VA Directive 7815
April 22, 1998
(i)
Order 72072, Federal Space Management. Contracting officers shall
comply with this Executive Order, especially with Section I-103, in duly considering the
centralized business area and adjacent areas of similar character in determining the
boundaries for the delineated area of competition.
Regulatory Requirements. In developing all VA direct leases, contracting officers
will comply with the requirements of FAR, VAAR and GSAR.
(3) Budgeting
(a)
Leasing Budget/Scoring.
of Management and Budget (OMB)
Circular A-l 1 requires VA to score its leases to determine if a project is an operating or
capital lease. If the determination is made that the action is a capital lease, the lease
request/package must be submitted to 184 for review and appropriate approval/
authorization before proceeding (see App. A).
(b) Lease Funding. Effective October 1, 1996 (FY
leasing and associated costs
for new leases became the responsibility of
and/or
However, funding
for leases existing as of September 30, 1996, will still be distributed by Real Property
Management Office (184) to the respective
at the beginning of the fiscal year.
(c) Community Based Outpatient Clinics. All requirements of this directive apply to
those projects which are determined to be leases pursuant to VHA Directive 96-049,
Veterans Health Administration Policy for Planning and Activating Community Based
Outpatient Clinics.
(d) Benefit Cost Analysis
Upon the determination of need for space, a BCA or
other structured economic analysis must be performed in determining the method of
acquiring space, e.g., lease verses service contracting or constructing space. VHA
Directive 96-052, Procedures for OMB Circular A-94, Benefit Cost Analysis, should be
consulted in determining appropriate action.
(e) Department of Defense (DOD) Base Closures. All requirements of this directive
apply to those projects which are leases entered into pursuant to VHA Directive
100, DOD Base Closure Sites and Their Potential for Use as VA Health Care Facilities.
In addition, such leases shall not be used as a means of circumventing or otherwise
failing to comply with the OMB requirements for obtaining title to DOD bases subject to
the Base Realignment and Closure Act. OMB requirements include paying fair market
value for such property unless an OMB waiver of such payment is granted.
Appropriated funds may not be expended for other than routine maintenance or minimal
work to make the property functional unless VA has an interest in the subject real
property greater than a DOD permit, license, or other revocable authority. Leases
entered into for real property declared excess pursuant to DOD Base Closure statutes
and regulations will be reviewed by the Office of General Counsel (025).
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