diff --git a/python/marvin/contrib/__init__.py b/python/marvin/contrib/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/python/marvin/contrib/vacs/__init__.py b/python/marvin/contrib/vacs/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c9d1a0f79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/marvin/contrib/vacs/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# !usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Licensed under a 3-clause BSD license.
+#
+# @Author: Brian Cherinka
+# @Date:   2018-06-21 15:11:40
+# @Last modified by:   Brian Cherinka
+# @Last Modified time: 2018-06-21 17:18:21
+
+from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
+import pkgutil
+import importlib
+import os
+
+
+pkg_dir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+for (module_loader, name, ispkg) in pkgutil.iter_modules([pkg_dir]):
+    if name != 'base':
+        importlib.import_module('marvin.contrib.vacs.{0}'.format(name), __package__)
+
+
+from marvin.contrib.vacs.base import VACMixIn
+
diff --git a/python/marvin/contrib/vacs/base.py b/python/marvin/contrib/vacs/base.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..84e7af2da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/marvin/contrib/vacs/base.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# !usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Licensed under a 3-clause BSD license.
+#
+# @Author: Brian Cherinka
+# @Date:   2018-06-21 17:01:09
+# @Last modified by:   Brian Cherinka
+# @Last Modified time: 2018-06-22 11:22:39
+
+from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
+import abc
+import six
+import time
+import os
+from marvin.core.exceptions import MarvinError
+from sdss_access.sync import RsyncAccess
+
+
+class VACMixIn(object, six.with_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta)):
+    ''' This mixin allows for integrating a VAC into Marvin '''
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def _get_from_file(self):
+        ''' This method controls accessing a VAC from a local file '''
+        pass
+
+    def download_vac(self, name=None, **path_params):
+        """Download the VAC using rsync """
+
+        if 'MANGA_SANDBOX' not in os.environ:
+            os.environ['MANGA_SANDBOX'] = os.path.join(os.getenv("SAS_BASE_DIR"), 'mangawork/manga/sandbox')
+
+        if not RsyncAccess:
+            raise MarvinError('sdss_access is not installed')
+        else:
+            rsync_access = RsyncAccess()
+            rsync_access.remote()
+            rsync_access.add(name, **path_params)
+            rsync_access.set_stream()
+            rsync_access.commit()
+            paths = rsync_access.get_paths()
+            time.sleep(0.001)  # adding a millisecond pause for download to finish and file extistence to register
+            self.filename = paths[0]  # doing this for single files, may need to change
diff --git a/python/marvin/contrib/vacs/dapall.py b/python/marvin/contrib/vacs/dapall.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..822701b86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/marvin/contrib/vacs/dapall.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# !usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Licensed under a 3-clause BSD license.
+#
+# @Author: Brian Cherinka
+# @Date:   2018-06-21 15:13:07
+# @Last modified by:   Brian Cherinka
+# @Last Modified time: 2018-06-21 19:08:03
+
+from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
+
+from marvin.contrib.vacs.base import VACMixIn
+from sdss_access.path import Path
+
+
+class DapVAC(VACMixIn):
+
+    def _get_from_file(self):
+        self._filename = Path().full('dapall', dapver='2.1.3', drpver='v2_3_1')
+
+    @property
+    def dap_vac_row(self):
+        return {'ddapvac': 'dfdf', 'stuff': self.plateifu}
+
+
diff --git a/python/marvin/contrib/vacs/vactest.py b/python/marvin/contrib/vacs/vactest.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..52bda174a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/marvin/contrib/vacs/vactest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# !usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Licensed under a 3-clause BSD license.
+#
+# @Author: Brian Cherinka
+# @Date:   2018-06-21 18:57:07
+# @Last modified by:   Brian Cherinka
+# @Last Modified time: 2018-06-21 19:07:00
+
+from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
+from marvin.contrib.vacs.base import VACMixIn
+from sdss_access.path import Path
+
+
+class TestVAC(VACMixIn):
+
+    def _get_from_file(self):
+        self._filename = Path().full('dapall', dapver='2.1.3', drpver='v2_3_1')
+
+    @property
+    def test_vac_row(self):
+        return {'testvac': 'this is a test'}
+
diff --git a/python/marvin/core/core.py b/python/marvin/core/core.py
index 270e3a0e4..9ee0c31aa 100644
--- a/python/marvin/core/core.py
+++ b/python/marvin/core/core.py
@@ -60,7 +60,17 @@ def kwargsGet(kwargs, key, replacement):
 breadcrumb = MarvinBreadCrumb()
 
 
-class MarvinToolsClass(object, six.with_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta)):
+class VACMeta(abc.ABCMeta):
+
+    def __new__(mcs, clsname, bases, attrs):
+        from marvin.contrib.vacs.base import VACMixIn
+        sub = VACMixIn.__subclasses__()
+        bases = bases + tuple(sub)
+        newclass = super(VACMeta, mcs).__new__(mcs, clsname, bases, attrs)
+        return newclass
+
+
+class MarvinToolsClass(object, six.with_metaclass(VACMeta)):
     """Marvin tools main base class.
 
     This super class implements the :ref:`decision tree <marvin-dma>`
@@ -169,6 +179,13 @@ def __init__(self, input=None, filename=None, mangaid=None, plateifu=None,
         # Sanity check to make sure data_origin has been properly set.
         assert self.data_origin in ['file', 'db', 'api'], 'data_origin is not properly set.'
 
+        # Load VACS
+        # self.vacs = {}
+        # from marvin.contrib.vacs import VACMixIn
+        # vacclasses = VACMixIn.__subclasses__()
+        # for vac in vacclasses:
+        #     self.vacs[vac.__name__.lower()] = vac().__getattribute__('vac_row')
+
     def _determine_inputs(self, input):
         """Determines what inputs to use in the decision tree."""