[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: 48CFR811.202]



[Page 168-169]

 

            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

                CHAPTER 8--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

 

PART 811_DESCRIBING AGENCY NEEDS--Table of Contents

 

       Subpart 811.2_Using and Maintaining Requirements Documents

 

Sec. 811.202  Maintenance of standardization documents.





    (a) Military and departmental specifications. Contracting officers 

may, when they deem it to be advantageous to the Department of Veterans 

Affairs, utilize these specifications when procuring supplies and 

equipment costing less than the simplified acquisition threshold. 

However, when purchasing items of perishable subsistence, contracting 

officers shall observe only those exemptions set forth in paragraphs 

(b)(2) and (b)(3) of this section.

    (b) Nutrition and Food Service specifications. (1) The Department of 

Veterans Affairs has adopted for use in the procurement of packinghouse 

products, the purchase descriptions and specifications set forth in the 

Institutional Meat Purchase Specifications (IMPS), and the IMPS General 

Requirements, which have been developed by the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture. Purchase descriptions and specifications for dairy 

products, poultry, eggs, fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables, as well 

as certain packinghouse products selected from the IMPS especially for 

Department of Veterans Affairs use, are contained in Part IV of the 

Federal Supply Catalog, Stock List, FSC Group 89, Subsistence, 

Publication No. C8900-SL. A copy of Part IV of this catalog and the IMPS 

may be obtained from any Department of Veterans Affairs contracting 

officer.

    (2) The military specifications for meat and meat products contained 

in Part IV of the Federal Supply Catalog, Stock List, FSC Group 89, 

Subsistence, shall be used by the Department of Veterans Affairs only 

when purchasing such items of subsistence from the Defense Logistics 

Agency (DLA). Military specifications for poultry, eggs, and egg 

products contained in Part IV of the Federal Supply Catalog, Stock List, 

FSC Group 89, Subsistence, may be used when purchasing either from DLA 

or from local dealers.



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    (3) Except as authorized in part 846 of this chapter, contracting 

officers shall not deviate from the specifications contained in Part IV 

of the Federal Supply Catalog, Stock List, FSC Group 89, Subsistence, 

and the IMPS without prior approval of the Deputy Assistant Secretary 

for Acquisition and Materiel Management.

    (4) Items of meat, cured pork and poultry not listed in either Part 

IV of the Federal Supply Catalog, Stock List, FSC Group 89, Subsistence, 

or the IMPS, will not be purchased without prior approval of the Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for Acquisition and Materiel Management.

    (c) Department of Veterans Affairs specifications. (1) The Director, 

Publications Service, is responsible for developing, publishing, and 

distributing Department of Veterans Affairs specifications covering 

printing and binding.

    (2) Department of Veterans Affairs specifications, as they are 

revised, are placed in stock in the VA Forms and Publications Depot. 

Facility requirements for these specifications will be requisitioned 

from that source.

    (d) Government paper specification standards. (1) Invitations for 

bids, requests for proposals, purchase orders, or other procurement 

instruments covering the purchase of paper stocks to be used in 

duplicating or printing, or which specify the paper stocks to be used in 

buying printing, binding, or duplicating, will require that such paper 

stocks be in accordance with the Government Paper Specification 

Standards issued by the Joint Committee on Printing of Congress.

    (2) All binding or rebinding of books, magazines, pamphlets, 

newspapers, slip cases and boxes will be procured in accordance with 

Government Printing Office (GPO) specifications and will be procured 

from the servicing GPO Regional Printing Procurement Office or, when 

appropriate, from commercial sources.

    (3) There are three types of binding/rebinding: Class A (hard 

cover); Perfect (glued); and Lumbinding (sewn). The most suitable type 

of binding will be procured to satisfy the requirements, based upon the 

intended use of the bound material.