[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 124 (Monday, June 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 35202]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-17162]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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    The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance, the 
following proposal for collection of information under the provisions 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Title and OMB Number: Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation 
Supplement (DFARS) Part 236, Construction and Architect-Engineer 
Contracts, and Related Clauses at 252.236; OMB Number 0704-0255.
    Type of Request: Extension.
    Number of Respondents: 2,740.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 2,740.
    Average Burden per Response: 100.96 hours.
    Annual Burden Hours: 276,625.
    Needs and Uses: This information collection requirement pertains to 
information collections applicable to fixed-price construction 
contracts. Government personnel use the information generated by these 
collections to (a) evaluate contractor proposals for contract 
modifications, (b) determine that a contractor has removed obstructions 
to navigation, (c) review contractor requests for payment for 
mobilization and determine reasonableness of costs allocated to 
mobilization and demobilization, and (d) determine eligibility for the 
20 percent evaluation preference for U.S. firms in the award of some 
overseas construction contracts. This request covers the following 
requirements prescribed in DFARS 236.570, applicable to fixed-price 
construction contracts: (i) DFARS 252.236-7000 requries contractors to 
submit a price breakdown with any proposal for a contract modification; 
(2) DFARS 252.236-7002 requires contractors to notify the contracting 
officer of obstructions in navigable waterways; (3) DFARS 252.236-7003 
requires contractors to provide supporting documentation when 
submitting requests for payment for mobilization and preparatory work; 
(4) DFARS 252.236-7004 permits contracting officers to require 
contractors to furnish cost data justifying the percentage of the cost 
split between mobilization and demobilization, if the contracting 
officer believes that the proposed percentages do not bear a reasonable 
relation to the cost of the work; and, (5) DFARS 252.233-7010 and DFARS 
252.236-7012 require offerors to identify their status as a U.S. firm 
or, when contract performance will be on Kwajalein Atoll, status as a 
U.S. or Marshallese firm.
    Affected Public: Business or Other For-Profit.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Peter N. Weiss.
    Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Mr. Weiss at the Office of Management and 
Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.
    DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Robert Cushing.
    Written requests for copies of the information collection proposal 
should be sent to Mr. Cushing, WHS/DIOR, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, 
Suite 1204, Arlington, VA 22202-4302.

    Dated: June 23, 1998.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 98-17162 Filed 6-26-98; 8:45 am]
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