[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 25, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50414-50415]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-20845]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Defense Acquisition Regulations System

[Docket Number DARS-2019-0040; OMB Control Number 0704-0441]


Information Collection Requirement; Defense Federal Acquisition 
Regulation Supplement (DFARS); Quality Assurance; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Department of Defense 
(DoD).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Defense Acquisition Regulations System has submitted to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance, the following 
proposed revision and extension of a collection of information under 
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by October 
25, 2019.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title and OMB Number: Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation 
Supplement (DFARS) Part 246, Quality Assurance, and related clauses at 
252.246; OMB Control Number 0704-0441.

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    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit and not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Type of Request: Revision and extension.
    Number of Respondents: 34,842.
    Responses per Respondent: ~1.55.
    Annual Responses: 122,024.
    Average Burden per Response: ~17.05.
    Annual Burden Hours: 2,075,685 (includes 39,075 reporting hours and 
2,036,610 recordkeeping hours).
    Needs and Uses: The information collections under OMB Control 
Number 0704-0441 pertain to all information that offerors or 
contractors must submit related to DFARS contract quality assurance 
programs. This renewal includes the incorporation of OMB Control Number 
0704-0541.
    a. 252.246-7003, Notification of Potential Safety Issues. 
Contracting officers require timely notification of potential safety 
defects so that (1) systems and equipment likely affected by the 
situation can be readily identified, and (2) appropriate engineering 
investigation and follow-on actions can be taken to establish and 
mitigate risk.
    b. 252.246-7005, Notice of Warranty Tracking of Serialized Items. 
The information provided by offerors under this provision alerts 
contracting officers in those cases where the offeror is proposing to 
provide a warranty for an individual contract line item for which DoD 
has not specified a warranty in the solicitation. The warranty notice 
will permit the Government to recognize and utilize any warranty after 
contract award.
    c. 252.246-7006, Warranty Tracking of Serialized Items, implements 
section 818 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal 
Year (FY) 2012 (Pub. L. 112-81 as amended by section 817 of the NDAA 
for FY 2015 (Pub. L. 113-291). The information provided by contractors 
allows DoD to track warranties for item unique item identification 
(IUID) required items in the IUID registry to obtain maximum utility of 
warranties provided on contracted items. The identification and 
enforcement of warranties is essential to the effectiveness and 
efficiency of DoD's material readiness. Providing visibility and 
accountability of warranty data associated with acquired goods, from 
the identification of the requirement to the expiration date of the 
warranted item, significantly enhances DoD's ability to take full 
advantage of warranties, resulting in--
    (1) Reduced costs;
    (2) Ability to recognize benefits included at no additional cost;
    (3) Ability to compare performance against Government-specified 
warranties; and
    (4) Identification of sufficient durations for warranties for 
specific goods.
    d. 252.246-7008, Sources of Electronic Parts. The notification and 
documentation requirements are necessary to comply with statute. The 
contracting officer will use the information to ensure that the 
contractor performs the traceability of parts, additional inspection, 
testing, and authentication required when an electronic part is not 
obtained from a trusted supplier. The Government may also use this 
information to more actively perform acceptance.
    Comments and recommendations on the proposed information collection 
should be sent to Ms. Jasmeet Seehra, DoD Desk Officer, at 
[email protected]. Please identify the proposed information 
collection by DoD Desk Officer and the Docket ID number and title of 
the information collection
    You may also submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by the following method: Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    DoD Clearance Officer: Ms. Angela James. Requests for copies of the 
information collection proposal should be sent to Ms. James at [email protected].

Jennifer Lee Hawes,
Regulatory Control Officer, Defense Acquisition Regulations System.
[FR Doc. 2019-20845 Filed 9-24-19; 8:45 am]
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