[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 133 (Monday, July 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37594-37595]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18564]


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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

Office of Federal Procurement Policy


Notice of Availability

AGENCY: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Federal Procurement 
Policy (OFPP).

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Draft Performance-Based Service 
Contracting (PBSC) Documents on Selected Professional and Technical 
Services.

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SUMMARY: OFPP initiated an interagency project to develop generic 
guidance materials to assist agencies in converting selected 
professional and technical services to PBSC methods. Working groups, 
consisting of agency technical and procurement personnel, are 
developing generic PBSC documents that include: performance 
requirements, performance standards, quality assurance techniques, 
positive and negative incentives, and evaluation criteria for selected 
services. Draft documents have been prepared for software maintenance, 
studies and reports, aircraft maintenance, test range support, and 
surveys. After the

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documents have been finalized, they will be published as a reference 
source for agency voluntary use. We feel that public review and comment 
on the draft documents would provide us with valuable feedback and 
insight.

ADDRESSES: Those persons interested in obtaining a copy and reviewing 
the draft documents should contact Ms. Margaret B. Christian, OFPP, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 9001, 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, 
DC 20503, (202-395-6803).
Allan Brown,
Acting Administrator.
[FR Doc. 98-18564 Filed 7-10-98; 8:45 am]
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