Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 40 / Wednesday, March 1, 1995 / Notices 11219

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

OMB Clearance Request for Standard

Form XXXX, Solicitation/Contract/

Order for Commercial Items

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD),

General Services Administration (GSA),

and National Aeronautics and Space

Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of new request for OMB

clearance.

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 a new information

collection requirement concerning

Standard Form XXXX, Solicitation/

Contract/Order for Commercial Items.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on

or before May 1, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Mr. Peter

Weiss, FAR Desk Officer, OMB, Room

10102, NEOB, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beverly Fayson, Office of Federal

Acquisition Policy, GSA (202) 501–

4755.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

The Federal Acquisition Streamlining

Act of 1994 included Title VIII, entitled

Commercial Items. The title made

numerous additions and revisions to

both the civilian agency and Armed

Service acquisition statutes to encourage

and facilitate the acquisition of

commercial items and services by

Federal Government agencies.

The proposed revisions include a new

form, Standard Form XXXX,

Solicitation/Contract/order for

Commercial Items. The form would

replace several existing ‘‘cover page’’

forms on solicitations, orders, and

contracts for commercial items and

services. It is designed to facilitate the

incorporation of the contract clauses

required for commercial items in

solicitations, orders, and contracts. The

new form would substitute for those

‘‘cover page’’ forms on a one-for-one

basis, and is not intended to impose any

additional burden on firms that do

business with the Federal Government.

The net effect of the entirety of the

proposed revisions (including the new

form) is likely to reduce the burden on

Government contractors.

Information will be used by Federal

agencies to facilitate the acquisition of

commercial items and services.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

Public reporting burden for this

collection of information is estimated to

average 45 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.

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, and to the

FAR Desk Officer, Office of Information

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of

Management and Budget, Washington,

DC 20503.

The annual reporting burden is

estimated as follows: Respondents,

500,000; responses per respondent, 20;

total annual responses, 10,000,000;

preparation hours per response, .75; and

total response burden hours, 7,500,000.

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 clearance

request regarding Standard Form XXXX,

Solicitation/Contract/Order for

Commercial Items, FAR case 94–790, in

all correspondence.

Dated: February 17, 1995.

Beverly Fayson,

FAR Secretariat.

[FR Doc. 95–4536 Filed 2–28–95; 8:45 am]

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