[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 166 (Monday, August 27, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51784-51785]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-20998]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Docket 2012-0076; Sequence 46; OMB Control No. 9000-0083]


Federal Acquisition Regulation; Information Collection; 
Qualification Requirements

AGENCY: 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, the 
Regulatory Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a 
previously approved information collection requirement concerning 
Qualification Requirements.
    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

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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 October 26, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 9000-
0083, Qualification Requirements, by any of the following methods:
     Regulations.gov: http://www.regulations.gov.
    Submit comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by searching the 
OMB control number. Select the link ``Submit a Comment'' that 
corresponds with ``Information Collection 9000-0083, Qualification 
Requirements''. Follow the instructions provided at the ``Submit a 
Comment'' screen. Please include your name, company name (if any), and 
``Information Collection 9000-0083, Qualification Requirements'' on 
your attached document.
     Fax: 202-501-4067.
     Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory 
Secretariat (MVCB), 1275 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20417. ATTN: 
Hada Flowers/IC 9000-0083, Qualification Requirements.
    Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information 
Collection 9000-0083, Qualification Requirements, in all correspondence 
related to this collection. All comments received will be posted 
without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal 
and/or business confidential information provided.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Patricia Corrigan, Procurement 
Analyst, Office of Governmentwide Acquisition Policy, GSA, (202) 208-
1963 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose

    FAR subpart 9.2 and the associated clause at FAR 52.209-1, 
implement the statutory requirements of 10 U.S.C. 2319 and 41 U.S.C. 
3311, which allows an agency to establish a qualification requirement 
for testing or other quality assurance demonstration that must be 
completed by an offeror before award of a contract. Under the 
qualification requirements, an end item, or a component thereof, may be 
required to be prequalified. The clause at FAR 52.209-1, Qualification 
Requirements, requires offerors who have met the qualification 
requirements to identify the offeror's name, the manufacturer's name, 
source's name, the item name, service identification, and test number 
(to the extent known).
    The contracting officer uses the information to determine 
eligibility for award when the clause at 52.209-1 is included in the 
solicitation. Alternatively, items not yet listed may be considered for 
award upon the submission of evidence of qualification with the offer.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    There is no Governmentwide data collection process or system, e.g., 
Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS) which identifies the number of 
solicitations issued that include qualification requirements. To date, 
no public comments or questions have been received regarding the burden 
estimates included in the currently approved clearance. However, a 
change is being made regarding the estimated number of responses 
annually from 100 (in the currently approved burden) to a more 
appropriate estimated average of 5 responses annually (i.e., the number 
of proposals received per solicitation issued). For purposes of this 
clearance, time required to read and prepare information remains at 15 
minutes per submission assuming an offeror's use of electronic 
information tracking and retrieval processes.
    Respondents: 2,207.
    Responses per Respondent: 5.
    Annual Responses: 11,035.
    Hours per Response: .25.
    Total Burden Hours: 2,758.
    Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the 
information collection documents from the General Services 
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat (MVCB), 1275 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC, 20417, telephone (202) 501-4755. Please cite OMB 
Control No. 9000-0083, Qualification Requirements, in all 
correspondences.

    Dated: August 17, 2012.
William Clark,
Acting Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of 
Governmentwide Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office 
of Governmentwide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2012-20998 Filed 8-24-12; 8:45 am]
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