[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: 48CFR801.680]



[Page 148-149]

 

            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. 801.680  Contracting authority of the Inspector General.



    (a) As provided by section 6(a) of Pub. L. 95-452 (October 12, 

1978), the Inspector General is authorized to enter into contracts and 

other arrangements for audits, studies, analyses, and other



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services with public agencies and with private persons, and to make such 

payments as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act, to 

the extent and in such amounts as may be provided in advance by 

appropriations Acts.

    (b) In exercising the special authority provided in paragraph (a) of 

this section, the Inspector General may request the assistance of the 

servicing Acquisition and Materiel Management Service in developing 

appropriate contract or agreement documents.

    (c) If, in the opinion of the Inspector General, a reason to 

exercise the special authority does not exist, the services required by 

the Inspector General shall be obtained by the servicing Acquisition and 

Materiel Management Service or the local purchase and contract activity 

in accordance with the provisions of FAR and VAAR.

    (d) Contracts entered into under the authority of paragraph (a) of 

this section are subject to the provisions of the Federal Acquisition 

Regulation. In addition, such contracts are subject to those provisions 

of VAAR which implement and supplement the FAR on matters other than 

those stemming from or related to delegations of the Secretary's 

contracting authority (e.g., management controls and approvals specified 

in subpart 837.2 will not apply to contract actions under the contract 

authority of the Inspector General).



[49 FR 12583, Mar. 29, 1984, as amended at 50 FR 791, Jan. 7, 1985; 54 

FR 31964, Aug. 3, 1989; 61 FR 11586, Mar. 21, 1996; 63 FR 69218, Dec. 

16, 1998]