Federal Acquisition Regulation; Information Collection; Public Voucher for Purchases and Services Other Than Personal, 39395 [2014-16082]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
• General Services Administration
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 132 (Thursday, July 10, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 39395]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-16082]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000-00XX; Docket 2014-0055; Sequence 6]


Federal Acquisition Regulation; Information Collection; Public 
Voucher for Purchases and Services Other Than Personal

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration 
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of request for public comments regarding a new OMB 
information collection.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 
chapter 35), the Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB) will be 
submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to 
review and approve a new information collection requirement regarding 
Public Voucher for Purchases and Services other than Personal.

DATES: Submit comments on or before September 8, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 9000-
00XX, Public Voucher for Purchases and Services other than Personal by 
any of the following methods:
     Regulations.gov: https://www.regulations.gov. Submit 
comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by searching the OMB 
control number 9000-00XX. Select the link ``Comment Now'' that 
corresponds with ``Information Collection 9000-00XX, Public Voucher for 
Purchases and Services other than Personal. Follow the instructions 
provided on the screen. Please include your name, company name (if 
any), and ``Information Collection 9000-00XX, Public Voucher for 
Purchases and Services other than Personal, on your attached document.
     Fax: 202-501-4067.
     Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory 
Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405. 
ATTN: Ms. Flowers/IC 9000-00XX, Public Voucher for Purchases and 
Services other than Personal.
    Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information 
Collection 9000-00XX, Public Voucher for Purchases and Services other 
than Personal, in all correspondence related to this collection. All 
comments received will be posted without change to https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal and/or business 
confidential information provided.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Curtis E. Glover, Sr., Procurement 
Analyst, Acquistion Policy Division, via telephone 202-501-1448 or via 
email curtis.glover@gsa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    Standard Form (SF) 1034, Public Voucher for Purchases and Services 
Other than Personal, is used by the agencies for regular payments to 
vendors under cost-reimbursement contracts, and for terminations.
    Cost type contracts provide for interim payment for costs vouchered 
on SF 1034. This is applicable to all cost-reimbursement type 
contracts, including cost-reimbursement portions of fixed price 
contracts, letter contracts which provide for reimbursement of costs, 
time and materials contracts and labor-hour contracts. Vouchers may be 
submitted at the beginning of each billing period for costs incurred 
during the preceding billing period. Vouchers should not be submitted 
more than once a month unless such arrangements are made with the 
Contracting Officer.
    Termination clauses for cost-reimbursement contracts (see FAR 
49.503(a)) provide for the settlement of costs and fee, if any, in 
cases of termination by convenience. The contract clauses governing 
costs shall determine what costs are allowable. When the contract has 
been completely terminated, the contractor shall not use SF 1034 after 
the last day of the sixth month following the month in which the 
termination is effective. The contractor may elect to stop using 
vouchers at any time during the 6-month period. When the contractor has 
vouchered out all costs within the 6-month period, a proposal for fee, 
if any, may be submitted on the SF 1437, Settlement Proposal for Cost-
Reimbursement Type Contracts, (see FAR 49.602-1) or by letter 
appropriately certified. The contractor must submit a substantiated 
proposal for fee to the Termination Contracting Officer (TCO) within 1 
year from the effective date of termination, unless the period is 
extended by the TCO. When the use of vouchers is discontinued, the 
contractor shall submit all unvouchered costs and the proposed fee, if 
any, as specified in FAR 49.303. When the contract is partially 
terminated, FAR 49.304 shall apply.
    In consultation with subject matter experts at the Department of 
Defense, the number of responses per year was verified as being within 
an acceptable range, as was the average time required to read and 
prepare information which was estimated at 1 hour per response.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    Respondents: 75,636.
    Responses per Respondent: 12.
    Total Responses: 907,632.
    Hours per Response: 1.
    Total Burden Hours: 907,632.

C. Public Comments

    Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
functions of the FAR, 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; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and ways in which we can minimize the 
burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, 
through the use of appropriate technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.
    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. 9000-00XX, in all correspondence.

    Dated: July 2, 2014.
Karlos Morgan,
Acting Director, Office of Government-wide Acquisition Policy, Office 
of Acquisition Policy, Office of Government-wide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2014-16082 Filed 7-9-14; 8:45 am]
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