[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 211 (Wednesday, October 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 55950]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27821]
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Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 211 / Wednesday, October 30, 1996 /
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Procurement and Property Management
Proposed Collection; Comment Request Concerning Procurement:
Preparation of Technical and Business Proposals
AGENCY: Procurement and Property Management, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments regarding a proposed revision
to and extension of an approved information collection requirement.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), Procurement and Property Management (PPM) intends
to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to
review and approve an extension of a currently approved information
collection related to performance under contracts for research,
development, or advisory and assistance services. PPM invites comment
on this information collection. This information requirement is
currently approved by OMB for use through November 30, 1996. PPM
proposes that OMB extend its approval for use through November 30,
1999.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by December 30, 1996.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to: Joseph J. Daragan, Procurement Analyst,
Procurement and Property Management, STOP 9303, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-9303.
Comments may also be submitted via fax at (202) 720-8972, or through
the Internet at [email protected]
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph J. Daragan, Procurement and
Property Management, STOP 9303, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-9303, (202) 720-5729.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Procurement: Preparation of Technical and Business
Proposals.
Background: The Agriculture Acquisition Regulation (AGAR) currently
prescribes a solicitation provision standardizing the arrangement and
format of technical and business proposals that are submitted by
offerors who elect to respond to the agency's request for proposals.
Information collection pursuant to this provision has been approved by
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and assigned OMB Control
Number 0505-0013. The AGAR also prescribes a solicitation provision for
collection of financial and organizational information. Information
collection pursuant to this provision has also been approved by OMB and
assigned OMB Control Number 0505-0010. These provisions have been
consolidated and streamlined in the proposed revision to the AGAR. To
reflect this consolidation, USDA wishes to combine both information
collection requests into a single request for approval and extension of
an information collection. As revised, the request would cover
collection of all cost, technical, and business information needed by
USDA contracting offices to evaluate offers, to the extent collection
of such information is not required by the Federal Acquisition
Regulation.
OMB Number: 0505-0013. The proposed revision would incorporate an
information collection approved as OMB Number 0505-0010 into this
collection.
Expiration Date: Both OMB Number 0505-0010 and OMB Number 0505-0013
expire on 11/30/96.
Type of request: Revision to, and extension of, a currently
approved collection.
Proposed use of information: Technical and business proposals
received from offerors, including information about offerors'
organization and financial systems, are used when conducting negotiated
procurement to evaluate and determine the feasibility of the
prospective contractor's technical approach, management, and cost/price
to accomplish the task and/or provide the supplies or services required
under a resultant contract.
Respondents: State or local governments; businesses or other for-
profit; small businesses or organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,200.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: One (1).
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden to prepare technical
and business proposals as part of a response to a solicitation is
estimated to average 35 hours per response. This estimate does not
include burden associated with providing information required in
accordance with information collections prescribed by the Federal
Acquisition Regulation. Only businesses submitting offers in response
to a solicitation are affected by this collection.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 112,000 hours.
Comments received will be considered in order to: (a) evaluate
whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of USDA contracting offices,
including whether the information will have a practical utility; (b)
evaluate the accuracy of PPM's estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used; (c) enhance the quality, utility and clarity of
the information to be collected; and (d) minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who respond, including through the
use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology. All responses to this notice will be summarized and
included in the request for OMB approval, and will become a matter of
public record.
W. R. Ashworth,
Director, Procurement and Property Management.
[FR Doc. 96-27821 Filed 10-29-96; 8:45 am]
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