The Veterans Integrated Service Network 6 (Department of Veterans Affairs) awarded a purchase order to Sakura Finetek U.S.A., Inc. for $78,500.00 on September 1, 2024, to provide service maintenance for Sakura Tissue Tek equipment, including labor, parts, tools, calibration, and travel. The procurement was sole-source under FAR 13.106-1(b) with no small business set-aside. Performance occurs at East Fayetteville, North Carolina. The order covers annual maintenance of a Sakura Tissue Tek Processor, Tissue-Tek TEC 6 Cryo Module, and associated embedding and cryo modules. The period of performance runs through August 31, 2029. The underlying solicitation, posted July 25, 2024, required the contractor to be an authorized original equipment manufacturer, authorized distributor, or authorized reseller; gray market and remanufactured items were excluded.