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FAC 2001-26; FAR Case 2002-024
SUPPORTING STATEMENT
FOR PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT SUBMISSION
9000-0047, PLACE OF PERFORMANCE
A.

Justification.

1. Administrative requirements. The information relative to the
place of performance and owner of plant or facility, if other
than the prospective contractor, is a basic requirement when
contracting for supplies or services (including construction).
This information is instrumental in determining bidder
responsibility, responsiveness, and price reasonableness. A
prospective contractor must affirmatively demonstrate its
responsibility. Hence, the Government must be apprised of this
information prior to award.
The contracting officer must know the place of performance and
the owner of the plant or facility to—
(a) Determine bidder responsibility;
(b) Determine price reasonableness;
(c) Conduct plant or source inspections; and
(d) Determine whether the prospective contractor is a
manufacturer or a regular dealer.
2. Uses of information. The information is used to determine
the firm's eligibility for awards and to assure proper
preparation of the contract.
3. Consideration of information technology. For the most part,
this information will be collected electronically in the On-Line
Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA).
Contractors will be able to complete the provision
electronically; however, because the data being collected could
change for a specific solicitation, contractor’s will still be
required to submit place of performance information on an
exceptional basis; that is, whenever the place of performance for
a specific solicitation is different from the place of
performance shown in ORCA.
4. Efforts to identify duplication. This requirement is being
issued under the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) which has
been developed to standardize Federal procurement practices and
eliminate unnecessary duplication.
5. If the collection of information impacts small businesses or
other entities describe methods used to minimize burden. The

burden applied to small businesses is the minimum consistent with
applicable laws, Executive orders, regulations, and prudent
business practices.
6. Describe consequence to Federal program or policy activities
if the collection is not conducted or is conducted less
frequently. Collection of information on a basis other than
solicitation-by-solicitation is not practical.
7. Special circumstances for collection. Collection is
consistent with guidelines in 5 CFR 1320.6.
8. Efforts to consult with persons outside the agency. Under
the procedures established for development of the FAR, agency and
public comments were solicited and each comment addressed before
finalization of the text. A notice published in the Federal
Register at 66 FR 58456, July 11, 2003, under FAR case 2002-024
made this requirement available to the public and requested
comments. No major problems regarding this requirement were
reported.
9. Explanation of any decision to provide any payment or gift to
respondents, other than reenumeration of contractors or
guarantees. Not applicable.
10. Describe assurance of confidentiality provided to
respondents. This information is disclosed only to the extent
consistent with prudent business practices and current
regulations.
11. Additional justification for questions of a sensitive
nature. No sensitive questions are involved.
12 & 13. Estimated total annual public hour and cost burden.
Time required to read and prepare information is estimated at 4
minutes (.07 hr.) per completion.
Estimated respondents/yr.............................
Responses annually...................................
Total annual responses...............................
Preparation time per response........................
Total burden/hrs.....................................
Average wage ($24 + 75% OH)..........................
Estimated cost to public.............................

79,397
14
1,111,558
x
.046
50,577
x
$42
$2,124,234
x

14. Estimated cost to the Government. Time required for
Governmentwide review is estimated at 1 minute (.017 hr.) per
response.

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Annual Reporting Burden and Cost
Total annual responses............................... 1,111,558
Review time per response............................. x
.017
Total burden hours...................................
18,896
Average wages + overhead ($20/hr. + 100% OH)......... x
$40
Total Government cost................................
$755,840
15. Explain reasons for program changes or adjustments reported
in Item 13 or 14. This submission requests an extension of OMB
approval of an information collection requirement in the FAR.
The information collection requirement in the FAR remains
unchanged.
16. Outline plans for published results of information
collections. Results will not be tabulated or published.
17.

Approval not to display expiration date.

Not applicable.

18. Explanation of exception to certification statement.
applicable.

Not

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