[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 124 (Tuesday, June 28, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41971-41972]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-15204]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000-0193; Docket No. 2016-0053; Sequence 33]
Submission for OMB Review; Prohibition on Contracting With
Corporations With Delinquent Taxes or a Felony Conviction
AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the
Regulatory Secretariat Division has submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a new
information collection requirement regarding Prohibition on Contracting
with Corporations with Delinquent Taxes or a Felony Conviction. A
notice and request for comments was published in the Federal Register
at 80 FR 75903 on December 4, 2015, as part of an interim rule under
FAR case 2015-011. No
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public comments were received on the information collection.
DATES: Submit comments on or before July 28, 2016.
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 OMB control
number 9000-0193. Select the link ``Comment Now'' that corresponds with
``Information Collection 9000-0193, ``Prohibition on Contracting with
Corporations with Delinquent Taxes or a Felony Conviction.'' Follow the
instructions provided on the screen. Please include your name, company
name (if any), and ``Information Collection 9000-0193, Prohibition on
Contracting with Corporations with Delinquent Taxes or a Felony
Conviction'' on your attached document.
Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory
Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405.
ATTN: Ms. Flowers/IC 9000-0193, Prohibition on Contracting with
Corporations with Delinquent Taxes or a Felony Conviction.
Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information
Collection 9000-0193, Prohibition on Contracting with Corporations with
Delinquent Taxes or a Felony Conviction, 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. Cecelia L. Davis, Procurement
Analyst, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, GSA, at 202-501-1448 or
email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
Offerors responding to a Federal solicitation are required to make
a representation regarding whether the offeror is a corporation with a
delinquent tax liability or a felony conviction under Federal law, as
required by section 744 and 745 of Division E of the Consolidated and
Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235).
When an offeror provides an affirmative response in paragraph
(c)(1) or (2) to the representation, the contracting officer is
required to request additional information from the offeror and notify
the agency official responsible for initiating debarment or suspension
action. The contracting officer shall not make an award to the
corporation unless the agency suspending or debarring official has
considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and determined
that this further action is not necessary to protect the interests of
the Government.
This rule also added a certification requirement regarding tax
matters, in solicitations for which the resultant contract (including
options) may have a value greater than $5,000,000, and that will use
funds made available by section 523 of the Commerce, Justice, Science,
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 (Division B) of Public
Law 113-235, or under subsequent appropriations acts that contain the
same provisions.
Agencies funded by these acts include the Department of Commerce,
the Department of Justice, NASA, as well as some smaller agencies.
If the certification regarding tax matters is applicable, then the
contracting officer shall not award any contract in an amount greater
than $5,000,000, unless the offeror affirmatively certified in its
offer to all the required certifications regarding tax matters in
52.209-XX(c) or 52.212-3(q)(3).
B. Annual Reporting Burden
Needs and Uses: This requirement provides for the collection of
information required to implement sections 744 and 745 of Division E of
the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub.
L. 113-235) and section 523 of Division B of the same act.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit and not-for-profit
institutions.
Frequency: On occasion.
Number of Respondents: 352,000.
Responses per Respondent: 1.01 (approximately).
Annual Responses: 356,840.
Average Burden per Response: .1.
Annual Burden Hours: 35,684.
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. 9000-0193, Prohibition on Contracting
with Corporations with Delinquent Taxes or a Felony Conviction, in all
correspondence.
Dated: June 22, 2016.
Lorin S. Curit,
Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of Government-
wide Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of
Government-wide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2016-15204 Filed 6-27-16; 8:45 am]
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