[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 28 (Monday, February 11, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 6234]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-3182]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000-0044]


Federal Acquisition Regulation; Information Collection; 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 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, 2002.
    Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
functions of the FAR, and whether it will have practical utility; 
whether our estimate of the public burden of this collection of 
information is accurate, and based on valid assumptions and 
methodology; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and ways in which we can minimize the 
burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, 
through the use of appropriate technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.

DATES: Submit comments on or before April 12, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding this burden estimate or any other 
aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for 
reducing this burden to the General Services Administration, FAR 
Secretariat (MVP), 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, 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 providing a period of time 
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

    Respondents: 308.
    Responses Per Respondent: 40.
    Annual Responses: 12,320.
    Hours Per Response: .017.
    Total Burden Hours: 209.

Obtaining Copies of Proposals

    Requesters may obtain a copy of the information collection package 
from the General Services Administration, FAR Secretariat (MVP), Room 
4035, 1800 F Street, NW, Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202) 501-
4755. Please cite OMB Control No. 9000-0044, Bid/Offer Acceptance 
Period, in all correspondence.

    Dated: February 5, 2002.
Al Matera,
Director, Acquisition Policy Division.
[FR Doc. 02-3182 Filed 2-8-02; 8:45 am]
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