United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Office of Acquisition and Logistics — VA Acquisition Regulation (VAAR)

Subchapter B—Comptition and Acquisition Planning
Part 810—Market Research

Sec.  
810.001 Market research policy.
810.002 Market research procedures.

AUTHORITY:  38 U.S.C. 8127 and 8128; 40 U.S.C. 121(c) and (d); and 48 CFR 1.301–1.304.


810.001  Market research policy.

When conducting market research, VA contracting teams shall use the VIP database, at http://www.VetBiz.gov, in addition to other sources of information.

810.002  Market research procedures.

Contracting officers shall record VIP queries in the solicitation file by printing the results of the search(s) along with specific query used to generate the search(s).