VA Acquisition Regulation: Service Contracting

This document, with a nonsubstantive change, adopts as a final rule the provisions of a proposal to amend the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Acquisition Regulation pertaining to ``SERVICE CONTRACTING'' and ``SOLICITATION PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT CLAUSES.'' The regulation is amended to implement a class deviation from the Federal Acquisition Regulation by establishing a modified clause for indemnification and medical liability insurance requirements applicable to VA contracts. The use of this clause, instead of the Federal Acquisition Regulation clause, is intended to ensure that contractors providing nonpersonal health-care services to VA are able to comply with State statutes and avoid excessive costs.