[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 166 (Tuesday, August 31, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48746-48747]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-18767]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; 30-Day Comment Request; Evaluation of 
Office of Acquisitions System (OASYS) and FFRDC Contract Administration 
System (FCAS) Vendor Portals National Cancer Institute (NCI)

AGENCY: National Institutes of Health, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review and approval of the 
information collection listed below.

DATES: Comments regarding this information collection are best assured 
of having their full effect if received within 30-days of the date of 
this publication.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
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 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marla Jacobson, 9609 Medical Center 
Drive, MSC 9742, Rockville, MD 20850 or call non-toll-free number 240-
276-

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5267 or Email your request, including your address to: 
[email protected]. Formal requests for additional plans and 
instruments must be requested in writing.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposed information collection was 
previously published in the Federal Register on May 19, 2021, page 
27093 (Vol. 86 FR 27093) and allowed 60 days for public comment. No 
public comments were received. The National Cancer Institute (NCI), 
National Institutes of Health, may not conduct or sponsor, and the 
respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection 
that has been extended, revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 
1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
    In compliance with Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review and 
approval of the information collection listed below.
    Proposed Collection: Evaluation of Office of Acquisitions System 
(OASYS) and FFRDC Contract Administration System (FCAS) Vendor Portals 
National Cancer Institute (NCI), 0925-NEW, Expiration Date XX/XX/XXXX, 
NEW, National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health 
(NIH).
    Need and Use of Information Collection: The National Cancer 
Institute (NCI) Office of Acquisitions (OA), located within the Office 
of the Director (OD) in the Office of Management (OM) at the National 
Cancer Institute (NCI), awards and administers contracts and simplified 
acquisitions in support of the Institute's mission to prevent, diagnose 
and treat cancer. During the acquisition process, the OA ensures that 
customer service is paramount, and communications are open and 
continuous. Currently requests and correspondence are sent to and 
received from vendors through email with the exception of the FFRDC 
Contractor who submits through the FCAS Vendor Portal which is in 
production. To streamline processes, increase transparency and gain 
efficiencies, the OA developed OASYS and FCAS vendor portals to replace 
processes that are handled through email (future OASYS Vendor Portal 
Users) and were (current FCAS Vendor Portal Users) to individual OA 
recipients. The FCAS Vendor Portal and in the future, the OASYS Vendor 
Portal will serve as a one-stop shop for transmission of requests, 
reports, deliverables and other correspondence due on numerous research 
and development, in support of R&D contracts as well as those contract 
vehicles awarded using various Federal Acquisition Procedures including 
but not limited to FAR Part 8, Required Sources of Supplies and 
Services, FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, and FAR Part 
12, Acquisition of Commercial Items. These reports and deliverables 
cover a wide variety of topics in the areas of cancer research 
including prevention, detection, diagnosis, and control.
    OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to 
respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized 
burden hours are 232.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of     Average time
           Form name                 Type of         Number of     responses per   per response    Total annual
                                   respondent       respondents     respondent      (in hours)     burden hours
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Survey--OASYS.................  Individuals.....              10               1            6/60               1
Survey--FCAS..................  Individuals.....               1               1            6/60               1
Registration--OASYS...........  Corporations....             400               1            6/60              40
Registration--FCAS............  Corporations....               1               1            6/60               1
Data Field Information--OASYS.  Individuals.....             400              18            1/60             120
Data Field Information--FCAS..  Individuals.....              61              63            1/60              64
Add/Edit new Vendor User--      Corporations....              40               1            6/60               4
 OASYS.
Add/Edit new Vendor User--FCAS  Corporations....               6               1            6/60               1
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    Totals....................  ................             919          11,501  ..............             232
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    Dated: August 26, 2021.
Vivian Horovitch-Kelley,
Project Clearance Liaison, National Cancer Institute, National 
Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2021-18767 Filed 8-30-21; 8:45 am]
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