[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 18, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3629-3630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-1206]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
[OMB Control No. 9000-0006; FAR Case 94-780]
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 or 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.
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.
In conjunction with these plans, contractors must submit semiannual
reports of their progress on Standard Form 294, Subcontracting Report
for Individual Contracts. Information submitted on Standard Form 294 is
used [[Page 3630]] to assess contractors' compliance with their
subcontracting plans. Under FAR case 94-780, the change in burden
reflects the requirement in Public Law 103-355, Section 7105, that
Government prime contractors, and certain subcontractors, develop
subcontracting plans which include goals for awards to women-owned
small businesses and report on achievements against those goals.
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, 36; total annual responses, 58,500;
preparation hours per response, 7.71; and total response burden hours,
450,600.
C. Annual Recordkeeping Burden
The annual recordkeeping burden is estimated as follows:
Recordkeepers, 1,625; hours per recordkeeper, 133; and total
recordkeeping burden hours, 216,125.
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 94-780, Small Business (Pub. L. 103-
355, Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994), in all
correspondence.
Dated: January 11, 1995.
Beverly Fayson,
FAR Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 95-1206 Filed 1-17-95; 8:45 am]
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