I’m having a scope crisis. I want to both instantiate a AndroidViewModel from extras passed to onCreate via Intent and also have it available as a val scoped to the entire class. Here is some code that I hope explains what I’m after. How can I achieve this?

    fun onScan(
        scan: String
    ) {
        val kitID = scan
        sendKitReserveRequest(
            kitID = kitID,
            shipmentID = viewModel.shipmentID,    // <------- viewModel out of scope
            onAlert = { title, message ->
                dialogTitle.value = title         // <------- dialogTitle is MutableState class scoped
                dialogMessage.value = message     // <------- dialogMessage is MutableState class scoped
                showMessageDialog.value = true
            },
            onResponse = { response ->
                viewModel.reserveKit(    // <------- viewModel out of scope
                    kitID = kitID,
                    shipmentID = viewModel.shipmentID    // <------- viewModel out of scope
                )
            },
            showProgressDialog = showProgressDialog
        )
    }

    /** Called when the activity is first created.  */
    public override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)

        if(intent.hasExtra(JSON.SHIPMENT_ID)) {
            val viewModel by viewModels<ShipmentViewModel>(
                factoryProducer = {
                    object : ViewModelProvider.Factory {
                        override fun <T : ViewModel> create(modelClass: Class<T>): T {
                            return ShipmentViewModel(
                                application = application,
                                shipmentID = intent.getStringExtra(JSON.SHIPMENT_ID) ?: "0"
                            ) as T
                        }
                    }
                }
            )

            setContent {
                ConceptualSystemsTheme {
                    Scaffold(
                        modifier = Modifier
                            .fillMaxSize()
                    ) { scaffoldPadding ->
                        MainLayout(
                            scaffoldPadding,
                            viewModel
                        )
                    }
                }
            }
        } else {
            //shipmentID is required.  eject from Activity if it is not available.
            finish()
        }
    }

I would like for the viewModel instance to be an immutable val available to the entire class, but the value comes from within onCreate via the Intent extras. Is it possible to achieve this without making a the ShipmentViewModel a lateinit var?