VA acquisition regulations: simplified acquisition procedures for health care resources--VA. Proposed rule.

This document proposes to amend the Department of Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulations (VAAR) to establish simplified procedures for the competitive acquisition of healthcare resources, consisting of commercial services or the use of medical equipment or space, pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 8151-8153. Presently, the VAAR does not contain simplified procedures. In the absence of such procedures, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) follows the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and the current VAAR. Public Law 104-262, the Veterans' Health Care Eligibility Reform Act of 1996, authorized VA to prescribe simplified procedures for the procurement of health-care resources. This proposed rule prescribes those procedures.