[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 58 (Tuesday, March 26, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11301-11302]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05728]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000-0152; Docket No. 2018-0003; Sequence No. 24]


Submission for OMB Review; Service Contracting

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

ACTION: Notice.

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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 to review and approve an 
extension of a currently approved information collection requirement 
concerning service contracting.

DATES: Submit comments on or before April 25, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding this burden estimate or any other 
aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for 
reducing this burden to: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs 
of OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for GSA, Room 10236, NEOB, Washington, 
DC 20503. Additionally submit a copy to GSA by any of the following 
methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: This website provides the 
ability to type short comments directly into the comment field or 
attach a file for lengthier comments. Go to http://www.regulations.gov 
and follow the instructions on the site.
     Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory 
Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20405. 
ATTN: Ms. Mandell/IC 9000-0152, Service Contracting.
    Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information 
Collection 9000-0152, Service Contracting, 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: Mr. Curtis E. Glover, Sr., Procurement 
Analyst, Office of Governmentwide Acquisition Policy, GSA, 202-501-1448 
or via email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    The policies implemented at FAR 37.115, Uncompensated Overtime, are 
based on Section 834 of Public Law 101-510 (10 U.S.C. 2331). The 
policies require insertion of FAR provision 52.237-10, Identification 
of Uncompensated Overtime, in all solicitations valued above the 
simplified acquisition threshold, for professional or technical 
services to be acquired on the basis of the number of hours to be 
provided.
    The provision requires that offerors identify uncompensated 
overtime hours, in excess of 40 hours per week, and the uncompensated 
overtime rate for direct charge Fair Labor Standards Act-exempt 
personnel. This permits Government contracting officers to ascertain 
cost realism of proposed labor rates for professional employees and 
discourages the use of uncompensated overtime.

B. Public Comment

    A 60-day notice was published in the Federal Register at 83 FR 
53875 on October 25, 2018. No comments were received.

C. Annual Reporting Burden

    The burden placed on offerors is the time required to identify and 
support any hours in excess of 40 hours per week included in their 
proposal or subcontractor's proposal. It is estimated that there will 
be 25,801 service contracts awarded annually at $250,000 or more, of 
which 65 percent, or 16,771, contracts will be competitively awarded. 
About seven proposals will be received for each contract award. Of the 
total 117,397 (16,771 x 7) proposals received, only 25 percent, or 
29,349, proposals are expected to include uncompensated overtime hours. 
It is estimated that offerors will take about 30 minutes to identify 
and support any hours in excess of 40 hours per week included in their 
proposal or subcontractor's proposal.
    Respondents: 29,349.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Total Annual Responses: 29,349.
    Hours per Response: .5.
    Total Burden Hours: 14,675.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit and not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the 
information collection documents from

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the General Services Administration, Regulatory Secretariat Division 
(MVCB), 1800 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20405, telephone 202-501-4755. 
Please cite OMB Control No. 9000-0152, Service Contracting, in all 
correspondence.

Janet Fry,
Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of Governmentwide 
Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of 
Governmentwide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2019-05728 Filed 3-25-19; 8:45 am]
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