[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 193 (Tuesday, October 6, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60383-60384]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-25297]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000-00XX; Docket No. 2015-0055; Sequence 49]
Information Collection; Payment to Small Business Subcontractors
AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Interim rule.
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the
Regulatory Secretariat Division will be submitting to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), a request to review and approve a new
information collection requirement regarding Payment of Subcontractors.
DATES: Submit comments on or before December 7, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection
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9000-00XX, Payment of Subcontractors, by any of the following methods:
Regulations.gov: http://www.regulations.gov. Submit
comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by searching OMB control
number 9000-00XX. Select the link ``Comment Now'' that corresponds with
``Information Collection 9000-00xx, ``Payment of Subcontractors''.
Follow the instructions provided on the screen. Please include your
name, company name (if any), and ``Information Collection 9000-00xx,
Payment of Subcontractors'' on your attached document.
Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory
Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW., ATTN: Hada Flowers,
Washington, DC 20405.
Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information
Collection, Payment of Subcontractors, in all correspondence related to
this case. 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, GSA, at 202-501-1448.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
Section 1334 of the Small Business Jobs and Credit Act of 2010
(Pub. L. 111-240) and the Small Business Administration's Final Rule at
78 FR 42391, Small Business Subcontracting, published on July 16, 2013,
and effective August 15, 2013, requires the prime contractor to self-
report to the contracting officer when the prime contractor makes late
or reduced payments to small business subcontractors. In addition, the
contracting officer is required to record the identity of contractors
with a history of late or reduced payments to small business
subcontractors in the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity
Information System (FAPIIS). FAR Part 42 is revised to include in the
past performance evaluation reduced or untimely payments reported to
the contracting officer by the prime contractor in accordance with the
clause at 52.242-XX, Payments to Small Business Subcontractors, that
are determined by the contracting officer to be unjustified.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
Respondents: 5457.
Responses per respondent: 1.
Total annual responses: 5457.
Preparation hours per response: 2.
Total response burden hours: 10,914.
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 20404, telephone 202-501-4755. Please cite OMB
Control No. 9000-00xx, Payment of Subcontractors, in all
correspondence.
Edward Loeb,
Acting Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of
Government-wide Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy,
Office of Government-wide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2015-25297 Filed 10-5-15; 8:45 am]
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