Submission for OMB Review; Certain Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 28 Requirements, 83130-83131 [2023-26176]

Download as PDF 83130 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 227 / Tuesday, November 28, 2023 / Notices shares of State Bank and Trust, both of Golden Meadow, Louisiana. B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Jeffrey Imgarten, Assistant Vice President) One Memorial Drive, Kansas City, Missouri, 64198–0001. Comments can also be sent electronically to KCapplicationcomments@kc.frb.org. 1. Park G.P., Inc., North Kansas City, Missouri, and David Leland Johnson and Sandra Lee Castetter, Kansas City, Missouri; to become members of the Johnson/Castetter Family Group, a group acting in concert, to retain voting shares of CCSB Financial Corp., and thereby indirectly retain voting shares of Clay County Savings Bank, both of Liberty, Missouri. C. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Karen Smith, Director, Mergers & Acquisitions) 2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201–2272. Comments can also be sent electronically to Comments.applications@dal.frb.org. 1. Margaret Long, Christine Long, and Don Long, Jr., all of Montague, Texas; to form the Long Family Control Group, a group acting in concert, to retain voting shares of Sanger Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly retain voting shares of Sanger Bank, both of Sanger, Texas. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Yao-Chin Chao, Deputy Associate Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 2023–26195 Filed 11–27–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION [OMB Control No. 9000–0001; Docket No. 2023–0053; Sequence No. 10] Submission for OMB Review; Certain Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 28 Requirements Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat Division has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a revision of a previously approved information collection requirement regarding certain Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 28 requirements. lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:19 Nov 27, 2023 Jkt 262001 Submit comments on or before December 28, 2023. ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for this information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or by using the search function. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Zenaida Delgado, Procurement Analyst, at telephone 202–969–7207, or zenaida.delgado@gsa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DATES: A. OMB Control Number, Title, and Any Associated Form(s) OMB Control No. 9000–0001, Certain Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 28 Requirements, Standard Forms (SF) 24, 25, 25–A, 25–B, 28, 34, 35, 273, 274, 275, 1414, 1415, 1416, and 1418. B. Need and Uses DoD, GSA, and NASA are combining OMB Control Nos. by FAR part. This consolidation is expected to improve industry’s ability to easily and efficiently identify burdens associated with a given FAR part. The review of the information collections by FAR part allows improved oversight to ensure there is no redundant or unaccounted for burden placed on industry. Lastly, combining information collections in a given FAR part is also expected to reduce the administrative burden associated with processing multiple information collections. This justification supports the extension of OMB Control No. 9000– 0001 and combines it with the previously approved information collections under OMB Control No. 9000–0045, with the new title ‘‘Certain Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 28 Requirements’’. Upon approval of this consolidated information collection, OMB Control No. 9000–0045 will be discontinued. The burden requirements previously approved under the discontinued number will be covered under OMB Control No. 9000–0001. This clearance covers the information that offerors or contractors must submit to comply with the following FAR requirements: • FAR 52.228–1, Bid Guarantee. This provision (or clause) requires offerors or contractors to furnish a bid guarantee in the proper form and amount when a performance bond or a performance and payment bond is also required. (SF 24, Bid Bond; SF 34, Annual Bid Bond). • FAR 52.228–2, Additional Bond Security. This clause requires PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 contractors to furnish additional bond security under certain circumstances. This clause is used both for construction and other than construction contracts. (SF 1414 Consent of Surety and SF 1415, Consent of Surety and Increase of Penalty). • FAR 52.228–13, Alternative Payment Protections. This clause requires contractors to submit one of the payment protections listed in the clause by the contracting officer, in construction contracts greater than $35,000 but not exceeding $150,000. • FAR 52.228–14, Irrevocable Letter of Credit. This clause requires offerors or contractors to provide certain information when they intend to use an irrevocable letter of credit (ILC) in lieu of a required bid bond, or to secure other types of required bonds such as performance and payment bonds. This clause is required in solicitations and contracts when a bid guarantee, or performance bond, or performance and payment bonds are required. • FAR 52.228–15, Performance and Payment Bonds—Construction. This clause requires contractors to provide performance and payment bonds in construction contracts exceeding $150,000 (SF 25, Performance Bond; SF 25–A, Payment Bond; SF 25–B, Continuation Sheet (for SF’s 24, 25, and 25–A); SF 273, Reinsurance Agreement for a Bonds Statute Performance Bond; SF 274, Reinsurance Agreement for a Bonds Statute Payment Bond). • FAR 52.228–16, Performance and Payment Bonds—Other Than Construction. This clause requires contractors to furnish performance and payment bonds for other than construction contracts exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold only in certain circumstances. (SF 35, Annual Performance Bond; SF 275, Reinsurance Agreement in Favor of the United States; SF 1416, Payment Bond for Other Than Construction Contracts; SF 1418, Performance Bond for Other Than Construction Contracts). • Standard Form (SF) 28, Affidavit of Individual Surety. This form is used by all executive agencies, including DoD, to obtain information from individuals wishing to serve as sureties