TITLE 48 - FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

CHAPTER 8 - DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

SUBCHAPTER A - GENERAL

PART 801 - VETERANS AFFAIRS ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

801.602 - Contracting officers.

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

[61 FR 1526, Jan. 22, 1996]