{"data":{"id":"us/48-cfr-852.233-71","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"48 CFR 852.233-71","heading":"852.233-71 Alternate Protest Procedure.","body":"As prescribed in 833.106-70(b), insert the following provision:\nAlternate Protest Procedure (SEP 2018)\n(a) As an alternative to filing a protest with the Contracting Officer, an interested party may file a protest by mail or electronically with: Executive Director, Office of Acquisition and Logistics, Risk Management and Compliance Service (003A2C), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420 or Email: EDProtests@va.gov.\n(b) The protest will not be considered if the interested party has a protest on the same or similar issue(s) pending with the Contracting Officer.\n(End of provision)","path":["Title 48—Federal Acquisition Regulations System","CHAPTER 8—DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS","SUBCHAPTER H—CLAUSES AND FORMS","PART 852—SOLICITATION PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT CLAUSES","Subpart 852.2—Text of Provisions and Clauses"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-48.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:29Z","sha256":"877f1964d8c9793f71cbaa0840d8c071a836586d1368c9f4ddedae0cd964439c","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/48-cfr-852.233-70","next":"us/48-cfr-852.235-70"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}