[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 201 (Wednesday, October 18, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 53914]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-25784]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
[OMB Control No. 9000-0044]


Request for Public Comments Regarding OMB Clearance Entitled Bid/
Offer Acceptance Period

AGENCIES: 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 (9000-0044).

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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 approve an extension of a currently 
approved information collection requirement concerning Bid/Offer 
Acceptance Period. 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. 9000-0044, Bid/Offer Acceptance Period, in all 
correspondence.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose

    Bid acceptance period is the period of time from receipt of bids 
that is available to the Government to award the contract. This 
acceptance period is normally established by the Government. However, 
the bidder may establish a longer acceptance period than the minimum 
acceptance period set by the Government by filling in the blank. There 
are instances when the Government is unable to award a contract within 
the acceptance period due to unforeseen complications. Rather than 
incur the costly expense of readvertising, the Government requests the 
bidders to extend their bids for a longer period of time.
    These data are placed with the respective bids and placed in the 
contract file to become a matter of record.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    Public reporting burden for this collection of information is 
estimated to average 1 minute per completion, 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, 
3,220; responses per respondent, 40; total annual responses, 128,800; 
preparation hours per response, .017; and total response burden hours, 
2,190.

    Dated: October 12, 1995.
Beverly Fayson,
FAR Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 95-25784 Filed 10-17-95; 8:45 am]
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