[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 13 (Friday, January 22, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6650-6651]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-01334]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000-0001; Docket No. 2020-0053; Sequence No. 14]


Submission for OMB Review; Standard Form 28, Affidavit of 
Individual Surety

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the

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Regulatory Secretariat Division has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a revision 
and renewal of a previously approved information collection requirement 
regarding the Standard Form 28, Affidavit of Individual Surety.

DATES: Submit comments on or before February 22, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for this information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for Public 
Comments'' or by using the search function.
    Additionally, submit a copy to GSA through http://www.regulations.gov and follow the instructions on the site. This 
website provides the ability to type short comments directly into the 
comment field or attach a file for lengthier comments.
    Instructions: All items submitted must cite OMB Control number 
9000-0001, Standard Form 28, Affidavit of Individual Surety. Comments 
received generally will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal and/or business 
confidential information provided. To confirm receipt of your 
comment(s), please check www.regulations.gov, approximately two-to-
three days after submission to verify posting. If there are 
difficulties submitting comments, contact the GSA Regulatory 
Secretariat Division at 202-501-4755 or [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Zenaida Delgado, Procurement Analyst, 
at telephone 202-969-7207, or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. OMB control number, Title, and any Associated Form(s)

    9000-0001, Standard Form 28, Affidavit of Individual Surety.

B. Needs and Uses

    This clearance covers the information that offerors or contractors 
must submit to comply with the following Federal Acquisition Regulation 
(FAR) requirement:
     Standard Form (SF) 28, Affidavit of Individual Surety. 
This form is used by all executive agencies, including the Department 
of Defense (DoD), to obtain information from individuals wishing to 
serve as sureties to Government bonds. Offerors and contractors may use 
an individual surety as security for bonds required under a 
solicitation or contract for supplies or services (including 
construction). It is an elective decision on the part of the offeror or 
contractor to use individual sureties instead of other available 
sources of surety or sureties for Government bonds.
    The contracting officer uses the information on the SF 28 to 
determine the acceptability of individuals proposed as sureties.

C. Annual Burden

    Respondents: 10.
    Total Annual Responses: 20.
    Total Burden Hours: 6.

D. Public Comment

    A 60-day notice was published in the Federal Register at 85 FR 
70151, on November 4, 2020. One comment was received; however, it did 
not change the estimate of the burden.
    Comment: The commenter requested the FAR Council implement FAR Case 
2017-003, Individual Sureties, and, once implemented, create the 
necessary reporting requirements that will mitigate, if not eliminate, 
instances where individual surety bonds are accepted with worthless 
assets or with assets that are beyond the control of contracting 
officials. Accordingly, the commenter finds the renewal/revision of the 
information collection premature because it is uncertain what types of 
information should be solicited on the SF 28.
    Response: The renewal of the information collection is required to 
ensure compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act as the current 
approval for OMB Control number 9000-0001 expires on February 28,2021. 
As stated in section VII. of the final rule preamble for FAR Case 2017-
003 (86 FR 3682), changes to the SF 28 are needed to update the 
language in the form to be consistent with the changes to the FAR text. 
The modification of the SF 28 does not impose additional information 
collection requirements.
    Obtaining Copies: Requesters may obtain a copy of the information 
collection documents from the GSA Regulatory Secretariat Division, by 
calling 202-501-4755 or emailing [email protected]. Please cite OMB 
Control No. 9000-0001, Standard Form 28, Affidavit of Individual 
Surety.

William F. Clark,
Director, Office of Government-wide Acquisition Policy, Office of 
Acquisition Policy, Office of Government-wide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2021-01334 Filed 1-21-21; 8:45 am]
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