[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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