ATTACHMENT A VA HANDBOOK 6500.6 APPENDIX B.pdf

This is an appendix containing a VA acquisition regulation solicitation provision and contract clause from the VA Handbook 6500.6, dated March 12, 2010.

The document establishes information and information technology security requirements for VA contracts. Under Subpart 839.2, contracting officers must insert a security clause in solicitations and contracts where VA Sensitive Information or Information Technology will be accessed or utilized. The clause references 852.273-75, Security Requirements for Unclassified Information Technology Resources (Interim – October 2008). The required contract language mandates that the contractor, contractor personnel, and subcontractors comply with all applicable Federal laws, regulations, standards, VA Directives, and VA Handbooks regarding information and information system security as specified in the contract. The document notes that this clause was under official rulemaking by the Office of Acquisitions and Logistics and was submitted for public review through the Federal Register, with final wording subject to change based on public comment and agency approval.