[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 218 (Friday, November 9, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67366-67367]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-27399]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[Docket 2012-0076; Sequence 31; OMB Control No. 9000-0077]
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Information Collection; Quality
Assurance Requirements
AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice of request for public comments regarding an extension to
an existing OMB clearance.
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act,
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
quality assurance requirements.
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 January 8, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 9000-
0077, Quality Assurance Requirements, by any of the following methods:
Regulations.gov: http://www.regulations.gov. Submit
comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by
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searching the OMB control number. Select the link ``Submit a Comment''
that corresponds with ``Information Collection 9000-0077, Quality
Assurance Requirements''. Follow the instructions provided at the
``Submit a Comment'' screen. Please include your name, company name (if
any), and ``Information Collection 9000-0077, Quality Assurance
Requirements'' 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 9000-0077, Quality Assurance Requirements.
Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information
Collection 9000-0077, Quality Assurance Requirements, in all
correspondence related to this collection. All comments received will
be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any
personal and/or business confidential information provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Curtis E. Glover, Sr., Procurement
Analyst, Contract Policy Division, GSA (202) 501-1448 or email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
Supplies and services acquired under Government contracts must
conform to the contract's quality and quantity requirements. FAR Part
46 prescribes inspection, acceptance, warranty, and other measures
associated with quality requirements. Standard clauses related to
inspection require the contractor to provide and maintain an inspection
system that is acceptable to the Government; give the Government the
right to make inspections and test while work is in process; and
require the contractor to keep complete, and make available to the
Government, records of its inspection work. The
B. Annual Reporting Burden
An upward adjustment is being made to the previously approved
estimated annual burden. The change is based on calculating the burden
for each clause in FAR Part 46 associated with this information
collection requirement. In addition, the Government considered the
information collected under this requirement to be records kept as a
part of a contractor's normal business operations, and the Government
will only request to see the records a limited number of times per year
for each contractor.
Respondents: 176,286.
Responses per Respondent: 1.0186344.
Total Responses: 179,571.
Hours per Response: 82246.
Total Burden Hours: 147,690.
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. 9000-0077, Quality Assurance Requirements, in all correspondence.
Dated: November 1, 2012.
William Clark,
Acting Director, Federal Acquisition Policy, Office of Governmentwide
Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of
Governmentwide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2012-27399 Filed 11-8-12; 8:45 am]
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