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This is an Award Notice for a sole source contract to Third Iron LLC for a BrowZine subscription service. The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration (VHA), VA Library Network (VALNET), awarded the contract on February 17, 2026, with a total value of $303,598.00 under award number 36C77626P0017. The awardee, Third Iron LLC, is located at 4821 Fable Hill Parkway North, Hugo, Minnesota 55038, with UEI LHCYSTFRVA91. The contracting office is the Program Contracting Activity Central located at 6100 Oak Tree Boulevard, Suite 490, Independence, Ohio 44131, with Andrew Schoenecker serving as the Contracting Officer and Sharif Ra El as the Contract Specialist (216-800-5076, sharif.ra-el@va.gov).

The contract covers an annual subscription to Third Iron Complete, a commercial off-the-shelf web-based product that provides user-friendly access to the VA's electronic journal collections and simplifies access to full-text articles through library discovery services and databases. The period of performance runs from February 17, 2026, through February 16, 2027, with four 12-month option periods and a six-month extension potential. The product service code is R605, and the NAICS code is 519290. The justification for sole source procurement, included in the attached J&A document, indicates this is necessary to meet VHA's specific operational requirements for promoting usage of online library resources and increasing healthcare provider and researcher workflow efficiency throughout the VA healthcare system.