Appendix B.pdf

This is an appendix containing VA acquisition regulation solicitation provisions and contract clauses from VA Handbook 6500.6, dated March 12, 2010.

The document establishes information and information technology security requirements for Department of Veterans Affairs contracts. It addresses Subpart 839.2 regarding information and IT security, prescribing that contracting officers insert a security clause in solicitations and contracts where VA Sensitive Information or Information Technology will be accessed or utilized. The clause requires contractors, their personnel, and subcontractors to comply with Federal laws, regulations, standards, and VA Directives and Handbooks concerning information and information system security. The referenced security requirements clause (852.273-75) applies to unclassified information technology resources and was interim guidance as of October 2008. The document notes that the clause language was under official rule making by the Office of Acquisitions and Logistics and was subject to public review through the Federal Register, with final wording potentially modified based on comments received.