# VA Acquisition Regulation: Special Contracting Methods
> **US Department of Veterans Affairs** · Final rule. · Published 2019-06-24 · Effective 2019-07-24 · 84 FR 29391
## Document
- **Document number:** 2019-12759
- **Category:** va-other
- **Agency:** US Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Federal Register citation:** 84 FR 29391
- **CFR reference:** 48 CFR 817
- **Publication date:** 2019-06-24
- **Effective date:** 2019-07-24
## Abstract

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending and updating its VA Acquisition Regulation (VAAR) in phased increments to revise or remove any policy superseded by changes in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), to remove procedural guidance internal to VA into the VA Acquisition Manual (VAAM), and to incorporate any new agency specific regulations or policies. These changes seek to align the VAAR with the FAR and remove outdated and duplicative requirements and reduce burden on contractors. The VAAM incorporates portions of the removed VAAR as well as other internal agency acquisition policy. VA will rewrite certain parts of the VAAR and VAAM, and as VAAR parts are rewritten, VA will publish them in the Federal Register. In particular, this rulemaking revises VAAR coverage concerning Special Contracting Methods as well as an affected part covering Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/06/24/2019-12759/va-acquisition-regulation-special-contracting-methods)
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