[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 224 (Tuesday, November 20, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69626-69627]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-28034]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000-0006; Docket 2012-0076; Sequence 57]


Federal Acquisition Regulation; Information Collection; 
Subcontracting Plans/Individual Subcontract Report (SF-294)

AGENCIES: 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 
subcontracting plans/individual subcontract report (SF-294).
    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 January 22, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 9000-
0006, Subcontracting Plans/Individual Subcontract Report (SF-294), 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 9000-0006, Subcontracting Plans/
Individual Subcontract Report (SF-294)''. Follow the instructions 
provided at the ``Submit a Comment'' screen. Please include your name, 
company name (if any), and ``Information Collection 9000-0006, 
Subcontracting Plans/Individual Subcontract Report (SF-294)'' 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 9000-0006, Subcontracting Plans/Individual Subcontract 
Report (SF-294).
    Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information 
Collection 9000-0006, Subcontracting Plans/Individual Subcontract 
Report (SF-294), 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. Karlos Morgan, Procurement 
Analyst, Office of Acquisition Policy, GSA (202) 501-2364 or email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Purpose

    In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 19.702, 
contractors receiving a contract for more than the simplified 
acquisition threshold agree to have small business, small disadvantaged 
business, and women-owned small business, HUBZone small business, 
veteran-owned small business and service-disabled veteran-owned small 
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 $650,000 ($1,500,000 for construction) must 
submit a subcontracting plan that provides maximum practicable 
opportunities for the above named 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.
    In conjunction with the subcontracting plan requirements, 
contractors must submit semi-annual reports of their small business 
subcontracting progress to the government. With the exception of those 
contracts noted in FAR 4.606(c)(5) which states ``Actions that, 
pursuant to other authority, will not be entered in FPDS (e.g., 
reporting of the information would compromise national security)'', 
contractors must use the electronic Individual Subcontract Report (ISR) 
in lieu of the Standard Form 294, Subcontracting Report for Individual 
Contracts. Those contract actions noted in FAR 4.606(c)(5) will 
continue to use the Standard Form 294.
    The ISR in the Electronic Subcontracting Reporting System (eSRS) is 
the electronic equivalent of the Standard Form 294, Subcontracting 
Report for Individual Contracts. The Electronic Subcontracting 
Reporting System streamlines the small business subcontracting program 
reporting process and provides the data to agencies in a manner that 
enables them to more effectively manage the program.

II. Annual Reporting Burden

    Based on information from eSRS and an estimate of the use of eSRS, 
an upward adjustment is being made to the number of respondents, but a 
downward adjustment is being made to the average burden hours for 
reporting and recordkeeping per response. As a result, a downward 
adjustment is being made to the estimated annual reporting burden since 
the notice regarding an extension to this clearance published in the 
Federal Register at 75 FR 9604, on March 3, 2010.
    Respondents: 129,009.
    Responses per Respondent: 3.
    Total Responses: 387,027.
    Average Burden Hours per Response: 8.50.
    Total Burden Hours: 3,289,729.50.
    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. 9000-0006, Subcontracting Plans/Individual Subcontract Report (SF-
294), in all correspondence.


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    Dated: November 8, 2012.
William Clark,
Acting Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of 
Governmentwide Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office 
of Governmentwide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2012-28034 Filed 11-19-12; 8:45 am]
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