48 CFR § 873.101 - 873.101 Policy.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s873.101"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 873.101 - 873.101   Policy."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "873.101"
section_name: "873.101   Policy."
chapter_number: 8
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "DEPARTMENT SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS"
part_number: "873"
part_name: "SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURES FOR HEALTH-CARE RESOURCES"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "38 U.S.C. 8127-8128; 38 U.S.C. 8151-8153; 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 41 U.S.C. 1121(c)(3); 41 U.S.C. 1303; 41 U.S.C. 1702; and 48 CFR 1.301 through 1.304."
regulatory_source: "86 FR 54118, Sept. 30, 2021, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "873"
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# 873.101 873.101   Policy.

(a) *General.* In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 8153, to secure health-care resources which otherwise might not be feasibly available, or to effectively utilize certain other health-care resources, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) may make arrangements by contract for the mutual use, or exchange of use, of health-care resources between VA health-care facilities and any health-care provider, or other entity or individual. This part prescribes simplified procedures for contracts with entities not affiliated with VA under 38 U.S.C. 7302 to secure health-care resources that are a commercial service, or the use of medical equipment or space. VA may enter into such a contract if such resources are not, or would not be, used to their maximum effective capacity. (38 U.S.C. 8153)

(b) *Precedence.* The procedures in this part shall be used in conjunction with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and other parts of the VA Acquisition Regulation (VAAR). However, when a policy or procedure in the FAR or another part of the VAAR is inconsistent with the procedures contained in this part, this part shall take precedence. (38 U.S.C. 8153)