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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 12 / Thursday, January 21, 2021 / Proposed Rules Paragraph 6005

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That airspace within a 3.8-mile radius of Hughes Airport, AK, and that airspace 2
miles each side of the 194 bearing extending from the 3.8-mile radius south 6.4 miles from the airport, and that airspace extending from the 3.8-mile radius beginning 1.8 miles west of the 14 bearing to Lat. 660855 N, long.
1541632 W to Lat. 661215 N, long.
1541006 W to Lat. 661003 N, long.
1540303 W to Lat. 660723 N, long.
1540818 W to the point on the 3.8-mile radius 1.8 miles east of the 14 bearing.
Issued in Seattle, Washington, on January 11, 2021.
Byron Chew, Acting Group Manager, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS

Background
48 CFR Parts 852 and 873
RIN 2900AQ78

VA Acquisition Regulation: Simplified Procedures for Health-Care Resources Department of Veterans Affairs.
Proposed rule.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The Department of Veterans Affairs VA is proposing to amend and update its VA Acquisition Regulation VAAR in phased increments to revise or remove any policy superseded by changes in the Federal Acquisition Regulation FAR, to remove any procedural guidance internal to VA into the VA Acquisition Manual VAAM, and to incorporate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 These changes seek to streamline and align the VAAR with the FAR and remove outdated and duplicative requirements and reduce burden on contractors.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, will publish them in the Federal Register. VA will combine related topics, as appropriate. This rulemaking revises VAAR coverage concerning Simplified Procedures for Health-Care Resources as well as an affected part concerning Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 22, 2021 to be
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ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted through www.Regulations.gov or mailed to Mr. Rafael Taylor, 003A2A, Department of Veterans Affairs, Procurement Policy and Warrant Management Services, 425 I
Street NW, Room 1064, Washington, DC
20001. Comments should indicate that they are submitted in response to RIN
2900AQ78VA Acquisition Regulation: Simplified Procedures for Health-Care Resources. Comments received will be available at regulations.gov for public viewing, inspection or copies.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Rafael Taylor, Senior Procurement Analyst, Procurement Policy and Warrant Management Services, 003A2A, 425 I Street NW, Washington, DC 20001, 202 3822787. This is not a toll-free number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
This rulemaking is issued under the authority of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy OFPP Act which provides the authority for an agency head to issue agency acquisition regulations that implement or supplement the FAR.
VA is proposing to revise the VAAR
to add new policy or regulatory requirements and to remove any redundant guidance and guidance that is applicable only to VAs internal operating processes or procedures.
Codified acquisition regulations may be amended and revised only through rulemaking. All amendments, revisions and removals have been reviewed and concurred with by VAs Integrated Product Team of agency stakeholders.
The VAAR uses the regulatory structure and arrangement of the FAR
and headings and subject areas are consistent with FAR content. The VAAR
is divided into subchapters, parts each of which covers a separate aspect of acquisition, subparts, and sections.
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act, as codified in 41 U.S.C.
1707, provides the authority for the Federal Acquisition Regulation and for the issuance of agency acquisition regulations consistent with the FAR.
When Federal agencies acquire supplies and services using appropriated funds, the purchase is governed by the FAR, set forth at Title 48 Code of Federal Regulations CFR, chapter 1, parts 1 through 53, and the agency regulations that implement and supplement the FAR. The VAAR is set
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forth at Title 48 CFR, chapter 8, parts 801 to 873.
Discussion and Analysis VA proposes to make the following changes to the VAAR in this phase of its revision and streamlining initiative. For procedural guidance cited below that is proposed to be deleted from the VAAR, each section cited for removal has been considered for inclusion in VAs internal agency operating procedures in accordance with FAR 1.301a2.
Similarly, delegations of authority that are removed from the VAAR will be included in the VAAM as internal departmental guidance. The VAAM is being created in parallel with these revisions to the VAAR and is not subject to the rulemaking process as they are internal VA procedures and guidance.
The VAAM will not be finalized until corresponding VAAR parts are finalized, and therefore the VAAM is not yet available online.
VAAR Part 852Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses We are proposing to revise the following provisions to make minor grammatical corrections and to capitalize all principal words in their titles: 852.27370, Late Offers; 852.273
71, Alternative Negotiation Techniques;
852.27372, Alternative Evaluation;
852.27373, EvaluationHealth-Care Resources, and 852.27374, Award Without Exchanges. The provisions 852.27371, Alternative Negotiation Techniques, and 852.27373, EvaluationHealth-Care Resources, are also amended to revise the citation in the first sentence to read 873.110d.
VAAR Part 873Simplified Procedures for Health-Care Resources We propose to modify the title of part 873 by deleting the word Acquisition to reflect more accurately the meaning of the statute 38 U.S.C. 8153. The title would then be Simplified Procedures for Health-Care Resources. This change avoids any misunderstanding that these acquisitions would be subject to FAR
Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, and the corresponding part 813 in the VAAR.
We also propose to revise the part 873
authorities to add 38 U.S.C. 81278128, VAs unique authority as implemented under the Veterans First Contracting Program.
We propose to replace the 38 U.S.C.
501 citation with 41 U.S.C. 1702 which addresses the acquisition planning and management responsibilities of Chief Acquisition Officers and Senior Procurement Executives, to include implementation of unique procurement
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