[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 166 (Tuesday, August 27, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44896-44898]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-18403]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000-0078; Docket No. 2019-0003; Sequence No. 25]


Submission for OMB Review; Certain Federal Acquisition Regulation 
Part 15 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 
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 certain Federal Acquisition Regulation part 15 requirements.

DATES: Submit comments on or before September 26, 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 or at [email protected]. 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 9000-0078, Certain Federal Acquisition Regulation 
Part 15 Requirements.
    Instructions: All items submitted must cite Information Collection 
9000-

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0078, Certain Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 15 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: Zenaida Delgado, Procurement Analyst, 
at telephone 202-969-7207, or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. OMB Control Number, Title, and Any Associated Form(s)

    9000-0078, Certain Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 15 
Requirements.

B. Needs and Uses

    DoD, GSA, and NASA are in the process of combining OMB control 
numbers for the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) by FAR part. This 
consolidation is expected to improve industry's ability to easily and 
efficiently identify all burdens associated with a given FAR part. The 
review of the information collections by FAR part allows improved 
oversight to ensure there is no redundant or unaccounted for burden 
placed on industry. Lastly, combining information collections in a 
given FAR part is also expected to reduce the administrative burden 
associated with processing multiple information collections.
    This justification supports revision and extension of the 
expiration date of OMB control number 9000-0078 and combines it with 
the previously approved information collections OMB control numbers 
9000-0115 and 9000-0173, with the new title ``Certain Federal 
Acquisition Regulation Part 15 Requirements''. Upon approval of this 
consolidated information collection, OMB control numbers 9000-0115 and 
9000-0173 will be discontinued. The burden requirements previously 
approved under the discontinued numbers will be covered under OMB 
control number 9000-0078.
    This clearance covers the information that offerors/contractors 
must submit to comply with the following FAR requirements:
    1. 15.407-2(e), Make-or-buy programs. When prospective contractors 
are required to submit proposed make-or-buy program plans for 
negotiated acquisitions, paragraph (e) requires the following 
information in their proposal: A description of each major item or work 
effort; categorization of each major item or work effort as ``must 
make,'' ``must buy, or ``can either make or buy;'' for each item or 
work effort categorized as ``can either make or buy,'' a proposal 
either to ``make'' or to ``buy;'' reasons for categorizing items and 
work efforts as ``must make'' or ``must buy,'' and proposing to 
``make'' or to ``buy'' those categorized as ``can either make or buy;'' 
designation of the plant or division proposed to make each item or 
perform each work effort, and a statement as to whether the existing or 
proposed new facility is in or near a labor surplus area; 
identification of proposed subcontractors, if known, and their location 
and size status; any recommendations to defer make-or-buy decisions 
when categorization of some items or work efforts is impracticable at 
the time of submission; and any other information the contracting 
officer requires in order to evaluate the program.
    2. 52.215-9, Changes or Additions to Make-or-Buy Program. This 
clause requires the contractor to submit, in writing, for the 
contracting officer's advance approval a notification and justification 
of any proposed change in the make-or-buy program incorporated in the 
contract.
    3. 52.215-19, Notification of Ownership Changes. This clause 
requires contractors to notify the administrative contracting officer 
when the contractor becomes aware that a change in its ownership has 
occurred, or is certain to occur, that could result in changes in the 
valuation of its capitalized assets in the accounting records. Notice 
of changes of ownership are necessary to adequately administer the cost 
principle at FAR 31.205-52, Asset valuations, which addresses the 
allowability of certain costs resulting from asset valuations following 
business combinations.
    4. 52.215-22, Limitations on Pass-Through Charges--Identification 
of Subcontract Effort. This provision requires offerors submitting a 
proposal for a contract, task order, or delivery order to provide the 
following information with their proposal: (1) The total cost of the 
work to be performed by the offeror, and the total cost of the work to 
be performed by each subcontractor; (2) if the offeror intends to 
subcontract more than 70 percent of the total cost of work to be 
performed, the amount of the offeror's indirect costs and profit/fee 
applicable to the work to be performed by the subcontractor(s), and a 
description of the value added by the offeror as related to the work to 
be performed by the subcontractor(s); and (3) if any subcontractor 
proposed intends to subcontract to a lower-tier subcontractor more than 
70 percent of the total cost of work to be performed the amount of the 
subcontractor's indirect costs and profit/fee applicable to the work to 
be performed by the lower-tier subcontractor(s), and a description of 
the added value provided by the subcontractor as related to the work to 
be performed by the lower-tier subcontractor(s).
    5. 52.215-23, Limitations on Pass-Through Charges. This clause 
requires contractors to provide a description of the value added by the 
contractor or subcontractor, as applicable, as related to the 
subcontract effort if this effort changes from the amount identified in 
the proposal such that it exceeds 70 percent of the total cost of work 
to be performed. The following contract types are excluded from this 
information collection requirement: A firm-fixed-price contract awarded 
on the basis of adequate price competition; a fixed-price contract with 
economic price adjustment awarded on the basis of adequate price 
competition; a firm-fixed-price contract for the acquisition of a 
commercial item; a fixed-price contract with economic price adjustment, 
for the acquisition of a commercial item; a fixed-price incentive 
contract awarded on the basis of adequate price competition; or a 
fixed-price incentive contract for the acquisition of a commercial 
item.

C. Annual Burden

    Respondents/Recordkeepers: 4,653.
    Total Annual Responses: 29,953.
    Total Burden Hours: 62,241 (62,236 reporting hours + 5 
recordkeeping hours).

D. Public Comment

    A 60-day notice was published in the Federal Register at 84 FR 
29207, on June 21, 2019. No comments were received.
    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-
0078, Certain Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 15 Requirements, in 
all correspondence.


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    Dated: August 21, 2019.
Janet Fry,
Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of Governmentwide 
Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of 
Governmentwide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2019-18403 Filed 8-26-19; 8:45 a.m.]
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