[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 232 (Tuesday, December 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 84403]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-26578]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0418]


Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Veterans 
Affairs Acquisition Regulation (VAAR) 809.507-1 and VAAR Provision 
852.209-70

AGENCY: Procurement Policy and Warrant Management Service, Office of 
Procurement Policy, Systems and Oversight, Office of Acquisition and 
Logistics (OAL), Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 
this notice announces that the Office of Acquisition and Logistics, 
Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the collection of 
information abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and comment. The PRA submission describes the nature 
of the information collection and its expected cost and burden and it 
includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice by clicking on the following link www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, select ``Currently under Review--Open for Public 
Comments'', then search the list for the information collection by 
Title or ``OMB Control No. 2900-0418.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maribel Aponte, Office of Enterprise 
and Integration, Data Governance Analytics (008), 810 Vermont Ave. NW, 
Washington, DC 20420, (202) 266-4688 or email [email protected]. 
Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-0418'' in any correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501-21.
    Title: Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulation (VAAR) 809.507-1 and 
VAAR Provision 852.209-70.
    OMB Control Number: 2900-0418.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: Performance of VA mission requires the use of 
contractors. VAAR provision 852.209-70, Organizational Conflicts of 
Interest is to implement section 8141 of the 1989 Department of Defense 
Appropriation Act, Public Law 100-463, 102 Stat. 2270-47 (1988). VAAR 
809.507-1, Solicitation provisions, and VAAR provision 852.209-70, 
Organizational Conflicts of Interest, requires offerors on 
solicitations for management support and consulting services to advise, 
as part of the firm's offer, whether or not award of the contract to 
the firm might involve a conflict of interest or potential conflict of 
interest, and, if so, to disclose all relevant facts regarding the 
conflict or potential conflict. The information is used by the 
contracting officer to determine whether or not to award a contract to 
the firm or, if a contract is to be awarded despite a potential 
conflict, whether or not additional contract terms and conditions are 
necessary to mitigate the conflict.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB control number. The Federal Register Notice with a 
60-day comment period soliciting comments on this collection of 
information was published at 88 FR 62429 on September 11, 2023 pages 
62429 and 62430.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 102 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 60 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: 1 per each solicitation.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 102.

    By direction of the Secretary.
Maribel Aponte,
VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of Enterprise and Integration, Data 
Governance Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2023-26578 Filed 12-4-23; 8:45 am]
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