[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 3, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54250-54251]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-21350]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000-0169; Docket 2013-0077; Sequence 7]
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Information Collection; American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act-Reporting Requirements--Quarterly
Reporting for Prime Contractors
AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice of request for comments regarding an extension, with
changes, to an existing OMB clearance.
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the
Regulatory Secretariat, will be submitting to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a
previously approved information collection requirement concerning the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act--Quarterly Reporting for Prime
Contractors.
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DATES: Submit comments on or before November 4, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 9000-
0169, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act--Quarterly Reporting for
Prime Contractors, by any of the following methods:
Regulations.gov: http://www.regulations.gov. Submit
comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by searching the OMB
control number. Select the link ``Submit a Comment'' that corresponds
with ``Information Collection 9000-0169, American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act--Quarterly Reporting for Prime Contractors.'' Follow
the instructions provided at the ``Submit a Comment'' screen. Please
include your name, company name (if any), and ``Information Collection
9000-0169, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act--Quarterly Reporting
for Prime Contractors'' on your attached document.
Fax: 202-501-4067.
Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory
Secretariat (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405. ATTN: Hada
Flowers/IC 9000-0169, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act--Quarterly
Reporting for Prime Contractors.
Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information
Collection 9000-0169, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act--Quarterly
Reporting for Prime Contractors, in all correspondence related to this
collection. All comments received will be posted without change to
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal and/or business
confidential information provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Curtis E. Glover, Sr., Procurement
Analyst, Office of Acquisition Policy, at telephone 202-501-1448 or via
email to [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart
4.15 and the applicable clause at FAR 52.204-11, which implements the
statutory requirements section 1512(c) of Division A of the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111-5) (Recovery Act),
as a condition of receipt of funds, contractors that receive awards (or
modifications to existing awards) funded, in whole or in part by the
Recovery Act, shall report quarterly on the use of the funds. Elements
updated quarterly for which the burden is imposed by the FAR
requirements on the prime contractor include the following:
a. The amount of Recovery Act funds invoiced by the contractor,
cumulative since the beginning of the contract;
b. A list of all significant services performed or supplies
delivered, including construction, for which the contractor has
invoiced;
c. An assessment of the contractor's progress towards the
completion of the overall purpose and expected outcomes or results of
the contract (i.e., not started, less than 50 percent completed,
completed 50 percent or more, or fully completed). This covers the
contract (or portion thereof) funded by the Recovery Act;
d. A narrative description of the employment impact of the Recovery
Act funded work; and
e. For subcontracts valued at less than $25,000 or any subcontracts
awarded to an individual, or subcontracts awarded to a subcontractor
that in the previous tax year had gross income under $300,000, the
contractor shall only report the aggregate number of such first tier
subcontracts awarded in the quarter and their aggregate total dollar
amount.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
This information collection reflects a downward adjustment from
what was published in the Federal Register on September 24, 2010, at 75
FR 58388, for the number of respondents required to comply with the
requirements of FAR subpart 4.15 and the associated FAR clause at
52.204-11, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act--Reporting
Requirements. This change is primarily due to fewer Recovery Act funds
available for award.
In Fiscal Year (FY) 2010, Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS)
indicates that there were 33,041 Recovery Act prime contract awards,
including modifications (21,767 awarded to small businesses), to 8,896
unique vendors. In FY 2012, FPDS indicates that there were 6,312
Recovery Act prime contract awards, including modifications (3,156
awarded to small businesses), to 2,247 unique vendors. This change
represents an approximately 75 percent decrease in the number of unique
vendors from FY 2010. Consequently, it was determined that FY 2012 FPDS
data was a sufficient baseline for estimating the number of respondents
per year (2,247) that would need to comply with the applicable clause
associated with this information collection. The estimate number of
responses per respondent is based on an estimated average of the number
of respondents divided by the estimated number of unique vendors. In
discussions with subject matter experts, it was determined that an
estimated number of responses per respondent of two, rounded down from
2.8, was sufficient to reflect the lower number of Recovery Act funds
available for award. Additionally, it is estimated that the burden
hours per response is four hours (4.0), which reflects no change from
what was published Federal Register on September 24, 2010, at 75 FR
58388. No public comments were received in prior years that have
challenged the validity of the Government's estimate.
Respondents: 2,247.
Responses per Respondent: 2.0.
Total Annual Reponses: 4,494.
Hours per Response: 4.0
Total Burden Hours: 17,976.
C. Public Comments
Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
functions of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (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 (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20405, telephone 202-501-4755. Please cite OMB Control
No. 9000-0169, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act-Reporting
Requirements--Quarterly Reporting for Prime Contractors, in all
correspondence.
Dated: August 28, 2013.
Karlos Morgan,
Acting Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of
Government-wide Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy,
Office of Government-wide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2013-21350 Filed 8-30-13; 8:45 am]
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