[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 129 (Thursday, July 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35183-35184]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-16529]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000-0020]


Clearance Request for Qualification Requirements
AGENCY: 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 
(9000-0020).
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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 Qualification Requirements.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Beverly Fayson, Office of Federal Acquisition Policy, GSA (202) 501-
4755.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose
    10 U.S.C. 2319 and 41 U.S.C. 253c prescribe policies and procedures 
which are to be followed by Federal agencies before they may establish 
any prequalification requirement with which a prospective contractor 
must comply before his offer will even be considered by the agency for 
a contract award. Three basic requirements are prescribed.
    First, the agency must examine the need for establishing the 
prequalification requirement, given its adverse impact on free and open 
competition. Having established that a need for a prequalification 
requirement exists, the agency must prepare a written justification 
which explains that need.
    Second, the agency must specify the standards which a prospective 
contractor, or its product or service, must satisfy in order to be 
qualified. The agency is directed to limit such standards to those 
essential to ``meet the purposes necessitating the establishment of the 
prequalification requirement.''
    Third, the executive agency imposing the prequalification 
requirement must promptly provide a prospective contractor with the 
opportunity to demonstrate its ability to meet the standards the agency 
has specified for qualification.
    The contracting officer uses the information to determine 
eligibility for award when the clause at 52.209-1, Qualification 
Requirements, is included in the solicitation. The offeror must 
identify the offeror, manufacturer, source, product or service, as 
appropriate, that has been prequalified and test number as evidence 
that the qualification requirement has been met. Alternatively, an 
offeror not meeting the qualification requirement may be considered for 
award upon the submission of evidence that the qualification 
requirement has been satisfied.
B. Annual Reporting Burden

    Public reporting burden for this collection of information is 
estimated to average .17 hours per response, including the time for 
reviewing instructions, searching existing data 

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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 the General Services 
Administration, FAR Secretariat, 18th & F Streets, NW., Room 4037, 
Washington, DC 20405.

    The annual reporting burden is estimated as follows: Respondents, 
2,700; responses per respondent, 10; total annual responses, 27,000; 
preparation hours per response, .17; and total response burden hours, 
4,590.

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. 9000-0020, Qualification Requirements, in all 
correspondence.

    Dated: June 19, 1995.

Beverly Fayson,

FAR Secretariat.

[FR Doc. 95-16529 Filed 7-5-95; 8:45 am]

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