[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 14 (Monday, January 22, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 1526-1527]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-668]



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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

48 CFR Parts 801, 802, 803 and 806

RIN 2900-AH62


VA Acquisition Regulation: Senior Procurement Executive and 
Procurement Executive

AGENCY: Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This document amends the Department of Veterans Affairs 
Acquisition Regulations (VAAR) to establish delegations of authority 
for acquisition issues to the Assistant Secretary for Management and to 
the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisition and Materiel Management, 
and to provide for further delegations of certain acquisition issues. 
This document also changes certain VA positions to reflect the correct 
titles.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 22, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wanza Lewis, Acquisition Policy 
Division (95A), Office of Acquisition and Materiel Management, 
Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20420, (202) 565-4424.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This final rule consists of agency 
organization and, consequently, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553, is exempt 
from notice and comment and effective date provisions.
    The Secretary hereby certifies that this final rule will not have a 
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities 
as they are defined in the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), 5 U.S.C. 
601-612. The rule would not directly affect any small entities. 
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 605(b), this final rule is therefore exempt from 
the initial and final regulatory flexibility analysis requirements of 
sections 603 and 604.

List of Subjects

48 CFR Part 801

    Government procurement, Reporting and Recordkeeping requirements.

48 CFR Part 802

    Government procurement.

48 CFR Part 803

    Antitrust, Conflict of Interests, Government procurement.

48 CFR Part 806

    Government procurement.

    Approved: December 15, 1995.
Jesse Brown,
Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

    For the reasons set forth in the preamble, 48 CFR parts 801, 802, 
803 and 806 are amended as follows:

PART 801--VETERANS AFFAIRS ACQUISITION REGULATION SYSTEM

    1. The authority citation for part 801 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501 and 40 U.S.C. 486(c).

    2. Section 801.602 is revised to read as follows:


801.602  Contracting officers.

    (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, VA regulations, VAAR and 
FAR, 

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the authority vested in the Secretary to do the following is delegated 
to the Senior Procurement Executive and is further delegated to the 
Procurement Executive:
    (1) Execute, award, and administer contracts, purchase orders, and 
other agreements (including interagency agreements) for the expenditure 
of funds involved in the acquisition of personal property, service 
(including architect-engineer services), construction, issuing 
Government bills of lading, and for the sale of personal property, 
leases, sales agreements and other transactions;
    (2) Prescribe and publish acquisition policies and procedures;
    (3) Establish clear lines of contracting authority;
    (4) Manage and enhance career development of the procurement work 
force;
    (5) Examine, in coordination with the Office of Federal Procurement 
Policy, the procurement system to determine specific areas where 
Governmentwide performance standards should be established and applied, 
and to participate in the development of Governmentwide procurement 
policies, regulations and standards; and,
    (6) Oversee the competition advocate program.
    (b) Further delegation to execute, award, and administer contracts, 
purchase orders and other agreements will be made in accordance with 
the Contracting Officer Certification Program as prescribed in (VAAR) 
48 CFR 801.670 and 801.690.

PART 802--DEFINITIONS OF WORDS AND TERMS

    3. The authority citation for parts 801, 802, 803 and 806 is 
revised to read as follows:

    Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501 and 40 U.S.C. 486(c).
    4. In Sec. 802.100 paragraph (b) is revised and new paragraph (c) 
is added to read as follows:


802.100  Definitions.

    (a) * * *
    (b) Procurement Executive means the Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Acquisition and Materiel Management.
    (c) Senior Procurement Executive means the Assistant Secretary for 
Management (004). The Senior Procurement Executive is responsible for 
the management direction of the VA acquisition systems.

PART 803--IMPROPER BUSINESS PRACTICES AND PERSONAL CONFLICTS OF 
INTEREST


803.203  [Amended]

    5. In Sec. 803.203 paragraph (b) is amended by removing ``Director, 
Office of Procurement and Supply (90)'' and adding in its place 
``Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisition and Materiel Management''.


803.303  [Amended]

    6. Section 803.303 is amended by removing ``Director, Office of 
Procurement and Supply (90)'' and adding in its place ``Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Acquisition and Materiel Management''.

PART 806--COMPETITION REQUIREMENTS


806.501  [Amended]

    7. In Sec. 806.501, paragraph (a) is amended by removing ``Deputy 
Director, Acquisition and Materiel Management'' and adding in its place 
``Associated Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisitions (90A)''.

[FR Doc. 96-668 Filed 1-19-96; 8:45 am]
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