[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 24, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8258-8259]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-3888]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 3090-0248]


General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation; 
Information Collection; Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses, 
Placement of Orders Clause, and Ordering Information Clause

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Acquisition Officer, GSA.

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 General Services Administration will be 
submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to 
review and approve a renewal of a currently approved information 
collection requirement regarding solicitation provisions and contract 
clauses, placement of orders clause, and ordering information clause. 
The clearance currently expires on May 31, 2008.
    Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this 
collection of information is necessary 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; and ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 
of the information to be collected.

DATES: Submit comments on or before: April 27, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Warren Blankenship, Procurement 
Analyst, Contract Policy Division, GSA, (202) 501-1900.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding this burden estimate or any other 
aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for 
reducing this burden, to the Regulatory Secretariat (VPR), General 
Services Administration, Room 4041, 1800 F Street, NW., Washington, DC 
20405. Please cite OMB Control No. 3090-0248, Solicitation

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Provisions and Contract Clauses, Placement of Orders Clause, and 
Ordering Information Clause, in all correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    The General Services Administration (GSA) has various mission 
responsibilities related to the acquisition and provision of the 
Federal Acquisition Service's (FAS's) Stock, Special Order, and 
Schedules Programs. These mission responsibilities generate 
requirements that are realized through the solicitation and award of 
various types of FAS contracts. Individual solicitations and resulting 
contracts may impose unique information collection and reporting 
requirements on contractors, not required by regulation, but necessary 
to evaluate particular program accomplishments and measure success in 
meeting program objectives. As such, GSAR 516.506, Solicitation 
provision and clauses, specifically directs contracting officers to 
insert 552.216-72, Placement of Orders, when the contract authorizes 
FAS and other activities to issue delivery or task orders and 552.216-
73, Ordering Information, directs the Offeror to elect to receive 
orders placed by FAS by either facsimile transmission or computer-to-
computer Electronic Data Interchange (EDI).

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    Respondents: 6,493.
    Responses Per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 6,493.
    Hours Per Response: .25.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,623.
    Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the 
information collection documents from the General Services 
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat (VPR), 1800 F Street, NW., Room 
4041, Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202) 501-4755. Please cite OMB 
Control No. 3090-0248, Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses, 
Placement of Orders Clause, and Ordering Information Clause, in all 
correspondence.

    Dated: February 19, 2009.
Al Matera,
Director, Contract Policy Division.
[FR Doc. E9-3888 Filed 2-23-09; 8:45 am]
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