[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 10, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61580-61581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-24852]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000-0045]
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Information Collection; Bid
Guarantees, Performance and Payment Bonds, and Alternative Payment
Protections
AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice of reinstatement request for an information collection
requirement regarding an existing OMB clearance.
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the
Regulatory Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a
previously approved information collection requirement concerning bid
guarantees, performance and payment bonds, and alternative payment
protections.
Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
functions of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), and whether it
will have practical utility; whether our estimate of the public burden
of this collection of information is accurate, and based on valid
assumptions and methodology; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and ways in which we can
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, through the use of appropriate technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
DATES: Submit comments on or before December 10, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 9000-
0045, Bid Guarantees, Performance, and Payment Bonds, and Alternative
Payment Protections by any of the following methods:
Regulations.gov: http://www.regulations.gov. Submit
comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by searching the OMB
control number. Select the link ``Submit a Comment'' that corresponds
with ``Information Collection 9000-0045, Bid, Performance, and Payment
Bonds''. Follow the instructions provided at the ``Submit a Comment''
screen. Please include your name, company name (if any), and
``Information Collection 9000-0045, Bid Guarantees, Performance, and
Payment Bonds, and Alternative Payment Protections'' on your attached
document.
Fax: 202-501-4067.
Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory
Secretariat (MVCB), 1275 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20417. ATTN:
Hada Flowers/IC 9000-0045, Bid Guarantees, Performance, and Payment
Bonds, and Alternative Payment Protections.
Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information
Collection 9000-0045, Bid Guarantees, Performance, and Payment Bonds,
and Alternative Payment Protections, in all correspondence related to
this collection. All comments received will be posted without change to
http://www.regulations.gov, including any
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personal and/or business confidential information provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Cecelia Davis, Procurement
Analyst, Contract Policy Division, GSA (202) 219-0202 or email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
FAR Subparts 28.1 and 28.2; FAR clauses at 52.228-1, 52.228-2,
52.228-13, 52.228-15, 52.228-16; and associated FAR standard forms
implement the statutory requirements of the Miller Act (40 U.S.C. 3131
et seq.), which requires performance and payment bonds for any
construction contract exceeding $150,000, unless it is impracticable to
require bonds for work performed in a foreign country, or it is
otherwise authorized by law. In addition, the note to 40 U.S.C. 3132,
entitled ``Alternatives to Payment Bonds Provided by the Federal
Acquisition Regulation,'' is implemented in the FAR, which requires
alternative payment protection for construction contracts that exceed
$30,000 but do not exceed $150,000. Although not required by statute,
under certain circumstances the FAR permits the Government to require
bonds on other than construction contracts. The information collected
under this clearance provides the Government with a form of security
that the contractor will not withdraw a bid or assures that the
contractor will perform its obligations under a contract.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
The estimated annual reporting burden is slightly increased since
published in the Federal Register at 74 FR 46988, on September 14,
2009. Based on use of data, from the Federal Procurement Data System,
for fiscal year 2011, an upward adjustment is made to the estimated
annual reporting burden.
Respondents: 7,800.
Responses per Respondent: 7.6051.
Total Responses: 59,320.
Hours per Response: .42.
Total Burden Hours: 24,914.
Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the
information collection documents from the General Services
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat (MVCB), 1275 First Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20417, telephone (202) 501-4755. Please cite OMB Control
No. 9000-0045, Bid Guarantees, Performance, and Payment Bonds, and
Alternative Payment Protections, in all correspondence.
Dated: September 28, 2012.
William Clark,
Acting Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of
Governmentwide Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office
of Governmentwide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2012-24852 Filed 10-9-12; 8:45 am]
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