Contracting offices planning to negotiate contracts for supplies or services insert a provision with this title in solicitations. The provision tells offerors how to prepare proposals, thus providing offerors with a framework for their technical and business information.
Additional criteria for estimating the number of acquisitions to which the requirement for submission of technical and business proposals applies have been utilized, resulting in a reduction of estimated contracts from 900 to 525, thereby reducing the number of estimated responses (4 offers per contract) 3,200 to 2,100 and reducing the burden estimate from 115,200 hours to 67,200 hours (32 hours per response).
$1,543,517
No
No
Uncollected
Uncollected
Uncollected
Uncollected
Patricia Honda 202 720-8924
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.