[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 48, Volume 5]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 48CFR801.602]



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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

                CHAPTER 8--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

 

PART 801_VETERANS AFFAIRS ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM--Table of Contents

 

      Subpart 801.6_Career Development, Contracting Activity, and 

                            Responsibilities

 

Sec. 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]