[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 148 (Wednesday, August 2, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 39370]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-18998]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000-0078]
Clearance Request for 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
(9000-0078).
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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 Make-or-Buy Program.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beverly Fayson, Office of Federal
Acquisition Policy, GSA (202) 501-4755.
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, Subpart 15.7, 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 52.215-21, 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. Send comments regarding this burden estimate
or any other aspect of this collection of information, including
suggestions for reducing this burden, to General Services
Administration, FAR Secretariat, 18th & F Streets, NW, Room 4037,
Washington, DC 20405.
The annual reporting burden is estimated as follows: Respondents,
200; responses per respondent, 3; total annual responses, 600;
preparation hours per response, 8; and total response burden hours,
4,800.
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. 9000-0078, Make-
or-Buy Program, in all correspondence.
Dated: July 24, 1995.
Beverly Fayson,
FAR Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 95-18998 Filed 8-1-95; 8:45 am]
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