[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 129 (Thursday, July 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35183-35184]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-16529]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000-0020]
Clearance Request for Qualification Requirements
AGENCY: 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
(9000-0020).
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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 Qualification Requirements.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Beverly Fayson, Office of Federal Acquisition Policy, GSA (202) 501-
4755.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
10 U.S.C. 2319 and 41 U.S.C. 253c prescribe policies and procedures
which are to be followed by Federal agencies before they may establish
any prequalification requirement with which a prospective contractor
must comply before his offer will even be considered by the agency for
a contract award. Three basic requirements are prescribed.
First, the agency must examine the need for establishing the
prequalification requirement, given its adverse impact on free and open
competition. Having established that a need for a prequalification
requirement exists, the agency must prepare a written justification
which explains that need.
Second, the agency must specify the standards which a prospective
contractor, or its product or service, must satisfy in order to be
qualified. The agency is directed to limit such standards to those
essential to ``meet the purposes necessitating the establishment of the
prequalification requirement.''
Third, the executive agency imposing the prequalification
requirement must promptly provide a prospective contractor with the
opportunity to demonstrate its ability to meet the standards the agency
has specified for qualification.
The contracting officer uses the information to determine
eligibility for award when the clause at 52.209-1, Qualification
Requirements, is included in the solicitation. The offeror must
identify the offeror, manufacturer, source, product or service, as
appropriate, that has been prequalified and test number as evidence
that the qualification requirement has been met. Alternatively, an
offeror not meeting the qualification requirement may be considered for
award upon the submission of evidence that the qualification
requirement has been satisfied.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
Public reporting burden for this collection of information is
estimated to average .17 hours per response, including the time for
reviewing instructions, searching existing data
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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 the General Services
Administration, FAR Secretariat, 18th & F Streets, NW., Room 4037,
Washington, DC 20405.
The annual reporting burden is estimated as follows: Respondents,
2,700; responses per respondent, 10; total annual responses, 27,000;
preparation hours per response, .17; and total response burden hours,
4,590.
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
Control No. 9000-0020, Qualification Requirements, in all
correspondence.
Dated: June 19, 1995.
Beverly Fayson,
FAR Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 95-16529 Filed 7-5-95; 8:45 am]
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