# 2026-23025: VA Wants Contractors to Confess Conflicts Before Landing Contracts

2026-23025, Agency Information Collection Activity: Department of Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulation Provision 852.209-70, is a Federal Register notice from Veterans Affairs Department published 2026-11-12, effective Comments and recommendations on the proposed information collection should be sent by December 14, 2026.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-12).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-23025
- As of: 2026-11-12
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-23025
- Title: Agency Information Collection Activity: Department of Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulation Provision 852.209-70
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Veterans Affairs Department
- Citation: 91 FR 72975
- Published: 2026-11-12
- Effective: Comments and recommendations on the proposed information collection should be sent by December 14, 2026.
- Comments close: 2026-12-14
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-12

## In one line

VA Wants Contractors to Confess Conflicts Before Landing Contracts

## Summary

The Department of Veterans Affairs is renewing a paperwork rule that asks contractors to share if they have any conflicts of interest before getting VA contracts. This keeps things fair and clear when the VA hires help for management and consulting jobs. If you’re involved, you’ve got until December 14, 2026, to share your thoughts—no extra costs or changes are coming.

## Abstract

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, this notice announces that the Office of Procurement, 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 and its expected cost and burden, and it includes the actual data collection instrument.

## Effects PRIA read

- Required conflict disclosure for bidders: cost, medium. If you bid on VA solicitations for management support and consulting services, VAAR provision 852.209-70 requires you to say in your offer whether award of the contract might involve a conflict of interest or potential conflict and to disclose all relevant facts. This requirement is tied to OMB Con…
- Paperwork burden for offerors: cost, low. The VA estimates the information collection creates an average burden of 60 minutes per respondent, with an estimated 102 respondents and a total estimated annual burden of 102 hours. The frequency of response is one per solicitation.
- Disclosures affect award decisions: cost, medium. The contracting officer will use the disclosed information to determine whether to award a contract to the firm or, if a contract is awarded despite a potential conflict, whether additional contract terms and conditions are necessary to mitigate the conflict. These decisions follow submission of th…

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## Sources
- [2026-23025 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/11/12/2026-23025/agency-information-collection-activity-department-of-veterans-affairs-acquisition-regulation)
- [2026-23025 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-11-12/pdf/2026-23025.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-23025 (as of 2026-11-12).