# Federal Register #2026-23025

VA renewal of organizational-conflict-of-interest information collection

**Buyer:** Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Procurement
**Posted:** November 12, 2026
**Respond By:** December 14, 2026
**Identifier:** 2026-23025

The Department of Veterans Affairs is renewing an information collection about organizational conflicts of interest, not seeking to purchase products or services.
- **Government buyer:** Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Procurement.
- **Purpose:** VA is submitting its collection under VA Acquisition Regulation provision 852.209-70, Organizational Conflicts of Interest, for review and renewal without changes.
- **Requirement:** Offerors for management support and consulting services disclose whether a potential award could create an organizational conflict of interest and provide relevant facts when one may exist.
- **Use of information:** Contracting officers use disclosures to assess contract awards and determine whether additional terms are needed to address potential conflicts.
- **Estimated burden:** 102 hours annually.
- **OEMs, vendors, products, and purchased services:** None identified; this notice concerns an information collection rather than a procurement.

### Description

The Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Procurement announces submission to the Office of Management and Budget for review of an information collection under VA Acquisition Regulation provision 852.209-70, Organizational Conflicts of Interest. Offerors on solicitations for management support and consulting services must disclose whether a contract award could involve a conflict of interest and provide relevant facts. Contracting officers use the information to assess whether to award a contract and whether additional terms are needed to mitigate a potential conflict. The notice seeks renewal without changes of the currently approved collection; the stated estimated annual burden is 102 hours.

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