SAS Grid Manager Software License Renewal (160 Grid Cores)

The contract renews annual software licenses for 160 grid cores of SAS Grid Manager for Platform, enabling large-scale data processing and job scheduling capabilities essential to the VA’s VINCI research program. This software infrastructure supports complex analytical workloads by distributing computational tasks across multiple cores, ensuring efficient handling of voluminous health and research data critical to veteran care initiatives. The renewal ensures continuity of operations without disruption to ongoing research activities reliant on SAS Grid Manager’s robust parallel processing and scheduling features. The agreement is classified as a subcontract under NAICS code 511210, which pertains to software publishing, and is administered by the Technology Acquisition Center NJ under the Department of Veterans Affairs. The contract was posted on June 25, 2026, with no solicitation number assigned, indicating it was issued as a direct renewal rather than through a competitive bidding process. The place of performance and point of contact details are not specified, but the software will be deployed within the VA’s internal research environment to sustain its mission-critical data analytics infrastructure.