[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 123 (Tuesday, June 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32776-32777]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16094]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
[OMB Control No. 9000-0082]-


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Entitled Economic 
Purchase Quantities--Supplies

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 
(9000-0082).

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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 Economic Purchase 
Quantities--Supplies. A request for public comments was published at 61 
FR 14746, April 3, 1996. No comments were received.

DATES: Comment Due Date: July 25, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect 
of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing 
this burden, should be submitted to: FAR Desk Officer, OMB, Room 10102, 
NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, and a copy to the General Services 
Administration, FAR Secretariat (MVRS), 18th & F Streets, NW, Room 
4037, Washington, DC 20405. Please cite OMB Control No. 9000-0082, 
Economic Purchase Quantities--Supplies, in all correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jeremy F. Olson, Federal 
Acquisition Policy Division, GSA (202) 501-3221.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose-

    The provisions at 52.207-4, Economic Purchase Quantities--Supplies, 
invites offerors to state an opinion on whether the quantity of 
supplies on which bids, proposals, or quotes are requested in 
solicitations is economically advantageous to the Government. Each 
offeror who believes that acquisitions in different quantities would be 
more advantageous is invited to (1) recommend an economic purchase 
quantity, showing a recommended unit and total price, and (2) identify 
the different quantity points where significant price breaks occur. 
This information is required by Public Law 98-577 and Public Law 98-
525.-

B. Annual Reporting Burden -

    Public reporting burden for this collection of information is 
estimated to average 50 hour per response, including the time for 
reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and 
maintaining the data

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needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information.-
    The annual reporting burden is estimated as follows: Respondents, 
2,252; responses per respondent, 35; total annual responses, 78,820; 
preparation hours per response, .83; and total response burden hours, 
65,421.

OBTAINING COPIES OF PROPOSALS: Requester may obtain copies of 
justifications from the General Services Administration, FAR 
Secretariat (MVRS), Room 4037, Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202) 
501-2164. Please cite OMB Control No. 9000-0082, Economic Purchase 
Quantities--Supplies, in all correspondence.

    Dated: June 18, 1996.
Shari Kiser,
FAR Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 96-16094 Filed 6-24-96; 8:45 am]
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