[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 159 (Tuesday, August 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44241-44242]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-22071]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000-0045]
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Entitled Bid
Guarantees, Performance and Payment Bonds, and Alternative Payment
Protections
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.
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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 Guarantees,
Performance and Payment Bonds, and Alternative Payment Protections. A
request for public comments was published at 63 FR 31964, June 11,
1998. No comments were received.
DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before September 17, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other
aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for
reducing this burden, 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.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jack O'Neill, Federal Acquisition
Policy Division, GSA (202) 501-3856.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
These regulations implement the statutory requirements of the
Miller Act (40 U.S.C. 270a-270e), which requires performance and
payment bonds for any construction contract exceeding $100,000, unless
it is impracticable to require bonds for work performed in a foreign
country, or it is otherwise authorized by law. In addition, the
regulations implement the note to 40 U.S.C. 270a, entitled
``Alternatives to Payment Bonds Provided by the Federal Acquisition
Regulation,'' which requires alternative payment protection for
construction contracts that exceed $25,000 but do not exceed $100,000.
Although not required by statute, under certain circumstances the FAR
permits the Government to require bonds on other than construction
contracts.
This information collection extension also incorporates the
information collection requirements currently approved under 9000-0119.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
Public reporting burden for this collection of information is
estimated to average .42 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,
11,304; responses per respondent, 5; total annual responses, 56,520;
preparation hours per response, .42; and total response burden hours,
23,738.
Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requester may obtain a copy of the
justification from the General Services Administration, FAR Secretariat
(MVRS), 1800 F Street, NW, Room 4035, Washington, DC 20405, telephone
(202) 501-4755. Please cite OMB Control No. 9000-0045, Bid,
Performance, and Payment Bonds, in all correspondence.
Dated: August 11, 1998.
Edward C. Loeb,
Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division.
[FR Doc. 98-22071 Filed 8-17-98; 8:45 am]
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