[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 136 (Monday, July 17, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36405-36406]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-17441]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
OMB Clearance Request for Standard Form XXXX, Solicitation/
Contract/Order for Commercial Items (FAR Case 94-790)
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
(9000-0136).
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980
(44 U.S.C. 3501), 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 Standard Form XXXX, Solicitation/
Contract/Order for Commercial Items.
DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before September 15, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beverly Fayson, Office of Federal
Acquisition Policy, GSA (202) 501-4755.
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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.
The proposed revisions include a new form, Standard Form XXXX,
Solicitation/Contract/Order for Commercial Items. The form would
replace several existing ``cover page'' forms on solicitations, orders,
and contracts for commercial items and services. It is designed to
facilitate incorporation of the contract clauses required for
commercial items in solicitations, orders, and contracts. The new form
would substitute for those ``cover page'' forms on a one-for-one basis,
and is not intended to impose any additional burden on firms that do
business with the Federal Government. The net effect of the entirety of
the proposed revisions (including the new form) is likely to reduce the
burden on Government contractors.
Information will be used by Federal agencies to facilitate the
acquisition of commercial items and services.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
Public reporting burden for this collection of information is
estimated to average 45 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. Send comments regarding this burden estimate
or any other aspect of this collection of information, including
suggestions for reducing this burden, to General Services
Administration, FAR Secretariat, 18th & F Streets, NW., Room 4037,
Washington, DC 20405, and to the FAR Desk Officer, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC 20503.
The annual reporting burden is estimated as follows: Respondents,
500,000; responses per respondent, 20; total annual responses,
10,000,000; preparation hours per response, .75; and total response
burden hours, 7,500,000.
OBTAINING COPIES OF PROPOSALS: Requester may obtain copies of OMB
applications or justifications from the General Services
Administration, FAR Secretariat (VRS), Room 4037, Washington, DC 20405,
telephone (202) 501-4755. Please cite OMB clearance 9000-0136 regarding
Standard Form XXXX, Solicitation/Contract/Order for Commercial Items,
FAR case 94-790, in all correspondence.
Dated: July 11, 1995.
Edward C. Loeb,
Deputy Project Manager for the Implementation of the Federal
Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994.
[FR Doc. 95-17441 Filed 7-14-95; 8:45 am]
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