SSJ - VPR Cancer Linkage System (Redacted).pdf

This is a Determination & Findings document for a sole source acquisition by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Materiel and Management Base (RMZB).

The contracting activity is USAFSAM/PHR (United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, Epidemiology Consultant Service Division), which requires access to data from the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR) Virtual Pooled Registry (VPR) Cancer Linkage System. The determination justifies a single source procurement under RFO 12.102(a) (Commercial Products and Services), finding that only one source is reasonably available. The document establishes that NAACCR is the sole provider of the specialized VPR infrastructure necessary to support the All Department of the Air Force (DAF) Cancer Study, which investigates potential increases in cancer incidence rates among DAF personnel and associated career fields. The findings emphasize that the VPR system, funded by the National Cancer Institute and uniquely maintained by NAACCR, connects researchers with multiple U.S. cancer registries through a single, secure, centralized online interface currently comprising forty-seven state and local registries. The document notes that accessing civilian population-based tumor registry data through NAACCR is operationally necessary to achieve comprehensive cancer data capture across the entire lifetime of active duty service members, with no other known commercial or public source capable of providing this consolidated linkage capability. The alternative of bypassing the centralized system would require establishing individual contracts with forty-three separate state and local registry entities, introducing severe administrative, legal, and financial inefficiencies that would compromise project timelines. The determination was signed on September 18, 2026.