[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 225 (Friday, November 26, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67470-67471]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-25795]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000-0189; Docket No. 2021-0053; Sequence No. 13]


Information Collection; Certain Federal Acquisition Regulation 
Part 4 Requirements

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

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, and 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations, DoD, GSA, and 
NASA invite the public to comment on a revision concerning certain 
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 4 requirements.
    DoD, GSA, and NASA invite comments on: Whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the functions of Federal Government acquisitions, including whether the 
information will have practical utility; the accuracy of the estimate 
of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance 
the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; 
and ways to minimize the burden of the information collection on 
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology. OMB has approved this 
information collection for use through January 31, 2022. DoD, GSA, and 
NASA propose that OMB extend its approval for use for three additional 
years beyond the current expiration date.

DATES: DoD, GSA, and NASA will consider all comments received by 
January 25, 2022.

ADDRESSES: DoD, GSA, and NASA invite interested persons to submit 
comments on this collection through https://www.regulations.gov and 
follow the instructions on the site. This website provides the ability 
to type short comments directly into the comment field or attach a file 
for lengthier comments. If there are difficulties submitting comments, 
contact the GSA Regulatory Secretariat Division at 202-501-4755 or 
[email protected].
    Instructions: All items submitted must cite OMB Control No. 9000-
0189, Certain Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 4 Requirements. 
Comments received generally will be posted without change to https://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.

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)

    9000-0189, Certain Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 4 
Requirements.

B. Need and Uses

    DoD, GSA, and NASA are combining OMB Control Nos. for the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation (FAR) by FAR part. This consolidation is 
expected to improve industry's ability to easily and efficiently 
identify 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 the revision of the expiration date of 
OMB Control No. 9000-0189 and combines it with the previously approved 
information collections under OMB Control Nos. 9000-0097 and 9000-0197, 
with the new title ``Certain Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 4 
Requirements''. Upon approval of this consolidated information 
collection, OMB Control Nos. 9000-0097 and 9000-0197 will be 
discontinued. The burden requirements previously approved under the 
discontinued numbers will be covered under OMB Control No. 9000-0189.

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    This clearance covers the information that offerors and contractors 
must submit to comply with the following FAR requirements:
    1. FAR 52.204-3, and 52.212-3(l)--Taxpayer Identification Number 
Information. When there is not a requirement to be registered in the 
System for Award Management (SAM), offerors are required to submit 
their Taxpayer Identification Number information by the provision at 
FAR 52.204-3, Taxpayer Identification, for other than commercial 
acquisitions, and by paragraph (l) of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, 
Offeror Representations and Certifications--Commercial Products and 
Commercial Services, for commercial acquisitions.
    2. FAR 52.204-6, 52.212-1(j), and 52.204-12--Unique Entity 
Identifier. When there is not a requirement to be registered in SAM, 
offerors are required to submit their unique entity identifier by the 
provision at FAR 52.204-6, Unique Entity Identifier, for other than 
commercial acquisitions, and by paragraph (j) of the provision at FAR 
52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors--Commercial Products and Commercial 
Services, for commercial acquisitions. The clause at FAR 52.204-12, 
Unique Entity Identifier Maintenance, requires contractors to maintain 
their unique entity identifier with the organization designated in SAM 
to issue such identifiers, for the life of the contract. The clause 
also requires contractors to notify contracting officers of any changes 
to the unique entity identifier.
    3. FAR 52.204-7, 52.204-13, and 52.212-3(b)--SAM Registration and 
Maintenance. The provision at FAR 52.204-7, System for Award 
Management, requires offerors to be registered in SAM when submitting 
an offer or quotation, except in certain limited cases, and to continue 
to be registered through final payment of any award that results from 
such offer. The clause at FAR 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. 
Paragraph (b) of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations 
and Certifications--Commercial Products and Commercial Services, 
contains the equivalent of FAR 52.204-7 and 52.204-13, for commercial 
acquisitions.
    4. FAR 52.204-14, and 52.204-15--Service Contract Reporting 
Requirements. The clauses at FAR 52.204-14, Service Contract Reporting 
Requirements, and FAR 52.204-15, Service Contract Reporting 
Requirements for Indefinite-Delivery Contracts, require contractors to 
report the following information in SAM annually:
    (a) Contract number and, as applicable, order number.
    (b) The total dollar amount invoiced for services performed during 
the previous Government fiscal year under each contract.
    (c) The number of contractor direct labor hours expended on the 
services performed during the previous Government fiscal year.
    (d) Data reported by each first-tier subcontractor providing 
services under the contract if required to do so.
    5. FAR 52.204-20, Predecessor of Offeror. This provision requires 
offerors to identify if the offeror is, within the last three years, a 
successor to another entity that received a Federal Government award 
and, if so, to provide the Commercial and Government Entity code and 
legal name of the predecessor.
    6. FAR 52.204-23, Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, 
Software, and Services Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab and Other 
Covered Entities. This clause requires contractors to report, in 
writing, to the contracting officer or, in the case of DoD, to the 
website at https://dibnet.dod.mil, any instance when the contractor 
identifies a covered article provided to the Government during contract 
performance, or if contractors are notified of such an event by 
subcontractors at any tier or any other source.

C. Annual Burden

    Respondents: 301,907.
    Total Annual Responses: 612,575.
    Total Burden Hours: 378,847.
    Obtaining Copies: Requesters may obtain a copy of the information 
collection documents from the GSA Regulatory Secretariat Division, by 
calling 202-501-4755 or emailing [email protected]. Please cite OMB 
Control No. 9000-0189, Certain Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 4 
Requirements.

Janet Fry,
Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of Governmentwide 
Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of 
Governmentwide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2021-25795 Filed 11-24-21; 8:45 am]
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