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This is a Justification and Approval Notice for a sole source contract award. The Department of Veterans Affairs, Samuel S. Stratton VA Medical Center in Albany, New York (contracting office zip code 12208-3410) awarded contract 36C24226C0042 to the Regents of the University of California, San Francisco for the WRIISC Veterans Control Group Repository project. The contract value is $1,437,506.00, with an award date of February 13, 2026. The contracting officer is Mariangie Rivera (Mariangie.Rivera@va.gov, 518-626-6246). The awardee is located at 1855 Folsom Street, Suite 425, San Francisco, California 94103, with UEI KMH5K9V7S518.

The justification for this sole source award was based on FAR 6.302-5, which permits contracting when authorized or required by statute. The product/service code is AN42 (related to research and development services), and the NAICS code is 541715. The contract relates to the War Related Illness and Injury Study Center (WRIISC), with additional information available at https://www.warrelatedillness.va.gov/. The notice indicates the original solicitation number was 36C24226Q0310, classified as a Limited/Sole Source Justification opportunity under Veterans Integrated Service Network 2 of the Veterans Health Administration.