Notice2023-25727
Submission for OMB Review; Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 11 Requirements
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Published
November 21, 2023
Issuing agencies
Defense DepartmentGeneral Services AdministrationNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Abstract
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat Division has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a revision of a previously approved information collection requirement regarding certain Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 11 requirements.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 223 (Tuesday, November 21, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81084-81085]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-25727]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000-0153; Docket No. 2023-0053; Sequence No. 8]
Submission for OMB Review; Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 11
Requirements
AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the
Regulatory Secretariat Division has submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a revision
of a previously approved information collection requirement regarding
certain Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 11 requirements.
DATES: DoD, GSA, and NASA will consider all comments received by
December 21, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for this information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular information
collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for Public
Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Zenaida Delgado, Procurement Analyst,
at telephone 202-969-7207, or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e59f808b848c8184cb8180898284818aa5829684cb828a93"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="97edf2f9f6fef3f6b9f3f2fbf0f6f3f8d7f0e4f6b9f0f8e1">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. OMB Control Number, Title, and any Associated Form(s)
OMB Control No. 9000-0153, Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 11
Requirements.
B. Need and Uses
DoD, GSA, and NASA are combining OMB Control Nos. by FAR part. This
consolidation is expected to improve industry's ability to easily and
efficiently identify burdens associated with a given FAR part. The
review of the information collections by FAR part allows improved
oversight to ensure there is no redundant or unaccounted for burden
placed on industry. Lastly, combining information collections in a
given FAR part is also expected to reduce the administrative burden
associated with processing multiple information collections.
This justification supports the extension of OMB Control No. 9000-
0153 and combines it with the previously approved information
collections under OMB Control No. 9000-0043, with the new title
``Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 11 Requirements''. Upon approval
of this consolidated information collection, OMB Control No. 9000-0043
will be discontinued. The burden requirements previously approved under
the discontinued number will be covered under OMB Control No. 9000-
0153.
This clearance covers the information that offerors or contractors
must submit to comply with the following FAR requirements:
<bullet> FAR 52.211-7, Alternatives to Government-Unique Standards.
This solicitation provision permits offerors to propose alternatives to
Government-unique standards in response to Government solicitations.
When an offeror proposes a voluntary consensus standard as an
alternative to a Government-unique standard included in a solicitation,
the offeror must furnish data and/or information regarding the
alternative in sufficient detail for the Government to determine if it
meets the Government's requirements. This provision is prescribed in
FAR 11.107 for use when a solicitation uses Government-unique standards
and the agency uses the transaction-based reporting method to report
its use of voluntary consensus standards to the National Institutes of
Standards and Technology (NIST). This provision is optional for use if
an agency uses the categorical method to report to NIST. In accordance
with OMB Circular A-119, Federal Participation in the Development and
Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards and in Conformity
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Assessment Activities, and section 12(d) of the National Technology
Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-113, 15 U.S.C. 272
note), agencies must use voluntary consensus standards, when they
exist, in lieu of Government-unique standards, except where
inconsistent with law or otherwise impractical. The information
collected from offerors will be used by Federal agencies to determine
if voluntary consensus standards will satisfy the Government's needs
for a particular solicitation.
<bullet> FAR 52.211-8, Time of Delivery; and 52.211-9, Desired and
Required Time of Delivery. These time of delivery clauses may be used
by contracting officers to set forth a required delivery schedule and
to allow offerors to propose an alternative delivery schedule.
Contracting officers use the collected information to ensure supplies
or services are obtained in a timely manner.
C. Annual Burden
Respondents: 1,377.
Total Annual Responses: 1,377.
Total Burden Hours: 738.5.
D. Public Comment
A 60-day notice was published in the Federal Register at 88 FR
62085, on September 8, 2023. No comments were received.
Obtaining Copies: Requesters may obtain a copy of the information
collection documents from the GSA Regulatory Secretariat Division, by
calling 202-501-4755 or emailing <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#73342032211614201610331400125d141c05"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="175044564572704472745770647639707861">[email protected]</span></a>. Please cite OMB
Control No. 9000-0153, Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 11
Requirements.
Janet Fry,
Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of Governmentwide
Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of
Governmentwide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2023-25727 Filed 11-20-23; 8:45 am]
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