[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 87 (Friday, May 6, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24042-24043]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-9098]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 3090-0252]


General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation; 
Information Collection; Preparation, Submission, and Negotiation of 
Subcontracting Plans

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Acquisition Officer, GSA.

ACTION: Notice of request for comments regarding a renewal to an 
existing OMB clearance.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the General Services Administration will be 
submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to 
review and approve a renewal of a currently approved information 
collection requirement regarding preparation, submission, and 
negotiation of subcontracting plans. The clearance currently expires on 
August 31, 2005.
    This information collection will ensure that small and small 
disadvantaged business concerns are afforded the maximum practicable 
opportunity to participate as subcontractors in construction, repair, 
and alteration or lease contracts. Preparation, submission, and 
negotiation of subcontracting plans requires all negotiated 
solicitations having an anticipated award value over $500,000 
($1,000,000 for construction), submission of a subcontracting plan with 
other than small business concerns

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when a negotiated acquisition meets all four of the following 
conditions.
    1. When the contracting officer anticipates receiving individual 
subcontracting plans (not commercial plans).
    2. When the award is based on trade-offs among cost or price and 
technical and/or management factors under FAR 15.101-1.
    3. The acquisition is not a commercial item acquisition.
    4. The acquisition offers more than minimal subcontracting 
opportunities.
    Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this 
collection of information is necessary 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.

DATES: Submit comments on or before: July 5, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rhonda Cundiff, Procurement Analyst, 
Contract Policy Division, at telephone (202) 501-0044 or via e-mail to 
[email protected].

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding this burden estimate or any other 
aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for 
reducing this burden to the Regulatory Secretariat (VIR), General 
Services Administration, Room 4035, 1800 F Street, NW., Washington, DC 
20405. Please cite OMB Control No. 3090-0252, Preparation, Submission, 
and Negotiation of Subcontracting Plans, in all correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    The GSAR provision at 552.219-72 requires a contractor (except 
other than small business concerns) to submit a subcontracting plan 
when a negotiated acquisition including construction, repair, and 
alterations and lease contracts (except those solicitations using 
simplified procedures) meets all four of the following conditions.
    1. When the contracting officer anticipates receiving individual 
subcontracting plans (not commercial plans).
    2. When award is based on trade-offs among cost or price and 
technical and/or management factors under FAR 15.101-1.
    3. The acquisition is not a commercial item acquisition.
    4. The acquisition offers more than minimal subcontracting 
opportunities.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    Respondents: 1,020.
    Responses Per Respondent: 1.
    Hours Per Response: 12.
    Total Burden Hours: 12,240.

    Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the 
information collection documents from the General Services 
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat (VIR), 1800 F Street, NW., Room 
4035, Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202) 208-7312. Please cite OMB 
Control No. 3090-0252, Preparation, Submission, and Negotiation of 
Subcontracting Plans, in all correspondence.

    Dated: May 2, 2005.
Linda Nelson,
Acting Director, Contract Policy Division.
[FR Doc. 05-9098 Filed 5-5-05; 8:45 am]
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