[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 129 (Monday, July 7, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38317-38318]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-15639]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000-0018; Docket 2014-0055; Sequence 8]
Submission to OMB for Review; Federal Acquisition Regulation;
Certification of Independent Price Determination and Parent Company and
Identifying Data
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 (44 U.S.C.
chapter 35), the Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB) will be
submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to
review and approve an extension of a currently approved information
collection requirement concerning certification of independent price
determination and parent company and identifying data. A notice was
published in the Federal Register on April 14, 2014. No comments were
received.
DATES: Submit comments on or before August 6, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 9000-
0018, Certification of Independent Price Determination and Parent
Company and Identifying Data 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 9000-0018. Select the link ``Comment Now'' that
corresponds with ``Information Collection 9000-0018, Certification of
Independent Price Determination and Parent Company and Identifying
Data.'' Follow the instructions provided on the screen. Please include
your name, company name (if any), and ``Information Collection 9000-
0018, Certification of Independent Price Determination and Parent
Company and Identifying Data'' on your attached document.
Fax: 202-501-4067.
Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory
Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405.
ATTN: Ms. Flowers/IC 9000-0018.
Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information
Collection 9000-0018, 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. Edward Chambers, Procurement
Analyst, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, GSA 202-501-3221 or
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
As a first step in assuring that Government contracts are not
awarded to firms violating anti-trust laws, offerors on Government
contracts must complete the certificate of independent price
determination. The Contracting Officer will reject certificates where
the offeror has deleted or modified portions of the certificate and has
not furnished with the certificate a signed statement of the
circumstances of disclosure of prices. Agencies are required to report
to the Attorney General rejected offers where the offeror deleted or
modified the certificate or the certificate is suspected of being
false.
The information collection is required each time an offeror
responds to a solicitation for firm-fixed price contract or fixed-price
economic price adjustment contract unless the acquisition is: (1) Made
under the simplified acquisition threshold; (2) at the request for
technical proposals under two-step sealed bidding procedures; or (3)
for utility services for which rates are set by law or regulation. The
FAR rule requires a Certificate of Independent Price Determination so
that contractors certify that the prices in their offer have been
arrived at independently, have not been or will not be knowingly
disclosed, and have not been submitted for the purpose of restricting
competition. This clause does not apply to commercial items.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
A reassessment of FAR 3.103 and FAR 52.203-2 was performed. Based
on the comprehensive reassessment performed, this information
collection resulted in a slight decrease in the annual number of
responses and an increase in the annual time burden from the previous
information collection that was published in the Federal Register at 76
FR 37353 on June 27, 2011. The decrease in the annual number of
responses was likely a result of updated Fiscal Year 2013 data obtained
from the Federal Procurement Data System. The
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increase in the annual time burden resulted from increases in the
amount of time necessary to research and prepares the certification
from .01 hours (less than one minute) to .25 hours (15 minutes). No
public comments were received in prior years that have challenged the
validity of the Government's estimate.
Respondents: 13,486.
Responses per Respondent: 76.
Total Responses: 1,024,936.
Hours per Response: .25.
Total Burden hours: 256,234.
C. Public Comments
Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
functions of the 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.
Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the
information collection documents from the General Services
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street
NW., Washington, DC 20405. ATTN: Ms. Flowers/IC 9000-0018, telephone
202-501-4755.
Please cite OMB Control No. 9000-0018, Certification of Independent
Price Determination and Parent Company and Identifying Data, in all
correspondence.
Dated: June 27, 2014.
Karlos Morgan,
Acting Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of
Government-wide Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy,
Office of Government-wide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2014-15639 Filed 7-3-14; 8:45 am]
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