Department of Veterans Affairs June 24, 2019 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Issuance of Class Deviation From VA Acquisition Regulation (VAAR) Part 808-Required Sources of Supplies and Services and Conforming Amendments
Document Number: 2019-13217
Type: Rule
Date: 2019-06-24
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs
VA provides notification that the agency has issued a class deviation from VA Acquisition Regulation (VAAR) Part 808Required Sources of Supplies and Services. VA is amending the VAAR to implement the Federal Circuit's mandate. VA has determined that publication of this notification in the Federal Register would be beneficial to both the agency's acquisition workforce and industry stakeholders. The class deviation, which is effective May 20, 2019, was issued to immediately implement the Federal Circuit's mandate, and this publication is to further notify the public in order to avoid confusion regarding applicable policy and to make conforming amendments to the CFR. The public is invited to submit comments on VA's approach to implementing the Federal Circuit mandate, as set forth in the class deviation and the conforming amendments to the CFR set forth in this publication.
VA Acquisition Regulation: Special Contracting Methods
Document Number: 2019-12759
Type: Rule
Date: 2019-06-24
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending and updating its VA Acquisition Regulation (VAAR) in phased increments to revise or remove any policy superseded by changes in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), to remove procedural guidance internal to VA into the VA Acquisition Manual (VAAM), and to incorporate any new agency specific regulations or policies. These changes seek to align the VAAR with the FAR and remove outdated and duplicative requirements and reduce burden on contractors. The VAAM incorporates portions of the removed VAAR as well as other internal agency acquisition policy. VA will rewrite certain parts of the VAAR and VAAM, and as VAAR parts are rewritten, VA will publish them in the Federal Register. In particular, this rulemaking revises VAAR coverage concerning Special Contracting Methods as well as an affected part covering Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses.
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