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Office of Acquisition and Logistics (OAL)

 

Procurement Guidance and Instruction Service

The primary mission of the Procurement Guidance and Instruction Service (PGIS) is to maintain the VA Acquisition Manual (VAAM), enhance mission performance and preserve the integrity of the VA Acquisition Management Program (AMP) by providing accurate, innovative, courteous and timely guidance to our customers.

Services

  • Formulates, reviews, implements and manages the internal-facing VAAM
  • Develops guidance for complying with the Federal Acquisition Regulation, VA Acquisition Regulation and other Federal acquisition policy to improve acquisition management across VA
  • Recommends and establishes uniform administrative processes to improve the performance and coordination of the VA AMP
  • Establishes governance for the VAAM Program, ensuring collaboration across OAL and proper integration into the broader AMP for the purpose of assuring the real-time content management for access by VA staff enterprise-wide and publication of the VAAM on the VA Acquisition Knowledge Portal
  • Serves as an authoritative source of information, advising and assisting the Department’s acquisition workforce in applying and implementing acquisition policies and procedures at various phases of the acquisition lifecycle
  • Coordinates review of documents requiring the Senior Procurement Executive’s signature and/or approval
  • Issues Acquisition Insiders and VAAM Alerts to the VA acquisition workforce

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Department of Veterans Affairs
Office of Acquisition and Logistics
Procurement Guidance and Instructon Service
810 Vermont Avenue, NW
Washington, DC  20420
Email:  vapgismailbox@va.gov

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