[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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