[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 107 (Friday, June 5, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27024-27025]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-13122]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000-0045]


Federal Acquisition Regulation; Information Collection; Bid 
Guarantees, Performance and Payment Bonds, and Alternative Payment 
Protections

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration 
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of reinstatement request for an information collection 
requirement regarding 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, Regulatory 
Secretariat (VPR) will be submitting to

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the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to reinstate a 
previously approved information collection requirement concerning Bid 
Guarantees, Performance and Payment Bonds, and Alternative Payment 
Protections.
    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 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 August 4, 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, Regulatory 
Secretariat (VPR), 1800 F Street, NW., Room 4041, Washington, DC 20405. 
Please cite OMB Control No. 9000-0045, Bid Guarantees, Performance and 
Payment Bonds, and Alternative Payment Protections, in all 
correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. William Clark, Procurement 
Analyst, Contract Policy Division, GSA, (202) 219-1813.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose

    These regulations implement the statutory requirements of the 
Miller Act (40 U.S.C. 3131 to 3134), which requires performance and 
payment bonds for any construction contract exceeding $100,000, unless 
it is impracticable to require bonds for work performed in a foreign 
country, or it is otherwise authorized by law. In addition, the 
regulations implement the note to 40 U.S.C. 3132, entitled 
``Alternatives to Payment Bonds Provided by the Federal Acquisition 
Regulation,'' which requires alternative payment protection for 
construction contracts that exceed $30,000 but do not exceed $100,000. 
Although not required by statute, under certain circumstances the FAR 
permits the Government to require bonds on other than construction 
contracts.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    Respondents: 11,304.
    Responses per Respondent: 5.
    Total Responses: 56,520.
    Hours per Response: .42.
    Total Burden Hours: 23,738.
    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. 9000-0045, Bid Guarantees, Performance and Payment Bonds, 
and Alternative Payment Protections, in all correspondence.

    Dated: June 1, 2009.
Al Matera,
Director, Office of Acquisition Policy.
[FR Doc. E9-13122 Filed 6-4-09; 8:45 am]
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