[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 14, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11202-11203]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-05066]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000-0163; Docket 2018-0003; Sequence 3]


Information Collection; Small Business Size Re-Representation

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 Division will be submitting to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) a request for approval of a previously 
approved information collection requirement regarding small business 
size re-representation.

DATES: Submit comments on or before: May 14, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 9000-
0163, Small Business Size Re-representation, 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 9000-0163. Select the link ``Comment Now'' that 
corresponds with ``Information Collection 9000-0163, Small Business 
Size Re-representation''. Follow the instructions provided on the 
screen. Please include your name, company name (if any), and 
``Information Collection 9000-0163, Small Business Size Re-
representation'' on your attached document.
     Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory 
Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20405. 
ATTN: Ms. Mandell/IC 9000-0163, Small Business Size Re-representation.
    Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite ``Information 
Collection 9000-0163, Small Business Size Re-representation,'' in all 
correspondence related to this collection. Comments received generally 
will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including 
any personal and/or business confidential information provided. To 
confirm receipt of your comment(s), please check www.regulations.gov, 
approximately two-to-three days after submission to verify posting 
(except allow 30 days for posting of comments submitted by mail).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Janet Fry, Procurement Analyst, 
Office of Government-wide Policy, contact via telephone 703-605-3167 or 
email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose

    Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 19.301 and the FAR clause at 
52.219-28, Post-Award Small Business Program Re-representation, 
implement the Small Business Administration's (SBA's) regulation at 13 
CFR 121.404(g), requiring that a concern that initially represented 
itself as small at the time of its initial offer must recertify its 
status as a small business under the following circumstances:
     Within thirty days of an approved contract novation;
     Within thirty days in the case of a merger or acquisition, 
where contract novation is not required; or
     Within 120 days prior to the end of the fifth year of a 
contract, and no more than 120 days prior to the exercise of any option 
thereafter.
    The implementation of SBA's regulation in FAR 19.301 and the FAR 
clause at 52.219-28 require that contractors re-represent size status 
by updating their representations at the prime contract level in the 
Representations and Certifications section of the System for Award 
Management (SAM) and notifying the contracting officer that it has made 
the required update.
    The purpose of implementing small business re-representations in 
the FAR is to ensure that small business size status is accurately 
represented and reported over the life of long-term contracts. The FAR 
also provides for provisions designed to ensure more accurate reporting 
of size status for contracts that are novated, or performed

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by small businesses that have merged with or been acquired by another 
business. This information is used by the SBA, Congress, Federal 
agencies and the general public for various reasons such as determining 
if agencies are meeting statutory goals, set-aside determinations, and 
market research.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    An upward adjustment is being made to the estimated annual 
reporting burden since the last notice regarding an extension for this 
clearance published on May 4, 2015 in the Federal Register at 80 FR 
25293. Based on fiscal year 2017 re-representation modification data 
from the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS), the number of annual 
respondents has increased from 1,700 to 2,200.
    Respondents: 2,200.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Total Number of Responses: 2,200.
    Hours per Response: 0.5.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,100.

C. Public Comments

    Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
functions of the 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.
    Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the 
information collection documents from the General Services 
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street 
NW, Washington, DC 20405, telephone 202-501-4755.
    Please cite OMB Control No. 9000-0163, Small Business Size Re-
representation, in all correspondence.

    Dated: March 7, 2018.
Lorin S. Curit,
Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of Governmentwide 
Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of 
Governmentwide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2018-05066 Filed 3-13-18; 8:45 am]
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