to Government bonds. Offerors and contractors may use an individual surety as security for bonds required under a solicitation or contract for supplies or services (including construction). It is an elective decision on the part of the offeror or contractor to use individual sureties instead of other available sources of surety or sureties for Government bonds. The Government retains the bid guarantees, bonds, or alternative E:\FR\FM\28NON1.SGM 28NON1 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 227 / Tuesday, November 28, 2023 / Notices payment protections until the contractor’s obligation is fulfilled. The contracting officer uses the information on the SF 28 to determine the acceptability of individuals proposed as sureties. C. Annual Burden Respondents: 14,259. Total Annual Responses: 14,269. Total Burden Hours: 14,255. D. Public Comment A 60-day notice was published in the Federal Register at 88 FR 64433, on September 19, 2023. No comments were received. Obtaining Copies: Requesters may obtain a copy of the information collection documents from the GSA Regulatory Secretariat Division, by calling 202–501–4755 or emailing GSARegSec@gsa.gov. Please cite OMB Control No. 9000–0001, Certain Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 28 Requirements. William Clark, Director, Office of Governmentwide Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy. [FR Doc. 2023–26176 Filed 11–27–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6820–EP–P DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION [OMB Control No. 9000–0037; Docket No. 2023–0053; Sequence No. 9] Submission for OMB Review; Presolicitation Notice and Response Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat Division has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a revision of a previously approved information collection requirement regarding presolicitation notice and response. DATES: Submit comments on or before December 28, 2023. ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for this information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:19 Nov 27, 2023 Jkt 262001 www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or by using the search function. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Zenaida Delgado, Procurement Analyst, at telephone 202–969–7207, or zenaida.delgado@gsa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A. OMB Control Number, Title, and Any Associated Form(s) 9000–0037, Presolicitation Notice and Response. B. Need and Uses This clearance covers the information that offerors must submit to comply with the following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) requirements: • FAR 14.205. For sealed bidding, presolicitation notices briefly describe requirements and provide other essential information to enable potential bidders to determine whether they have an interest in the invitation and if appropriate, respond by communicating their interest in receiving the invitation for bid. • FAR 15.201(c). For contracting by negotiation, presolicitation notices provide a means of early exchanges of information about future acquisitions between Government and industry, to which potential offerors may respond with feedback concerning acquisition strategy, terms and conditions, and any other concerns or questions. • FAR 36.213–2. For construction contracts, presolicitation notices are required for construction requirements in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold to communicate essential information on the requirements, to which potential bidders may respond by communicating their interest in receiving the invitation for bid. Presolicitation notices are used by the Government to inform, and, where specified, solicit a response from potential offerors or bidders. The primary purposes of the notices are to improve small business access to acquisition information and enhance competition by identifying contracting and subcontracting opportunities. The contracting officer will use the information as follows: • For sealed bidding, to include interested bidders in the distribution of the invitations for bids; and • For contracting by negotiation, to consider the industry feedback in shaping the acquisition strategy. C. Annual Burden Respondents: 143,218. Total Annual Responses: 429,654. PO 00000 Frm 00059 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 83131 Total Burden Hours: 34,372. D. Public Comment A 60-day notice was published in the Federal Register at 88 FR 64434, on September 19, 2023. No comments were received. Obtaining Copies: Requesters may obtain a copy of the information collection documents from the GSA Regulatory Secretariat Division, by calling 202–501–4755 or emailing GSARegSec@gsa.gov. Please cite OMB Control No. 9000–0037, Presolicitation Notice and Response. William Clark, Director, Office of Governmentwide Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy. [FR Doc. 2023–26177 Filed 11–27–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6820–EP–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [Docket No. CDC–2023–0093] Reporting of Pregnancy Success Rates From Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Programs; Proposed Modifications to Data Collection Fields and Data Validation Procedures; Request for Comment Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACTION: Request for comment. AGENCY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the opening of a docket to obtain comment on and review of proposed modifications to data collection fields for reporting of pregnancy success rates from assisted reproductive technology (ART) programs and proposed modifications to data validation procedures. This reporting is required by the Fertility Clinic Success Rate and Certification Act of 1992 (FCSRCA). DATES: Written comments must be received on or before January 29, 2024. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC–2023– 0093 by either of the methods listed below. Do not submit comments by email. CDC does not accept comments by email. • Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\28NON1.SGM 28NON1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 227 (Tuesday, November 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 83130-83131]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-26176]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000-0001; Docket No. 2023-0053; Sequence No. 10]


