[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 220 (Monday, November 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 63712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30486]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000-0136]
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Entitled Commercial
Item Acquisitions
AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice of request for an extension to an existing OMB
clearance.
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
Secretariat has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
a request to review and approve an extension of a currently approved
information collection requirement concerning Commercial Item
Acquisitions.
DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before December 16, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other
aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for
reducing this burden, to: FAR Desk Officer, OMB, Room 10102, NEOB,
Washington, DC 20503, and a copy to the General Services
Administration, FAR Secretariat (MVRS), 1800 F Street, NW, Room 4035,
Washington, DC 20405. Please cite OMB Control No. 9000-0136, Commercial
Item Acquisitions in all correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Victoria Moss, Federal Acquisition
Policy Division, GSA (202) 501-4764.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
The Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 included Title
VIII, entitled Commercial Items. The title made numerous additions and
revisions to both the civilian agency and Armed Service acquisition
statutes to encourage and facilitate the acquisition of commercial
items and services by Federal Government agencies.
To implement these changes, DOD, NASA, and GSA amended the Federal
Acquisition Regulation to include streamlined/simplified procedures for
the commercial items. As part of the steamlined procedures, a new
solicitation provision was developed to take the place of the multitude
of certifications and representations used in Government solicitations.
This new provision is significantly shorter and collects less
information than the corresponding provisions used in non-commercial
acquisitions.
The new estimated number of respondents is based on FY 97 FPDS
data. In reviewing the burden associated with this clearance, it became
clear that the majority of burden hours previously requested actually
related to requirements in other FAR parts and was already approved
under existing clearances. This clearance now addresses only
information collections required by FAR Part 12, Commercial Item
Acquisitions. This information collection is centered in the provision
at 52.212-3. It is possible that this clearance still double counts
responses approved under other clearances. A review is underway to
identify and correct any such double counting.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
Public reporting burden for this collection of information is
estimated to average 18.7 minutes per response, including the time for
reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and
maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the
collection of information.
The annual reporting burden is estimated as follows: Respondents,
118,000; responses per respondent, 12.1 total annual responses,
1,427,800; preparation hours per response, .312; and total response
burden hours, 445,450.
Obtaining Copies of Proposals
Requester may obtain a copy of the justification from the General
Services Administration, FAR Secretariat (MVRS), Room 4035, Washington,
DC 20405, telephone (202) 501-4755. Please cite OMB Control No. 9000-
0136 regarding Commercial Item Acquisitions in all correspondence.
Dated: November 9, 1998.
Edward C. Loeb,
Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division.
[FR Doc. 98-30486 Filed 11-13-98; 8:45 am]
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