[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 113 (Wednesday, June 12, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27329-27331]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-12356]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000-0097; Docket No. 2019-0003; Sequence No. 16]
Submission for OMB Review; Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 4
Requirements
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
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Regulatory Secretariat Division has submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a revision
and renewal of a previously approved information collection requirement
regarding Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 4 requirements.
DATES: Submit comments on or before July 12, 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: Lois Mandell/IC 9000-0097 Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 4
Requirements.
Instructions: All items submitted must cite Information Collection
9000-0097 Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 4 Requirements. 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. Mahruba Uddowla, Procurement
Analyst, at telephone 703-605-2868, or email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. OMB Number, Title, and Any Associated Form(s)
OMB Control No. 9000-0097, Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 4
Requirements.
B. Needs and Uses
This information collection requirement, OMB Control No. 9000-0097,
currently titled ``Taxpayer Identification Number Information,'' is
proposed to be retitled ``Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 4
Requirements'' due to consolidation with currently approved information
collection requirements OMB Control No. 9000-0159, System for Award
Management (SAM) Registration; 9000-0145, Use of Data Universal
Numbering System (DUNS) as Primary Contractor Identification; and 9000-
0179, Service Contractor Reporting Requirement.
This information collection requirement pertains to information
that a contractor must submit in response to a number of requirements
from FAR Part 4, which are as follows:
1. Taxpayer Identification Number Information. FAR Subpart 4.9,
Taxpayer Identification Number Information, and the provision at
52.204-3, Taxpayer Identification, implement statutory and regulatory
requirements pertaining to taxpayer identification and reporting.
2. SAM Registration and Maintenance. FAR Subpart 4.11 prescribes
policies and procedures for requiring contractor registration in the
System for Award Management (SAM) database to: (1) Increase visibility
of vendor sources (including their geographical locations) for specific
supplies and services; and (2) establish a common source of vendor data
for the Government. FAR provision 52.204-7, System for Award
Management, implements the requirement for offerors on Federal
contracts. The clause requires prospective contractors to be registered
in the SAM database prior to award of a contract or agreement, except
in certain limited cases. Offerors are required to provide certain
business information, including their Taxpayer Identification Number
(TINs) and Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) information only once into a
common Governmentwide data source. FAR clause 52.204-13, System for
Award Management Maintenance, requires contractors to make sure their
SAM data is kept current, accurate, and complete throughout contract
performance and final payment; this maintenance is, at a minimum, to be
done through an annual review and update of the contractor's SAM
registration. FAR provision 52.212-1 and clause 52.212-4 contains the
equivalent of 52.204-7 and 52.204-13 respectively, for commercial
acquisitions.
3. Use of DUNS as Primary Contractor Identification (now known as
Unique Entity Identifier). The DUNS number is the nine-digit
identification number assigned by Dun and Bradstreet Information
Services to an establishment. The Government uses the DUNS number to
identify contractors in reporting to the Federal Procurement Data
System (FPDS). The FPDS provides a comprehensive mechanism for
assembling, organizing, and presenting contract placement data for the
Federal Government. Federal agencies report data on all contracts in
excess of $3,500 to FPDS. In 2016, the FAR was amended to redesignate
the terminology for unique identification of entities receiving Federal
awards; the proprietary term ``DUNS number'' was replaced by the term
``unique entity identifier.'' Contracting officers insert the FAR
provision 52.204-6, Unique Entity Identifier, in solicitations they
expect will result in contracts in excess of $3,500. This provision
requires offerors to submit their unique entity identifier, which for
now is the DUNS number, with their offer. If the offeror does not have
a DUNS number, the provision provides instructions on obtaining one.
Contracting officer also insert FAR clause 52.204-12, Unique Entity
Identifier Maintenance, in all solicitations and resulting contracts
containing provision 52.204-6. The clause requires contractors to
maintain their unique entity identifier with whatever organization
issues such identifiers, for the life of the contract; clause also
requires contractors to notify contracting officers of any changes to
the unique entity identifier.
4. Service Contractor Reporting Requirement. Section 743(a) of
Division C of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (Pub. L. 111-
117) requires executive agencies covered by the Federal Activities
Inventory Reform (FAIR) Act (Pub. L. 105-270), except DoD, to submit to
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) annually an inventory of
activities performed by service contractors. DoD is exempt from this
reporting requirement because 10 U.S.C. 2462 and 10 U.S.C. 2330a(c)
already require DoD to develop an annual service contract inventory.
This information collection covers the burden hours related to the
requirement at FAR subpart 4.17, Service Contracts Inventory, and its
associated clauses, 52.204-14 and 52.204-15.
C. Annual Burden
Respondents: 296,051.
Total Annual Responses: 587,191.
Total Burden Hours: 198,629.04.
D. Public Comment
A 60 day notice was published in the Federal Register at 84 FR
10826, on March 22, 2019. One comment was received; however, it did not
change the estimate of the burden.
Comment: The commenter asked that additional tariffs not be imposed
on motorcycles or motorcycle parts and accessories from the European
Union. The commenter stated that their
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concerns were in relation to the tariffs being proposed on Motorcycles,
Motorcycles Parts & Accessories as part of Section 301 Large Civil
Aircraft Dispute.
Response: This comment is out of scope because the information
collection requirements covered through OMB Control No. 9000-0097 do
not relate to the topic of tariffs.
Obtaining Copies: 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. 9000-0097
Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 4 Requirements, in all
correspondence.
Dated: June 6, 2019.
Janet Fry,
Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of Governmentwide
Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of
Governmentwide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2019-12356 Filed 6-11-19; 8:45 a.m.]
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