Submission for OMB Review; Certain Federal Acquisition Regulation 
Part 28 Requirements

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the 
Regulatory Secretariat Division has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a revision 
of a previously approved information collection requirement regarding 
certain Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 28 requirements.

DATES: Submit comments on or before December 28, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for this information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for Public 
Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Zenaida Delgado, Procurement Analyst, 
at telephone 202-969-7207, or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. OMB Control Number, Title, and Any Associated Form(s)

    OMB Control No. 9000-0001, Certain Federal Acquisition Regulation 
Part 28 Requirements, Standard Forms (SF) 24, 25, 25-A, 25-B, 28, 34, 
35, 273, 274, 275, 1414, 1415, 1416, and 1418.

B. Need and Uses

    DoD, GSA, and NASA are combining OMB Control Nos. by FAR part. This 
consolidation is expected to improve industry's ability to easily and 
efficiently identify burdens associated with a given FAR part. The 
review of the information collections by FAR part allows improved 
oversight to ensure there is no redundant or unaccounted for burden 
placed on industry. Lastly, combining information collections in a 
given FAR part is also expected to reduce the administrative burden 
associated with processing multiple information collections.
    This justification supports the extension of OMB Control No. 9000-
0001 and combines it with the previously approved information 
collections under OMB Control No. 9000-0045, with the new title 
``Certain Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 28 Requirements''. Upon 
approval of this consolidated information collection, OMB Control No. 
9000-0045 will be discontinued. The burden requirements previously 
approved under the discontinued number will be covered under OMB 
Control No. 9000-0001.
    This clearance covers the information that offerors or contractors 
must submit to comply with the following FAR requirements:
     FAR 52.228-1, Bid Guarantee. This provision (or clause) 
requires offerors or contractors to furnish a bid guarantee in the 
proper form and amount when a performance bond or a performance and 
payment bond is also required. (SF 24, Bid Bond; SF 34, Annual Bid 
Bond).
     FAR 52.228-2, Additional Bond Security. This clause 
requires contractors to furnish additional bond security under certain 
circumstances. This clause is used both for construction and other than 
construction contracts. (SF 1414 Consent of Surety and SF 1415, Consent 
of Surety and Increase of Penalty).
     FAR 52.228-13, Alternative Payment Protections. This 
clause requires contractors to submit one of the payment protections 
listed in the clause by the contracting officer, in construction 
contracts greater than $35,000 but not exceeding $150,000.
     FAR 52.228-14, Irrevocable Letter of Credit. This clause 
requires offerors or contractors to provide certain information when 
they intend to use an irrevocable letter of credit (ILC) in lieu of a 
required bid bond, or to secure other types of required bonds such as 
performance and payment bonds. This clause is required in solicitations 
and contracts when a bid guarantee, or performance bond, or performance 
and payment bonds are required.
     FAR 52.228-15, Performance and Payment Bonds--
Construction. This clause requires contractors to provide performance 
and payment bonds in construction contracts exceeding $150,000 (SF 25, 
Performance Bond; SF 25-A, Payment Bond; SF 25-B, Continuation Sheet 
(for SF's 24, 25, and 25-A); SF 273, Reinsurance Agreement for a Bonds 
Statute Performance Bond; SF 274, Reinsurance Agreement for a Bonds 
Statute Payment Bond).
     FAR 52.228-16, Performance and Payment Bonds--Other Than 
Construction. This clause requires contractors to furnish performance 
and payment bonds for other than construction contracts exceeding the 
simplified acquisition threshold only in certain circumstances. (SF 35, 
Annual Performance Bond; SF 275, Reinsurance Agreement in Favor of the 
United States; SF 1416, Payment Bond for Other Than Construction 
Contracts; SF 1418, Performance Bond for Other Than Construction 
Contracts).
     Standard Form (SF) 28, Affidavit of Individual Surety. 
This form is used by all executive agencies, including DoD, to obtain 
information from individuals wishing to serve as sureties to Government 
bonds. Offerors and contractors may use an individual surety as 
security for bonds required under a solicitation or contract for 
supplies or services (including construction). It is an elective 
decision on the part of the offeror or contractor to use individual 
sureties instead of other available sources of surety or sureties for 
Government bonds.
    The Government retains the bid guarantees, bonds, or alternative

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payment protections until the contractor's obligation is fulfilled. The 
contracting officer uses the information on the SF 28 to determine the 
acceptability of individuals proposed as sureties.

C. Annual Burden

    Respondents: 14,259.
    Total Annual Responses: 14,269.
    Total Burden Hours: 14,255.

D. Public Comment

    A 60-day notice was published in the Federal Register at 88 FR 
64433, on September 19, 2023. No comments were received.
    Obtaining Copies: Requesters may obtain a copy of the information 
collection documents from the GSA Regulatory Secretariat Division, by 
calling 202-501-4755 or emailing [email protected]. Please cite OMB 
Control No. 9000-0001, Certain Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 28 
Requirements.

William Clark,
Director, Office of Governmentwide Acquisition Policy, Office of 
Acquisition Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2023-26176 Filed 11-27-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6820-EP-P

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