[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 103 (Thursday, May 28, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 32023]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-11488]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Defense Acquisition Regulations System

[Docket Number DARS-2020-0013; OMB Control Number 0704-0253]


Information Collection Requirement; Defense Federal Acquisition 
Regulation Supplement; Subcontracting Policies and Procedures; Comment 
Request

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Department of Defense 
(DoD).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Defense Acquisition Regulations System has submitted to 
OMB for clearance, the following proposed revision and extension of a 
collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act.

DATES: DoD will consider all comments received by June 29, 2020.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title and OMB Number: Subcontracting Policies and Procedures--DoD 
FAR Supplement Part 244; OMB Control Number 0704-0253.
    Type of Request: Revision.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit and not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Respondents: 22.
    Responses per Respondent: 2.
    Annual Responses: 44.
    Hours per Response: 8.
    Estimated Hours: 372.
    Reporting Frequency: On occasion.
    Needs and Uses: Administrative contracting officers use this 
information in making decisions to approve or disapprove a contractors 
purchasing system. The disapproval of a contractor's purchasing system 
would necessitate Government consent to individual subcontracts and 
possibly prompt a financial withhold or other Government rights and 
remedies. DFARS 244.305, entitled Granting, Withholding, or Withdrawing 
Approval, provides policy guidance for administrative contracting 
officers to determine the acceptability of the contractor's purchasing 
system and approve or disprove the system, at the completion of the in-
plant portion of a contractor purchasing system review, and to pursue 
correction of any deficiencies with the contractor. DFARS clause 
252.244-7001, Contractor Purchasing System Administration, requires the 
contractor to respond within 30 days to a written initial determination 
from the contracting officer that identifies significant deficiencies 
in the contractor's purchasing system. The contracting officer will 
evaluate the contractor's response to this initial determination and 
notify the contractor in writing of any remaining significant 
deficiencies, the adequacy of any proposed or completed corrective 
action and system disapproval if the contracting officer determines 
that one or more significant deficiencies remain. If the contractor 
receives the contracting officer's final determination of significant 
deficiencies, the contractor has 45 days to either correct the 
significant deficiencies or submit an acceptable corrective action 
plan.
    Comments and recommendations on the proposed information collection 
should be sent to Ms. Jasmeet Seehra, DoD Desk Officer, at 
[email protected]. Please identify the proposed information 
collection by DoD Desk Officer and the Docket ID number and title of 
the information collection.
    You may also submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by the following method: Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    DoD Clearance Officer: Ms. Angela James. Requests for copies of the 
information collection proposal should be sent to Ms. James at [email protected].

Jennifer Lee Hawes,
Regulatory Control Officer, Defense Acquisition Regulations System.
[FR Doc. 2020-11488 Filed 5-27-20; 8:45 am]
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