Notice2025-17968
Agency Information Collection Activity: VAAR Construction Provisions and Clauses
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Published
September 17, 2025
Issuing agencies
Veterans Affairs Department
Abstract
Office of Acquisition and Logistics (OAL), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension of a currently approved collection, and allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 178 (Wednesday, September 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44907-44908]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-17968]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900-0422]
Agency Information Collection Activity: VAAR Construction
Provisions and Clauses
AGENCY: Office of Acquisition and Logistics, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Office of Acquisition and Logistics (OAL), Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment
on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under
the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies are
required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension
of a currently approved collection, and allow 60 days for public
comment in response to the notice.
DATES: Written comments and recommendations on the proposed collection
of information should be received on or before November 17, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Comments must be submitted through <a href="http://www.Regulations.gov">www.Regulations.gov</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Program-Specific Information: Forrest Browne, 202-632-9677,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c482abb6b6a1b7b0ea86b6abb3aaa184b2a5eaa3abb2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4a0c2538382f393e640838253d242f0a3c2b642d253c">[email protected]</span></a>.
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VA PRA Information: Dorothy Glasgow, 202-461-1084, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#07514657554647716629606871"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a7f1e6f7f5e6e7d1c689c0c8d1">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA of 1995, Federal agencies must
obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each
collection of information they conduct or sponsor. This request for
comment is being made pursuant to Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA.
With respect to the following collection of information, OAL
invites comments on: (1) whether the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance of OAL's functions, including
whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy
of OAL's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or the use of other forms of
information technology.
Title: VAAR Construction Provisions and Clauses.
OMB Control Number: 2900-0422. <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRASearch">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRASearch</a> (Once at this link, you can enter the OMB Control Number to
find the historical versions of this Information Collection).
Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved
collection.
Abstract: This Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) submission seeks
renewal without changes of Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
approval No. 2900-0422 for five collections of information for the
Department of Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulation (VAAR) clauses,
as follows:
<bullet> Clause 852.232-70, Payment Under Fixed-Price Construction
Contracts (without NAS-CPM), requires construction contractors not
using Network Analysis System-Critical Path Method (NAS-CPM), to submit
a schedule of costs for work to be performed under the contract.
<bullet> Clause 852.232-71, Payment Under Fixed-Price Construction
Contracts (including NAS-CPM), requires construction contractors using
NAS-CPM, to submit a schedule of costs for work to be performed under
the contract.
<bullet> Clause 852.236-72, Performance of Work by the Contractor,
requires contractors awarded a construction contract containing Federal
Acquisition Regulation clause 52.236-1, Performance of Work by the
Contractor, to submit a statement designating the branch or branches of
contract work to be performed by the contractor's own forces.
<bullet> Clause 852.236-80, Subcontracts and Work Coordination,
requires construction contractors, on contracts involving complex
mechanical-electrical work, to furnish coordination drawings showing
the manner in which utility lines will fit into available space and
relate to each other and to the existing building elements.
<bullet> Clause 852.243-70, Construction Contract Changes-
Supplement, requires contractors to submit cost proposals for changes
ordered by the contracting officer or for changes proposed by the
contractor.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Estimated Annual Burden: 2,974 hours.
Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 105 minutes.
Frequency of Response: More than quarterly.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,706.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.)
Lanea Haynes,
Acting, VA PRA Clearance Officer, (Alt) Office of Enterprise and
Integration/Data Governance Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2025-17968 Filed 9-16-25; 8:45 am]
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