[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 84 (Monday, May 4, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20480-20481]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-10155]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 3090-0248]


General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation; 
Submission for OMB Review; 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 Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), the 
Regulatory 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 
Solicitation provisions and contract clauses, placement of orders 
clauses, and ordering information clause. A request for public comments 
was published in the Federal Register at 74 FR 8258, February 24, 2009. 
No comments were received.
    Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this 
collection of information is necessary; 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 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: June 3, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding this burden estimate or any other 
aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for 
reducing this burden to: General Services Administration (GSA) Desk 
Officer,

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OMB, Room 10236, NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, and send a copy to the 
Regulatory Secretariat (VPR), 1800 F Street, NW., Room 4041, 
Washington, DC 20405. Please cite OMB Control No. 3090-0248, 
Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses, Placement of Orders 
Clause, and Ordering Information Clause in all correspondence.

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

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: 7,143.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 7,143.
    Hours per Response: .25.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,786.
    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: April 28, 2009.
Al Matera,
Director, Office of Acquisition Policy.
[FR Doc. E9-10155 Filed 5-1-09; 8:45 am]
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