80 FR 31907 - Submission to OMB for Review; General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation; Information Collection; Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses; Placement of Orders Clause; and Ordering Information Clause

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 107 (June 4, 2015)

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 regarding solicitation provisions and contract clauses, placement of orders clause, and ordering information clause. A notice was published in the Federal Register at 80 FR 13004 on March 12, 2015. No comments were received.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 107 (Thursday, June 4, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31907-31908]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-13703]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 3090-0248: Docket No. 2015-0001; Sequence No. 5]


Submission to OMB for Review; General Services Administration 
Acquisition Regulation; Information Collection; Solicitation Provisions 
and Contract Clauses; Placement of Orders Clause; and Ordering 
Information Clause

AGENCY: Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration 
(GSA).

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, 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 regarding 
solicitation provisions and contract clauses, placement of orders 
clause, and ordering information clause. A notice was published in the 
Federal Register at 80 FR 13004 on March 12, 2015. No comments were 
received.

DATES: Submit comments on or before: July 6, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christina Mullins, Procurement 
Analyst, General Services Acquisition Policy Division, GSA, by phone at 
202-969-4066 or by email at [email protected].

ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 3090-
0248, Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses, Placement of Orders 
Clause, and, Ordering Information Clause, by any of the following 
methods:
     Regulations.gov: http://www.regulations.gov. Submit 
comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by searching for 
Information Collection 3090-0248. Select the link ``Comment Now'' that 
corresponds with ``Information Collection 3090-0248, Solicitation 
Provisions and Contract Clauses, Placement of Orders Clause, and 
Ordering Information Clause''. Follow the instructions on the screen. 
Please include your name, company name (if any), and ``Information 
Collection 3090-0248, Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses, 
Placement of Orders Clause, and Ordering Information Clause'' on your 
attached document.
     Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory 
Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405. 
ATTN: Ms. Flowers/IC 3090-0248, Solicitation Provisions and Contract 
Clauses; Placement of Orders Clause; and Ordering Information Clause.
    Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information 
Collection 3090-0248, Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses, 
Placement of Orders Clause, and Ordering Information Clause, 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    The General Services Administration (GSA) has various mission 
responsibilities related to the acquisition and provision of the 
Federal Acquisition Service's (FAS's) Stock, Special Order, and 
Schedules Programs. These mission responsibilities generate 
requirements that are realized through the solicitation and award of 
various types of FAS contracts. Individual solicitations and resulting 
contracts may impose unique information collection and reporting 
requirements on contractors, not required by regulation, but necessary 
to evaluate particular program accomplishments and measure success in 
meeting program objectives. As such, the General Services 
Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) 516.506, Solicitation 
provision and clauses, specifically directs contracting officers to 
insert 552.216-72, Placement of Orders, when the contract authorizes 
FAS and other activities to issue delivery or task orders and 552.216-
73, Ordering Information, directs the Offeror to elect to receive 
orders placed by FAS by either facsimile transmission or computer-to-
computer Electronic Data Interchange (EDI).

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    Since the first notice of an extension request was posted, updated 
data for the number of respondents was obtained. The number of vendors, 
i.e. respondents, electing to receive orders electronically has 
increased significantly since the last information collection renewal. 
The increased vendor interest is likely the result of general adoption 
of technology advancements and implementation support from the GSA 
Vendor Support Center. The resulting updated total burden hours is 
detailed below.
    Respondents: 26,756.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 26,756.
    Hours per Response: .25.
    Total Burden Hours: 6,689.

C. Public Comments

    Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this 
collection of information is necessary 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; and ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 
of the information to be collected.
    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, telephone 202-501-4755. Please cite OMB 
Control No. 3090-0248, Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses, 
Placement of Orders Clause,

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and Ordering Information Clause, in all correspondence.

    Dated: May 29, 2015.
Jeffrey A. Koses
Director, Office of Acquisition Policy. Office of Government-wide 
Policy.
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