[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 120 (Friday, June 23, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 41088]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13398]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Defense Acquisition Regulations System

[Docket Number DARS-2023-0011; OMB Control Number 0704-0232]


Information Collection Requirement; Defense Federal Acquisition 
Regulation Supplement, Contract Pricing

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Defense Acquisition Regulations System has submitted to 
OMB for clearance the following proposal for collection of information 
under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by July 24, 
2023.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to https://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.
    You may also submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by the following method: Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela Duncan, 571-372-7574, or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title and OMB Number: Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation 
Supplement (DFARS) Subpart 215.4, Contract Pricing, and related clause 
at DFARS 252.215; OMB Control Number 0704-0232.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit and not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Number of Respondents: 302.
    Responses per Respondent: Approximately 1.4.
    Annual Responses: 427.
    Average Burden per Response: Approximately 40.7.
    Annual Burden Hours: 17,400.
    Needs and Uses: The clause at DFARS 252.215-7002, Cost Estimating 
System Requirements, requires that certain large business contractors--
     Establish an acceptable cost estimating system and 
disclose the estimating system to the administrative contracting 
officer in writing;
     Maintain the estimating system and disclose significant 
changes in the system to the administrative contracting officer on a 
timely basis; and
     Respond in writing to written reports from the Government 
that identify deficiencies in the estimating system.
    DoD contracting officers use this information to determine if the 
contractor has an adequate system for generating cost estimates, which 
forecasts costs based on appropriate source information available at 
the time, and has the ability to monitor the correction of significant 
deficiencies. The need for information collection decreases as 
contractor estimating systems improve and gain contracting officer 
approval.
    DoD Clearance Officer: Ms. Angela Duncan. Requests for copies of 
the information collection proposal should be sent to Ms. Duncan at 
[email protected].

Jennifer D. Johnson,
Editor/Publisher, Defense Acquisition Regulations System.
[FR Doc. 2023-13398 Filed 6-22-23; 8:45 am]
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