[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 201 (Wednesday, October 18, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53916-53917]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-25781]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
[OMB Control No. 9000-0040]


Request for Public Comments Regarding OMB Clearance Entitled Bid 
Sample Disposition Instructions

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration 
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of request for public comments regarding an extension to 
an existing OMB clearance (9000-0040).

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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 will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) a request to review and approved an extension of a currently 
approved information collection requirement concerning Bid Sample 
Disposition Instructions. This OMB clearance currently expires on 
January 31, 1996.

DATES: Comment Due Date: December 18, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect 
of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing 
this burden, or obtaining a copy of the justification, should be 
submitted to: General Services Administration, FAR Secretariat (VRS), 
18th & F Streets NW., Room 4037, Washington, DC 20405. Please cite OMB 
Control No. 9000-0040, Bid Sample Disposition Instructions, in all 
correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Ralph De Stefano, Office of Federal Acquisition Policy, GSA (202) 
501-1758.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    Firms submitting bids for Government contracts are occasionally 
required to submit samples of the product offered to show the 
characteristics of the item. When bid samples are required, bidders are 
requested to provide instructions for disposition of the samples after 
the Government has had a chance to inspect them. If no instructions are 
received, the samples are returned, collect, to the bidder.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    Public reporting burden for this collection of information is 
estimated to average 10 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, 
2,663; responses per respondent, 3; total annual responses, 7,989; 
preparation hours per response, .167; and total response burden hours, 
1,334.


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    Dated: October 12, 1995.
Beverly Fayson,
FAR Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 95-25781 Filed 10-17-95; 8:45 am]
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