# 2025-20743: VA Submits Indemnification Insurance Clauses for OMB Paperwork Review

2025-20743, Agency Information Collection Activity under OMB Review: Department of Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulation (VAAR) Clauses 852.237-70, Indemnification and Medical Liability Insurance; 852.228-71, Indemnification and Insurance, is a Federal Register notice from Veterans Affairs Department published 2025-11-24, effective Comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent by December 24, 2025. (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20743
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-20743
- Title: Agency Information Collection Activity under OMB Review: Department of Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulation (VAAR) Clauses 852.237-70, Indemnification and Medical Liability Insurance; 852.228-71, Indemnification and Insurance
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Veterans Affairs Department
- Citation: 90 FR 53064
- Published: 2025-11-24
- Effective: Comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent by December 24, 2025.
- Comments close: 2025-12-24
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

VA Submits Indemnification Insurance Clauses for OMB Paperwork Review

## Summary

The Department of Veterans Affairs is asking for public feedback on two insurance-related rules that contractors must follow when providing health care services. These rules make sure contractors have the right insurance before starting work, helping protect everyone involved. Comments are open until December 24, 2025, and there’s no change in costs or paperwork from before.

## Abstract

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, this notice announces that the Office of Acquisition and Logistics, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), will submit the collection of information abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The PRA submission describes the nature of the information collection and its expected cost and burden, and it includes the actual data collection instrument.

## Effects PRIA read

- Healthcare contractors must show insurance: cost, low. If you contract with the VA to provide nonpersonal health care services, the VAAR clause 852.237-70 requires you, when requested before award, to furnish evidence that your firm and all health-care providers are insurable and, before starting services, to provide Certificates of Insurance showing t…
- Vehicle/aircraft contractors must show insurance: cost, low. If you bid on VA solicitations for vehicle or aircraft services, VAAR clause 852.228-71 requires you, prior to contract award, to provide evidence (a certificate from your insurer) that your firm has the types and amounts of insurance required by the solicitation. The VA estimates 500 respondents f…
- Information collection reinstated without change: benefit, low. The VA is submitting these VAAR insurance information collections (OMB Control No. 2900-0590) to OMB as a reinstatement without change. Comments are being accepted through December 24, 2025, and the submission is explicitly a reinstatement without change of a previously approved collection.

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## Sources
- [2025-20743 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/24/2025-20743/agency-information-collection-activity-under-omb-review-department-of-veterans-affairs-acquisition)
- [2025-20743 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-24/pdf/2025-20743.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20743 (as of 2026-06-08).