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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
[OMB Control No. 9000-0006; FAR Case 92-39]

 

Clearance Request for Subcontracting Plans/Subcontracting Report 
for Individual Contracts (Standard Form 294)

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration 
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of request for a revision to an existing OMB clearance 
(9000-0006).

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 
(44 U.S.C. 3501), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat 
has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to 
review and approve a revision of a currently approved information 
collection requirement concerning Subcontracting Plans/Subcontracting 
Reporting for Individual Contracts (Standard Form 294).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:Beverly Fayson, Office of Federal 
Acquisition Policy, GSA (202) 501-4755.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    In accordance with the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.), 
contractors receiving a contract for more than $10,000 agree to have 
small and small disadvantaged business concerns participate in the 
performance of the contract as far as practicable. Contractors 
receiving a contract of a modification to a contract expected to exceed 
$500,000 ($1,000,000 for construction) must submit a subcontracting 
plan that provides maximum practicable opportunities for small and 
small disadvantaged business 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. FAR case 92-39 
proposes to increase the effective period for master subcontracting 
plans from 1 year to 3 years (FAR 19.704). This change is expected to 
decrease the number of subcontract plans per year and associated hours 
by approximately 10 percent.
    In conjunction with these plans, contractors must submit semiannual 
reports of their progress on Standard Form 294, Subcontracting Report 
for Individual Contracts.
    A satisfactory subcontracting plan is required before a contract 
exceeding $500,000 ($1,000,000 for construction) can be awarded. The 
contracting officer must examine the information in the proposed plan 
to determine if the plan is in compliance with the Small Business Act 
and the FAR. In addition, the information is used for policy and 
management control purposes.
    Information submitted on Standard Form 294 is used to assess 
contractors' compliance with their subcontracting plans.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of 
this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this 
burden, to General Services Administration, FAR Secretariat, 18th & F 
Streets NW., room 4037, Washington, DC 20405, and to the FAR Desk 
Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.
    The annual reporting burden is estimated as follows: Respondents, 
1,625; responses per respondent, 14; total annual responses, 22,750; 
preparation hours per response, 11; and total response burden hours, 
250,250.

C. Annual Recordkeeping Burden

    The annual recordkeeping burden is estimated as follows: 
Recordkeepers, 1,625; hours per recordkeeper, 121; and total 
recordkeeping burden hours 196,625.

Obtaining Copies Of Proposals: Requester may obtain copies of OMB 
applications or justifications from the General Services 
Administration, FAR Secretariat (VRS), room 4037, Washington, DC 20405, 
telephone (202) 501-4755. Please cite OMB Control No. 9000-0006, FAR 
case 92-39, Master Subcontracting Plans, in all correspondence.

    Dated: August 13, 1994.
Beverly Fayson,
FAR Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 94-22013 Filed 9-6-94; 8:45 am]
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