Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Entitled Information Regarding Previous Contracts

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000-0036]

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Entitled Information

Regarding Previous Contracts

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 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 Information Regarding

Previous Contracts. A request for public comments was published at 63

FR 31450, June 9, 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ralph DeStefano, Federal Acquisition

Policy Division, GSA, (202) 501-1758.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

When the same item or class of items is being acquired by more than

one agency, the exchange and coordination of pertinent information,

particularly cost and pricing data, is necessary to promote uniformity

of treatment of major issues and the resolution of particularly

difficult or controversial

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issues. For this reason, the contracting officer, early in a

negotiation of a contract, or in connection with the review of a

subcontract, must request the contractor to furnish information as to

the contractor's or subcontractor's previous Government contracts and

subcontracts for the same or similar end items and major subcontractor

components.

This information is particularly beneficial during the period of

acquisition planning, presolicitation, evaluation, and preaward survey.

The information is used to determine a firm's responsibility.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

Public reporting burden for this collection of information is

estimated to average 15 minutes 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,

2,000; responses per respondent, 10; total annual responses, 20,000;

preparation hours per response, .25; and total response burden hours,

5,000.

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. 9000-0036, Information

Regarding Previous Contracts, in all correspondence.

Dated: August 11, 1998.

Edward C. Loeb,

Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division.

[FR Doc. 98-22069 Filed 8-17-98; 8:45 am]

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