[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 250 (Wednesday, December 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 71915]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34370]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000-0044]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request 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.

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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. The clearance currently expires on April 30, 1999.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before March 1, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect 
of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing 
this burden, should be submitted to: FAR Desk Officer, OMB, Room 10102, 
NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, and a copy to the General Services 
Administration, FAR Secretariat (MVRS), 1800 F Street, NW, Room 4035, 
Washington, DC 20405. Please cite OMB Control No. 9000-0044, Bid/Offer 
Acceptance Period, in all correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ralph DeStefano, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, 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.

OBTAINING COPIES OF PROPOSALS: Requester may obtain a copy of the 
justification from the General Services Administration, FAR Secretariat 
(MVRS), Room 4035, 1800 F Street, NW, Washington, DC 20405, telephone 
(202) 208-7312. Please cite OMB Control No. 9000-0044, Bid/Offer 
Acceptance Period, in all correspondence.

    Dated: December 22, 1998.
Victoria E. Moss,
Acting Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division.
[FR Doc. 98-34370 Filed 12-29-98; 8:45 am]
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