[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 188 (Friday, September 27, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79301-79302]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22188]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; 30-Day Comment Request; Federally Funded 
Research Development Center Contract Administration System (FCAS) 
Vendor Portal National Cancer Institute (NCI)

AGENCY: National Institutes of Health, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 to provide an opportunity for public comment on proposed 
data collection projects, the National Institutes of Health, National 
Cancer Institute (NCI) will publish periodic summaries of proposed 
projects to be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review and approval.

DATES: Comments regarding this information collection are best assured 
of having their full effect if received within 60 days of the date of 
this publication.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this 
particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day 
Review--Open for Public Comments'' or using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To obtain a copy of the data 
collection plans and instruments, submit comments in writing, or 
request more information on the proposed project, contact Scott Keasey, 
428 Miller Drive, Suite 59 9742, Rockville, MD 20880, or call non-toll-
free number 301-846-1115 or Email your request, including your address 
to: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b1c2d2dec5c59fdad4d0c2d4c8f1dfd8d99fd6dec7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="92e1f1fde6e6bcf9f7f3e1f7ebd2fcfbfabcf5fde4">[email protected]</span></a>. Formal requests for additional plans and 
instruments must be requested in writing.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposed information collection was 
previously published in the Federal Register on June 4, 2024, 89 FR 
47970 and allowed 60 days for public comment. No public comments were 
received. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days 
for public comment. The National Cancer Institute (NCI), National 
Institutes of Health, may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is 
not required to respond to, an information collection that has been 
extended, revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless 
it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
    In compliance with section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review and 
approval of the information collection listed below.
    Proposed Collection Title: Federally Funded Research Development 
Center Contract Administration System (FCAS) Vendor Portal National 
Cancer Institute (NCI), 0925-0773, Expiration Date 10/31/2024, 
REVISION, National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of 
Health (NIH).
    Need and Use of Information Collection: This is a request for OMB 
to approve the revised information collection for the Federally Funded 
Research Development Center Contract Administration System (FCAS) 
Vendor Portal. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Office of 
Acquisitions (OA), located within the Office of the Director (OD) in 
the Office of Management (OM) at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), 
awards and administers contracts and simplifies acquisitions in support 
of the Institute's mission to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer. 
During the acquisition process, the OA ensures that customer service is 
paramount and communications are open and continuous. Currently, 
requests and correspondence are sent to and received from vendors 
through email, except the FFRDC Contractor, who submits through the 
FCAS Vendor Portal, which is in production. To streamline processes, 
increase transparency, and gain efficiencies, the OA uses the FCAS 
vendor portal to replace processes

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handled through emailing FCAS Vendor Portal Users to individual OA 
recipients. The FCAS Vendor Portal will serve as a one-stop shop for 
the transmission of requests, reports, deliverables, and other 
correspondence due to numerous research and development in support of 
R&D contracts as well as those contract vehicles awarded using various 
Federal Acquisition Procedures, including but not limited to FAR Part 
8, Required Sources of Supplies and Services, FAR Part 13, Simplified 
Acquisition Procedures, and FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial 
Items. These reports and deliverables cover a wide variety of topics in 
the areas of cancer research, including prevention, detection, 
diagnosis, and control.
    OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to 
respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized 
burden hours are 77.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of     Average time
           Form name                 Type of         Number of     responses per   per response    Total annual
                                   respondent       respondents     respondent      (in hours)     burden hours
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Survey........................  Individuals.....               1               1            6/60               0
Registration..................  Corporations....               1               1            6/60               0
Data Field Information........  Individuals.....              72              63            1/60              76
Add/Edit new Vendor...........  Corporations....               6               1            6/60               1
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    Totals....................  ................              80           4,544  ..............              77
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    Dated: September 24, 2024.
Diane Kreinbrink,
Project Clearance Liaison, National Cancer Institute, National 
Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2024-22188 Filed 9-26-24; 8:45 am]
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