97-10059. Proposed Collection; Comment Request Entitled Empowerment Contracting  

  • [Federal Register Volume 62, Number 75 (Friday, April 18, 1997)]
    [Notices]
    [Page 19206]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 97-10059]
    
    
    
    Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 75 / Friday, April 18, 1997 / 
    Notices
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
    
    GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
    
    NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
    
    [FAR Case 97-603]
    
    
    Proposed Collection; Comment Request Entitled Empowerment 
    Contracting
    
    AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration 
    (GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
    
    ACTION: Notice of request for public comments regarding a new 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 a new information collection 
    requirement concerning Empowerment Contracting (FAR Case 97-603).
    
    DATES: Comment Due Date: June 17, 1997.
    
    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, 1800 F Street, NW, Room 4037, 
    Washington, DC 20405. Please cite FAR case 97-603, Empowerment 
    Contracting, in all correspondence.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Victoria Moss, Office of Federal 
    Acquisition Policy, GSA (202) 501-4764.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    
    A. Purpose
    
        In order to promote economy and efficiency in Federal procurement, 
    it is necessary to secure broad-based competition for Federal 
    contracts. This broad competition is best achieved where there is an 
    expansive pool of potential contractors capable of producing quality 
    goods and services at competitive prices. A great and largely untapped 
    opportunity for expanding the pool of such contractors can be found in 
    economically distressed communities. Fostering growth of Federal 
    contractors in economically distressed communities and ensuring that 
    those contractors become viable businesses for the long term will 
    promote economy and efficiency in Federal procurement and help to 
    empower those communities.
        This proposed rule implements Executive Order 13005, ``Empowerment 
    Contracting,'' dated May 21, 1996. The Order establishes the 
    Empowerment Contracting Program, which seeks to promote economy and 
    efficiency in Federal procurement by expanding the pool of potential 
    contractors from the Nation's economically distressed areas that are 
    capable of providing supplies and services at competitive prices.
        This proposed rule establishes in the FAR Phase I of an Empowerment 
    Contracting Program to assist businesses located in areas of general 
    and severe economic distress by providing for price and non-price 
    evaluation adjustments for qualified firms. Phase I is limited to 
    specified standard industrial classification major groups.
    
    B. Annual Reporting Burden
    
        Public reporting burden for this collection of information is 
    estimated to average 0.96 hours 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 
    6,648; responses per respondent, 1; total annual responses, 6,648; 
    preparation hours per response, 1.93; and total response burden hours, 
    12,852.
    
    Obtaining Copies of Justifications
    
        Requester may obtain a copy of the justification from the General 
    Services Administration, FAR Secretariat (MVRS), Room 4037, 1800 F 
    Street, NW, Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202) 501-4755. Please cite 
    FAR case 97-603, Empowerment Contracting, in all correspondence.
    
        Dated: April 14, 1997.
    Sharon A. Kiser,
    FAR Secretariat.
    [FR Doc. 97-10059 Filed 4-17-97; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 6820-EP-P
    
    
    

Document Information

Published:
04/18/1997
Department:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Notice of request for public comments regarding a new OMB clearance.
Document Number:
97-10059
Pages:
19206-19206 (1 pages)
Docket Numbers:
FAR Case 97-603
PDF File:
97-10059.pdf