[Federal Register: January 22, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 13)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Defense Acquisition Regulations System
[OMB Control Number 0704-0229]
Information Collection Requirement; Defense Federal Acquisition
Regulation Supplement; Foreign Acquisition
AGENCY: Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Department of Defense
(DoD).
ACTION: Notice and request for comments regarding a proposed extension
of an approved information collection requirement.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), DoD announces the
proposed extension of a public information collection requirement and
seeks public comment on the provisions thereof.
DoD invites comments on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
DoD, including whether the information will have practical utility; (b)
the accuracy of the estimate of the burden of the proposed information
collection; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of
the information collection on respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved this
information collection for use through May 31, 2007. DoD proposes that
OMB extend its approval for use for three additional years.
DATES: DoD will consider all comments received by March 23, 2007.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by OMB Control Number
0704-0229, using any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
E-mail: dfars@osd.mil. Include OMB Control Number 0704-
0229 in the subject line of the message.
Fax: (703) 602-0350.
Mail: Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Attn: Ms.
Amy Williams, OUSD(AT&L)DPAP(DARS), IMD 3C132, 3062 Defense Pentagon,
Washington, DC 20301-3062.
Hand Delivery/Courier: Defense Acquisition Regulations
System, Crystal
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Square 4, Suite 200A, 241 18th Street, Arlington, VA 22202-3402.
Comments received generally will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov
, including any personal information provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Amy Williams, (703) 602-0328. The
information collection requirements addressed in this notice are
available on the World Wide Web at: http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfars/index.htm.
Paper copies are available from Ms. Amy Williams,
OUSD(AT&L)DPAP(DARS), IMD 3C132, 3062 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC
20301-3062.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title, Associated Form, and OMB Number: Foreign Acquisition--
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement Part 225 and Related
Clauses at 252.225; DD Form 2139; OMB Control Number 0704-0229.
Needs and Uses: DoD needs this information to ensure compliance
with restrictions on the acquisition of foreign products imposed by
statute or policy to protect the industrial base; to ensure compliance
with U.S. trade agreements and memoranda of understanding that promote
reciprocal trade with U.S. allies; and to prepare reports for
submission to the Department of Commerce on the Balance of Payments
Program.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit and not-for-profit
institutions.
Annual Burden Hours: 48,480 (48,385 reporting hours; 95
recordkeeping hours).
Number of Respondents: 20,485.
Responses Per Respondent: Approximately 8.
Number of Responses: 154,924.
Average Burden Per Response: .31 hours.
Frequency: On occasion.
Summary of Information Collection
DFARS 252.225-7000, Buy American Act-Balance of Payments Program
Certificate, as prescribed in 225.1101(1), requires an offeror to
identify, in its proposal, supplies that are not domestic end products,
separately listing qualifying country and other foreign end products.
DFARS 252.225-7003, Report of Intended Performance Outside the
United States and Canada-Submission with Offer, and 252.225-7004,
Report of Intended Performance Outside the United States and Canada-
Submission after Award, as prescribed in 225.7204(a) and (b), require
offerors and contractors to submit a report addressing subcontracts to
be performed outside the United States. The reporting threshold is
$550,000 for contracts that exceed $11.5 million. The contractor may
submit the report on DD Form 2139, Report of Contract Performance
Outside the United States, or a computer-generated report that contains
all information required by DD Form 2139.
DFARS 252.225-7005, Identification of Expenditures in the United
States, as prescribed in 225.1103(1), requires contractors incorporated
or located in the United States to identify, on each request for
payment under contracts for supplies to be used, or for construction or
services to be performed, outside the United States, that part of the
requested payment representing estimated expenditures in the United
States.
DFARS 252.225-7006, Quarterly Reporting of Actual Contract
Performance Outside the United States, as prescribed at 225.7204(c) for
use in solicitations and contracts with a value exceeding $550,000,
requires reporting of subcontracts that exceed the simplified
acquisition threshold and are performed outside the United States.
DFARS 252.225-7013, Duty-Free Entry, as prescribed in 225.1101(4),
requires the contractor to provide information on shipping documents
and customs forms regarding products that are eligible for duty-free
entry.
DFARS 252.225-7018, Notice of Prohibition of Certain Contracts with
Foreign Entities for the Conduct of Ballistic Missile Defense Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, as prescribed in 225.7017-4, gives
notice of the statutory prohibition on award of a contract to a foreign
government or firm, if the contract provides for the conduct of
research, development, test, or evaluation in connection with the
Ballistic Missile Defense Program. The provision requires an offeror to
indicate whether it is or is not a U.S. firm.
DFARS 252.225-7020, Trade Agreements Certificate, as prescribed in
225.1101(5), requires an offeror to list the item number and country of
origin of any nondesignated country end product that it intends to
furnish under the contract. This provision is used in all solicitations
for products subject to the Trade Agreements Act.
DFARS 252.225-7025, Restriction on Acquisition of Forgings, as
prescribed in 225.7102-4, requires the contractor to retain records
showing compliance with the requirement that end items and their
components delivered under the contract contain forging items that are
of domestic manufacture only. The contractor must retain the records
for 3 years after final payment and must make the records available
upon request of the contracting officer. The contractor may request a
waiver of this requirement in accordance with DFARS 225.7102-3.
DFARS 252.225-7032, Waiver of United Kingdom Levies-Evaluation of
Offers, and 252.225-7033, Waiver of United Kingdom Levies, as
prescribed in 225.1101(7) and (8), require an offeror to provide
information to the contracting officer regarding any United Kingdom
levies included in the offered price, and require the contractor to
provide information to the contracting officer regarding any United
Kingdom levies to be included in a subcontract that exceeds $1 million,
before award of the subcontract.
DFARS 252.225-7035, Buy American Act-Free Trade Agreements-Balance
of Payments Program Certificate, as prescribed in 225.1101(9), requires
an offeror to list any qualifying country, Free Trade Agreement
country, or other foreign end product that it intends to furnish under
the contract.
DFARS 252.225-7016, Restriction on Acquisition of Ball and Roller
Bearings, previously covered by OMB Clearance 0704-0229, no longer
contains an information collection requirement. The revision to this
clause published at 71 FR 14110 on March 21, 2006, eliminated the
requirement for contractor retention of records showing compliance with
the restriction until 3 years after final payment. In addition, DFARS
225.7009-3 no longer requires the contractor to submit a written plan
for transitioning to domestically manufactured bearings, for a waiver
under a multiyear contract or a contract exceeding 12 months.
Michele P. Peterson,
Editor, Defense Acquisition Regulations System.
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