[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 250 (Wednesday, December 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 71915]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34370]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000-0044]
Proposed Collection; Comment Request Entitled Bid/Offer
Acceptance Period
AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice of request for public comments regarding 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 will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a currently
approved information collection requirement concerning Bid/Offer
Acceptance Period. The clearance currently expires on April 30, 1999.
DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before March 1, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect
of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing
this burden, should be submitted 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. 9000-0044, Bid/Offer
Acceptance Period, in all correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ralph DeStefano, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, GSA (202) 501-
1758.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
Bid acceptance period is the period of time from receipt of bids
that is available to the Government to award the contract. This
acceptance period is normally established by the Government. However,
the bidder may establish a longer acceptance period than the minimum
acceptance period set by the Government by filling in the blank. There
are instances when the Government is unable to award a contract within
the acceptance period due to unforeseen complications. Rather than
incur the costly expense of readvertising, the Government requests the
bidders to extend their bids for a longer period of time.
These data are placed with the respective bids and placed in the
contract file to become a matter of record.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
Public reporting burden for this collection of information is
estimated to average 1 minute per completion, 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,
3,220; responses per respondent, 40; total annual responses, 128,800;
preparation hours per response, .017; and total response burden hours,
2,190.
OBTAINING COPIES OF PROPOSALS: Requester may obtain a copy of the
justification from the General Services Administration, FAR Secretariat
(MVRS), Room 4035, 1800 F Street, NW, Washington, DC 20405, telephone
(202) 208-7312. Please cite OMB Control No. 9000-0044, Bid/Offer
Acceptance Period, in all correspondence.
Dated: December 22, 1998.
Victoria E. Moss,
Acting Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division.
[FR Doc. 98-34370 Filed 12-29-98; 8:45 am]
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