98-20095. Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 144 (Tuesday, July 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 40266]
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[FR Doc No: 98-20095]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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    The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance, the 
following proposal for collection of information under the provisions 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Title and OMB Number: Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation 
Supplement (DFARS) Subpart 215.8, Price Negotiation, and Related 
Clauses at 252.215; OMB Number 0704-0232.
    Type of Request: Extension.
    Number of Respondents: 300.
    Responses Per Respondent: 0.45 (average).
    Annual Responses: 141.
    Average Burden Per Response: 37.94 hours.
    Annual Burden Hours: 5,350.
    Needs And Uses: This information collection requirement pertains to 
information collections used by the Department of Defense (DoD) to 
negotiate an equitable adjustment in the total amount paid or to be 
paid under a fixed-price redeterminable or fixed-price incentive 
contract, to reflect final subcontract prices; and to determine if a 
contractor has an adequate system for generating cost estimates, and 
monitor correction of any deficiencies. DFARS 215.806-1 requires that, 
upon establishment of firm prices for each subcontract listed in a 
repricing modification, the contractor shall submit costs incurred in 
performing the subcontract and the final subcontract price. This 
requirement is used when pricing a fixed-price redeterminable or fixed-
price incentive contract that includes subcontracts placed on the same 
basis for which the contractor has not yet established final prices, if 
cost or pricing data is inadequate to determine whether the amounts are 
reasonable, but circumstances require prompt negotiation. DFARS 215.811 
and the clause at 252.215-7002, Cost Estimating System Requirements, 
require that certain large business contractors: (1) Establish an 
adequate cost estimating system and disclose such estimating system to 
the Administrative Contracting Officer in writing; and (2) respond in 
writing to written reports from the Government that identify 
deficiencies in the estimating system.
    Affected Public: Business or Other For-Profit; Not-For-Profit 
Institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Peter N. Weiss.
    Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Mr. Weiss at the Office of Management and 
Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.
    DoD Clearance Officer: Mr. Robert Cushing.
    Written requests for copies of the information collection proposal 
should be sent to Mr. Cushing, WHS/DIOR, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, 
Suite 1204, Arlington, VA 22202-4302.

    Dated: July 22, 1998.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 98-20095 Filed 7-27-98; 8:45 am]
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