[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 223 (Monday, November 19, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 69442]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-28031]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000-0068: Docket 2012-0076; Sequence 55]
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Information Collection; Economic
Price Adjustment
AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice of request for an extension to 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
economic price adjustment.
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 18, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 9000-
0068, Economic Price Adjustment 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 9000-0068, Economic Price Adjustment''.
Follow the instructions provided at the ``Submit a Comment'' screen.
Please include your name, company name (if any), and ``Information
Collection 9000-0068, Economic Price Adjustment'' 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 9000-0068, Economic Price Adjustment.
Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information
Collection 9000-0068, Economic Price Adjustment, 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. Michael O. Jackson, Procurement
Analyst, Office of Governmentwide Acquisition Policy, GSA (202) 208-
4949 or email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
FAR 16.203, Fixed-price contracts with economic price adjustment,
and associated clauses at 52.216-2, 52.216-3, and 52.216-4 provide for
upward and downward revision of the stated contract price upon
occurrence of specified contingencies. In order for the contracting
officer to be aware of price changes, the firm must provide pertinent
information to the Government. The information is used to determine the
proper amount of price adjustments required under the contract.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
The estimated annual reporting burden is being adjusted upward
since published in the Federal Register at 74 FR 64085, on December 7,
2009. The upward adjustment is based on a revised number of respondents
obtained from the Federal Procurement Data System--Next Generation
(FPDS-NG) data for fixed-price contracts with economic price
adjustments.
Respondents: 11,945.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Annual Responses: 11,945.
Hours per Response: .25.
Total Burden Hours: 2,986.
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. 9000-0068,
Economic Price Adjustment, in all correspondence.
Dated: November 8, 2012.
William Clark,
Acting Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of
Acquisition Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2012-28031 Filed 11-16-12; 8:45 am]
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