[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 168 (Wednesday, August 29, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 44123]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-18761]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Solicitation of Proposal Information for Award of
Public Contracts
AGENCY: Departmental Offices, U.S. Department of the Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general
public and other federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment
on this continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The public is invited to submit comments on the
collection(s) listed below.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before October 29, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Email: [email protected]. The subject line should contain
the OMB number and title for which you are commenting.
Mail: Thomas O'Linn, Office of the Procurement Executive,
Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Metropolitan
Square, Suite 6B113, Washington DC 20220.
All responses to this notice will be included in the request for
OMB's approval. All comments will also become a matter of public
record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
a copy of the information collection can be directed to the addresses
provided above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Solicitation of Proposal Information for Award of Public
Contracts.
OMB Control Number: 1505-0081.
Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved
collection.
Abstract: Treasury Bureaus and the Office of the Procurement
Executive collect information when inviting firms to submit proposals
for public contracts for supplies and services. The information
collection is necessary for compliance with the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act (41 U.S.C. 251 et seq.), the Federal
Acquisition Regulation (FAR) (48 CFR Chapter 1) and applicable
acquisition regulations. Information requested of offerors is specific
to each procurement solicitation, and is required for Treasury to
properly evaluate the capabilities and experience of potential
contractors who desire to provide the supplies or services to be
acquired.
Form: None.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 23,781.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Hours per Response: 9.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 214,029.
Request for Comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice
will be summarized and included in the request for Office of Management
and Budget approval. All comments will become a matter of public
record. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including
through the use of technology; and (e) estimates of capital or start-up
costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services
required to provide information.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
Dated: August 24, 2018.
Spencer W. Clark,
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-18761 Filed 8-28-18; 8:45 am]
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