98-22077. Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Entitled Qualification Requirements  

  • [Federal Register Volume 63, Number 159 (Tuesday, August 18, 1998)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 44244-44245]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 98-22077]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
    
    GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
    
    NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
    
    [OMB Control No. 9000-0020]
    
    
    Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Entitled Qualification 
    Requirements
    
    AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration 
    (GSA),
    
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    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 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. A request for public comments was published at 63 FR 
    29187, May 28, 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, 1800 F Street, NW, Room 4035, Washington, DC 20405.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ralph DeStefano, Federal Acquisition 
    Policy Division, GSA (202) 501-1758.
    
    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 sources, gathering and 
    maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the 
    collection of information. 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 a copy of the justification from the General 
    Services Administration, FAR Secretariat (MVRS), 1800 F Street, Room 
    4035, Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202) 501-4755. Please cite OMB 
    Control No. 9000-0020, Qualification Requirements, in all 
    correspondence.
    
        Dated: August 11, 1998.
    Edward C. Loeb,
    Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division.
    [FR Doc. 98-22077 Filed 8-17-98; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
08/18/1998
Department:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Notice of request for an extension to an existing OMB clearance.
Document Number:
98-22077
Dates:
Comments may be submitted on or before September 17, 1998.
Pages:
44244-44245 (2 pages)
Docket Numbers:
OMB Control No. 9000-0020
PDF File:
98-22077.pdf