A. Justification.
1. Administrative requirements. If it is in the best interest of the Government, the contracting officer may authorize cost-reimbursement contractors to obtain, for official purposes only, interagency motor pool vehicles and related services. Contractors' requests for vehicles must contain two copies of the agency authorization, the number of vehicles and related services required and period of use, a list of employees who are authorized to request the vehicles, a listing of equipment authorized to be serviced, and billing instructions and address.
A written statement that the contractor will assume, without
the right of reimbursement from the Government, the cost or
expense of any use of the motor pool vehicles and services not
related to the performance of the contract is necessary before
the contracting officer may authorize cost-reimbursement
contractors to obtain interagency motor pool vehicles and related services.
Uses of information. The information is used by the Government to determine that it is in the Government's best interest to authorize a cost-reimbursement contractor to obtain, for official purposes only, interagency motor pool vehicles and related services, and to provide those vehicles.
3. Consideration of information technology. We use improved information technology to the maximum extent practicable. Where both the Government agency and contractors are capable of electronic interchange, the contractors may submit this information collection requirement electronically.
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.
Special circumstances for collection. Collection is consistent with guidelines in 5 CFR 1320.6.
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 74 FR 62782, on December 1, 2009.
No comments were received.
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 30 minutes per request.
Estimated respondents/yr . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Responses annually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x 2
Total annual responses . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Estimated hrs/response . . . . . . . . . . . . x .5
Estimated total burden/hrs . . . . . . . . . . 70
Cost per hour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x 24
Benefits and overhead . . . . . . . . . . . . + 75%
Estimated cost to the public . . . . . . . . . $2,940
14. Estimated cost to the Government. Time required for Governmentwide review is estimated at 30 minutes. Time
required to process requests is estimated at 30 minutes.
Annual Reporting Burden and Cost
Reviewing time/hr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Responses/yr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x 140
Review time/yr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Average wages/hr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x $20
Average wages/yr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,800
Benefits and Overhead . . . . . . . . . . . . + 100%
Total Government cost . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,600
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. Not applicable.
B.
Collections of Information Employing Statistical
Methods.
Statistical methods are not used in this information collection.
| File Type | application/msword |
| Author | M-LAN |
| Last Modified By | cherriapday |
| File Modified | 2010-02-03 |
| File Created | 1999-05-03 |