United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Office of Acquisition and Logistics — Office of Procurement Policy Services and Warrant Management

Procurement Policy Memorandums

Procurement Policy MemorandumThe Procurement Policy Memorandum (PPM) is the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) method of communicating procedural guidance and policy prescriptions to the acquisition field.  PPMs replace the Information Letters (ILs), Policy Letters, and other documents the VA used in the past to disseminate this information.

The table below lists the PPMs that have been issued by the Office of Procurement Policy Services (PPS) and links to those that are still active.  If you have any questions regarding these Acquisition Policy Flashes, please access our Procurement Policy Team on our points of contact page or email us at VA.Procurement.Policy@va.gov.

Fiscal Year 2012
No. Topic Effective
Date
2012-04 Unique Procurement Instrument Identifier (PIID) 08/29/2012
2012-03 Mandatory Small Business Set Asides for Contract Actions Up to the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT) 06/26/2012
2012-02 Mandatory Usage of VA’s Electronic Contract Management System (eCMS) 06/15/2012
2012-01 Updated Policy and Procedures for Using Reverse Auctions 04/03/2012