[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 209 (Thursday, October 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66530-66532]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-27509]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000-0006; Docket 2015-0055; Sequence 46]
Submission for OMB Review; Subcontracting Plans/Individual
Subcontract Report, SF 294 and ISRS
AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
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ACTION: Notice of request for public comments regarding a revision to
an existing OMB clearance.
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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 revisions
to a previously approved information collection requirement concerning
Subcontracting Plans/Individual Subcontract Report (SF) 294. A notice
was published in the Federal Register at 80 FR 32909, on June 10, 2015.
No comments were received on the information collection.
DATES: Submit comments on or before November 30, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding this burden estimate or any other
aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for
reducing this burden to: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
of OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for GSA, Room 10236, NEOB, Washington,
DC 20503. Additionally submit a copy to GSA 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 9000-0006, Subcontracting Plans/
Individual Subcontract Report (SF) 294, and ISRS''. Follow the
instructions provided at the ``Submit a Comment'' screen. Please
include your name, company name (if any), and ``Information Collection
9000-0006, Subcontracting Plans/Individual Subcontract Report (SF) 294
and ISRS'' on your attached document.
Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory
Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405.
ATTN: Ms. Flowers/IC 9000-0006, Subcontracting Plans/Individual
Subcontract Report (SF) 294 and ISRS.
Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information
Collection 9000-0006, Subcontracting Plans/Individual Subcontract
Report (SF) 294 and ISRS, in all correspondence related to this
collection. Comments received generally will be posted without change
to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal and/or business
confidential information provided. To confirm receipt of your
comment(s), please check www.regulations.gov, approximately two to
three days after submission to verify posting (except allow 30 days for
posting of comments submitted by mail).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Mahruba Uddowla, Procurement
Analyst, Office of Acquisition Policy, GSA 703-605-2868 or email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 19.702, which
implements the statutory requirements of Section 8(d) of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)), contractors receiving a contract for
more than the simplified acquisition threshold agree to have small
business, small disadvantaged business, women-owned small business,
historically underutilized business zone small business, veteran-owned
small business, and service-disabled veteran-owned small business
concerns participate in the performance of the contract as far as
practicable. Contractors receiving a contract or a modification to a
contract expected to exceed $700,000 ($1,500,000 for construction) must
submit a subcontracting plan that provides maximum practicable
opportunities for the above named concerns. Specific elements required
to be included in the plan are specified in section 8(d) of the Small
Business Act and implemented in FAR subpart 19.7 and clause 52.219-9.
In conjunction with the subcontracting plan requirements,
contractors must submit semi-annual reports of their small business
subcontracting progress to the government. With the exception of those
contracts noted in FAR 4.606(c)(5) which states ``Actions that,
pursuant to other authority, will not be entered in FPDS (e.g.,
reporting of the information would compromise national security)'',
contractors must use the electronic Individual Subcontract Report (ISR)
in the Electronic Subcontracting Reporting System (eSRS) in lieu of the
Standard Form 294, Subcontracting Report for Individual Contracts.
The ISR is the electronic equivalent of the Standard Form 294. The
eSRS streamlines the small business subcontracting program reporting
process and provides the data to agencies in a manner that enables them
to more effectively manage the program. Those contract actions noted in
FAR 4.606(c)(5) will continue to use the Standard Form 294.
The SBA made regulatory changes in its final rule at 78 FR 42391,
dated July 16, 2013 regarding subcontracting plan requirements and the
associated reporting requirements. The SBA final rule is being
implemented in the FAR at subpart 19.7 and clause 52.219-9 Small
Business Subcontracting Plan through FAR case 2014-003, Small Business
Subcontracting Improvements. FAR case 2014-003 revised the FAR to
require a subcontracting plan for modifications of any value if the
modification will cause the contract to exceed the threshold for
requiring a plan and when subcontracting opportunities exist as well as
to give contracting officers the discretion to require a plan when a
small business prime contractor rerepresents as an other than small on
the contract. These revisions to the FAR required revisions to the
existing information collections associated with subcontracting plan
requirements and the associated reporting requirements.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
Based on the proposed revisions to the FAR as well as a more
accurate basis for estimation, an upward adjustment is being made to
the average burden hours for reporting and recordkeeping per response
but a downward adjustment is being made to the number of respondents
(i.e., subcontracting plans and the individual subcontracting reports
associated with them). As a result, a downward adjustment is being made
to the estimated annual reporting burden since the notice regarding an
extension to this clearance published in the Federal Register at 78 FR
17668, on March 22, 2013.
Respondents: 59,336.
Responses per Respondent: 3.
Total Annual Responses: 178,008.
Average Burden Hours per Response: 13.5.
Total Burden Hours: 2,403,108.
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 Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street
NW., Washington, DC 20405, telephone 202-501-4755.
Please cite OMB Control No. 9000-0006, Subcontracting Plans/
Individual
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Subcontract Report, SF 294, in all correspondence.
Edward Loeb,
Acting Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of
Governmentwide Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office
of Governmentwide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2015-27509 Filed 10-28-15; 8:45 am]
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