"other than competitive procedures" and the VA
Started by Kid Acquisition · Jul 8, 2019 · 4 replies
- KOriginal post
Kid Acquisition
Jul 8, 2019 · 6y ago
Hello,
Been searching this all morning and figured i'd seek some insight.
I'm a CO for the VA and with the end of year rush I've been looking more into VAAR 813.106(a): Contracting officers may use other than competitive procedures to enter into a contract with a SDVOSB or VOSB when the amount exceeds the micropurchase threshold up to $5 million.
After looking into this for a while it seems relatively straight forward as long as certain basic conditions are met. Am i missing something? Is it truly as simple as it seems to read? While for obvious reasons the VA is largely hesitant of "pulling the trigger" on this, it seems well within our powers to do so.
Any insights are greatly appreciated.
- j
ji20874
Jul 8, 2019 · 6y ago
I don't work in the VA, but if your VAAR says you can do it, give it a try on the next suitable opportunity!
- K
Kid Acquisition
Jul 8, 2019 · 6y ago
I agree. An opportunity is always present, however i'm trying to see if others have seen this or have particular views on the matter. Thank you.
- j
ji20874
Jul 8, 2019 · 6y ago
It might be that your VAAR 813.106(a) citation doesn't make it a wild west situation -- maybe, that citation only covers the procedures described in VAAR 801.7007 (Sole source awards to a verified service-disabled Veteran-owned small business) and -7008 (Sole source awards to a verified Veteran-owned small business).
- R
Retreadfed
Jul 8, 2019 · 6y ago
This procedure is specifically authorized by 38 U.S.C. 8127(e). As ji said, awards can only be made using this procedure to contractors who are in the VA's database of eligible SDVOSBs and VOSBs.