[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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