, including product lines from Bio-Tissue and Signal Medical.
• Surge Cardiovascular Alliant Healthcare division focused on cardiology product distribution for federal cardiology departments, working alongside OEM partners in the cardiovascular space.
• MiniCAT Point of Care CT Scanner Point-of-care CT scanner assembled by Alliant Healthcare under contract manufacturing in its clean room, supplied to federal customers alongside partner Xoran and other imaging OEMs.

Quantifiable outcome

• Surpassed $1 billion in cumulative federal government healthcare sales in October 2024
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Signal Medical CorporationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 January 2023Medisurge entered an exclusive contract manufacturing partnership with Signal Medical Corporation for knee and hip implants and instrument systems for orthopedic surgeons. The partnership expands Medisurge's capabilities to include metal fabrication, polishing, ionizing, and cleaning technologies.
• Bio-TissuecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 13 June 2016Partnership for customer support within Federal Government facilities. Bio-Tissue is the industry leader in regenerative tissue therapies and ocular hygiene products for lid margin and ocular surface diseases, providing AmnioGraft, AmnioGuard, PROKERA products, and Cliradex line.
• LogiQuipcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 February 2016Alliant Healthcare became the exclusive provider of LogiQuip products into Federal Government facilities including VA hospitals, Department of Defense facilities, and Indian Health institutions. LogiQuip is a market leader in healthcare storage solutions since 1992, providing hospital storage and distribution systems.
• Olympus America Inc.coreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerOEM partner on PMCE contract providing medical equipment including endoscopy equipment based on Evis Exera III platform. Also partner on ECAT contracts for Olympus Medical and Olympus Life Sciences products including GI, Endoscopy, Urology, ENT, microscopes and accessories.
• Philips HealthcarecoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerOEM partner on PMCE contract providing medical equipment and technology to federal government healthcare facilities.
• ArjocoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerOEM partner on PMCE contract providing medical equipment to federal government healthcare facilities.
• SkytroncoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerOEM partner on PMCE contract providing medical equipment to federal government healthcare facilities.
• LINET AmericascoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerOEM partner on PMCE contract providing hospital beds and medical equipment to federal government healthcare facilities.
• Belimed Inc.coreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerOEM partner on PMCE contract providing medical equipment to federal government healthcare facilities.
• PROCEPT BioRoboticscoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerOEM partner on PMCE contract providing surgical devices to federal government healthcare facilities.
• Veran Medical TechnologiescoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerOEM partner on PMCE contract providing medical technology to federal government healthcare facilities.
• Olympus Life SciencescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for Laboratory ECAT contract providing state-of-the-art microscopes and accessories, as well as other laboratory products to federal government customers.
• Xoran TechnologiescoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerManufacturer of MiniCAT point of care CT scanner for HTME contract. The system provides digital images of sinuses, temporal bones, and skull base, rendering images in less than a minute for diagnosis during initial appointment.

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Cardinal Health: Diversified healthcare services and medical product distribution company with significant U.S. federal government healthcare sales. Comparable as a large-scale medical distributor that serves federal customers through dedicated government channels, though with broader pharmaceutical and clinical offerings.
• Henry Schein: Large distributor of medical, dental, and animal health products to office-based healthcare practitioners and government customers. Comparable as a medical device and supply distributor with federal sales capabilities, serving a similar buyer type though across commercial and government segments.
• McKesson Medical-Surgical: A division of McKesson Corporation distributing medical-surgical supplies and equipment to federal and commercial healthcare providers. Directly comparable as one of the largest medical equipment distributors serving hospitals and government healthcare facilities, though at significantly greater scale and without SDVOSB focus.
• Medline Industries: Privately held manufacturer and distributor of medical supplies and clinical solutions sold to hospitals, surgery centers, and federal healthcare facilities. Directly comparable as a major medical supply distributor with manufacturing capabilities and government healthcare sales.
• Owens & Minor: Healthcare logistics and medical product distribution company serving hospitals, GPOs, and federal customers. Comparable as a medical-surgical supply distributor with federal government sales and product diversification strategy.
• Patterson Companies: Distributor of dental, animal health, and medical products to practitioners and institutions. Comparable as a specialty medical/dental distributor with federal supply schedule presence, overlapping with Alliant's dental and laboratory ECAT contract offerings.
• Government Scientific Source: Distributor of scientific, medical, and laboratory products to federal government agencies. Closely comparable as a smaller, federal-focused medical and laboratory supply distributor operating under GSA and federal contract vehicles, directly competing for VA, DoD, and IHS contracts.

Broad incumbents

• Integer Holdings: Medical device contract manufacturer focused on cardiovascular, orthopedic, and surgical products. Comparable as a high-volume medical device manufacturer serving OEMs globally, including in cardiovascular (Surge Cardiovascular) and orthopedic (Medisurge/Signal Medical) end markets.
• Viant Medical: Contract manufacturer of medical devices and components, including orthopedic implants and minimally invasive surgical devices. Comparable to Alliant's Medisurge division as a medical device contract manufacturer serving OEMs, though at significantly larger scale and without federal contracting focus.
• Tecomet: Contract manufacturer of orthopedic implants, surgical instruments, and precision medical components. Comparable to Medisurge's orthopedic implant manufacturing (via Signal Medical partnership) and to Alliant's surgical instrument kitting capabilities, operating as a private-equity-owned Tier 1 contract manufacturer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance11 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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