[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 159 (Tuesday, August 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 44244]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-22076]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000-0078]
Submission of OMB Review; Comment Request Entitled Make-or-Buy
Program
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 Make-or-Buy
Program. A request for public comments was published at 63 FR 31451,
June 9, 1998. No comments were received.
DATES: Comments may be submitted 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry Olson, Federal Acquisition
Policy Division, GSA (202) 501-3221.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
Price, performance, and/or implementation of socio-economic
policies may be affected by make-or-buy decisions under certain
Government prime contracts. Accordingly, Section 15.407-2, Make-or-Buy
Programs, of the FAR--
(i) Sets forth circumstances under which a Government contractor
must submit for approval by the contracting officer a make-or-buy
program, i.e., a written plan identifying major items to be produced or
work efforts to be performed in the prime contractor's facilities and
those to be subcontracted;
(ii) Provides guidance to contracting officers concerning the
review and approval of the make-or-buy programs; and
(iii) Prescribes the contract clause at FAR 52.215-9, Changes or
Additions to Make-or-Buy Programs, which specifies the circumstances
under which the contractor is required to submit for the contracting
officer's advance approval a notification and justification of any
proposed change in the approved make-or-buy program.
The information is used to assure the lowest overall cost to the
Government for required supplies and services.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
Public reporting burden for this collection of information is
estimated to average 8 hours per termination, 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,
150; responses per respondent, 3; total annual responses, 450;
preparation hours per response, 8; and total response burden hours,
3,600.
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. 9000-0078, Make-or-Buy Program, in all correspondence.
Dated: August 11, 1998.
Edward C. Loeb,
Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division.
[FR Doc. 98-22076 Filed 8-17-98; 8:45 am]
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