[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 98 (Monday, May 21, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29982-29983]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-12205]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000-0154; Docket 2012-0076; Sequence 11]


Federal Acquisition Regulation; Submission for OMB Review; Davis 
Bacon Act-Price Adjustment (Actual Method)

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

ACTION: Notice of request for public comments regarding an extension to 
an existing OMB clearance.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the 
Regulatory Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a 
previously approved information collection requirement concerning the 
Davis-Bacon Act price adjustment (actual method). A notice was 
published in the Federal Register at 77 FR 13328, on March 6, 2012. No 
comments were received.
    Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
functions of the federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), 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; and ways in which we can 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, through the use of appropriate technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.

DATES: Submit comments on or before June 20, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 9000-
0154, Davis Bacon Act-Price Adjustment (Actual Method), by any of the 
following methods:
     Regulations.gov: http://www.regulations.gov. Submit 
comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by searching the OMB 
control number. Select the link ``Submit a Comment'' that corresponds 
with ``Information Collection 9000-0154, Davis Bacon Act-Price 
Adjustment (Actual Method)''. Follow the instructions provided at the 
``Submit a Comment'' screen. Please include your name, company name (if 
any), and ``Information Collection 9000-0154, Davis Bacon Act-Price 
Adjustment (Actual Method)'' on your attached document.
     Fax: 202-501-4067.
     Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory 
Secretariat (MVCB), 1275 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20417. ATTN: 
Hada Flowers/IC 9000-0154, Davis Bacon Act-Price Adjustment (Actual 
Method).
    Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information 
Collection 9000-0154, Davis Bacon Act-Price Adjustment (Actual Method), 
in all correspondence related to this collection. All comments received 
will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including 
any personal and/or business confidential information provided.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Edward Loeb, Procurement Analyst, 
Federal Acquisition Policy Division, GSA, (202) 501-0650, or via email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    Government contracting officers may include FAR clause 52.222-32, 
Davis-Bacon Act--Price Adjustment (Actual Method) in fixed-price 
solicitations and contracts, subject to the Davis-Bacon Act under 
certain conditions. The conditions are that the solicitation or 
contract contains option provisions to extend the term of the contract 
and the contracting officer determines that the most appropriate method 
to adjust the contract price at option exercise is to use a computation 
method based on the actual increase or decrease from a new or revised 
Department of Labor Davis-Bacon Act wage determination.
    The clause requires that a contractor submit at the exercise of 
each option to extend the term of the contract, a statement of the 
amount claimed for incorporation of the most current wage
    determination by the Department of Labor, and any relevant 
supporting data, including payroll records that the contracting officer 
may reasonably require. The information is used by

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Government contracting officers to establish the contract price 
adjustment for the construction requirements of a contract, generally 
if the contract requirements are predominantly services subject to the 
Service Contract Act.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    Respondents: 842.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 842.
    Hours per Response: 40.
    Total Burden Hours: 33,680.
    Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the 
information collection documents from the General Services 
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat (MVCB), 1275 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20417, telephone (202) 501-4755. Please cite OMB Control 
No. 9000-0154, Davis-Bacon Act--Price Adjustment (Actual Method), in 
all correspondence.

    Dated: May 15, 2012.
Laura Auletta,
Director, Office of Governmentwide Acquisition Policy, Office of 
Acquisition Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2012-12205 Filed 5-18-12; 8:45 am]
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