Sec. 704. Limitations on mass contract cancellations
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After the conditions described in section 703(a)(2) are met, if the Secretary of Veterans Affairs decides to carry out a mass contract cancellation, the Secretary shall, before carrying out such cancellation, submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives the following: A list of contracts proposed for cancellation. For each contract included in the list described in subparagraph (A), a certification described in section 703(a)(2)(B).
The number of contracts included in such list that are held by a service-disabled veteran-owned small business or a veteran-owned small business. A description of how the work proposed to be cancelled would be absorbed by the existing workforce of the Department or whether hiring of additional staff will be needed to perform that work, and a cost benefit analysis comparing the contracting and staffing approaches. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall not commence a mass contract cancellation until the date that is 30 days after the date on which the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives receive the submission for such cancellation under paragraph (1).
Not later than 7 business days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a report that includes the following: A list of the contracts cancelled or proposed for cancellation developed by the Department and announced by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on February 25, 2025, and, for each contract included in such list— the justification for the need for the contract, if submitted, as written by career employees of the Department; and an indication of whether the entity holding the contract is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business or a veteran-owned small business.
A list of contracts announced for cancellation by the Department of Veterans Affairs on March 3, 2025, and, for each contract included in such list— the justification for the need for the contract, if submitted, as written by career employees of the Department; and an indication of whether the entity holding the contract is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business or a veteran-owned small business. Each list described in paragraph
(1)shall contain, at a minimum, the following fields: Contract/Order #/PIID. Vendor. Category of contract using relevant North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) terminology. Contract description. Date of termination or contract action. Contracting Unique Entity Identifier. The headquarters city and State of the vendor.