[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 65 (Tuesday, April 5, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19687-19689]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-07223]
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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of Board
Approval Under Delegated Authority and Submission to OMB
AGENCY: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
SUMMARY: The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board)
is adopting a proposal to extend for three years, without revision, the
Procurement Solicitation Package (FR 1400; OMB No. 7100-0180).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Federal Reserve Board Clearance Officer--Nuha Elmaghrabi--Office of
the Chief Data Officer, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, Washington, DC 20551, (202) 452-3829.
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Desk Officer for the Federal
Reserve Board, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 725
17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503, or by fax to (202) 395-6974.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 15, 1984, OMB delegated to the Board
authority under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) to approve and assign
OMB control numbers to collections of information conducted or
sponsored by the Board. Board-approved collections of information are
incorporated into the official OMB inventory of currently approved
collections of information. The OMB
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inventory, as well as copies of the PRA Submission, supporting
statements, and approved collection of information instrument(s) are
available at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. These documents
are also available on the Federal Reserve Board's public website at
https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/reportforms/review.aspx or may be
requested from the agency clearance officer, whose name appears above.
Final Approval Under OMB Delegated Authority of the Extension for Three
Years, Without Revision, of the Following Information Collection
Report title: Supplier Registration System.
Agency form number: FR 1400A.
OMB control number: 7100-0180.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondents: Businesses and individuals.
Estimated number of respondents: 250.
Estimated average hours per response: 1.
Estimated annual burden hours: 250.
General description of report: The Board is continuously seeking
suppliers who are interested in doing business with the Board through
various outreach events, minority/diversity conferences, meetings, and
events targeted to either a specific industry classification of
suppliers or an upcoming acquisition. Suppliers are encouraged during
these efforts to register in the Board's Supplier Registration System
(FR 1400A). A supplier searching the internet can also find the
registration system via the Board's public website and elect to
register.\1\ The Supplier Registration System collects pertinent
information on their firm and the capabilities they can offer to the
Board. While completion of the registration process does not guarantee
future opportunities with the Board, it does bring a supplier's
capabilities to the attention of procurement staff whose role is to
match supplier capabilities with specific acquisition activities when
contracting opportunities arise.
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\1\ https://www.federalreserve.gov/secure/vendorregistration/.
Report title: Solicitation Package.
Agency form number: FR 1400B.
OMB control number: 7100-0180.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondents: Businesses and individuals.
Estimated number of respondents: 300.
Estimated average hours per response: 81.
Estimated annual burden hours: 24,300.
General description of report: In announcing an acquisition, Board
staff contacts suppliers registered in the Board's system via
electronic mail or by telephone, and provides the documents and
applicable attachments included in the Solicitation Package (FR 1400B).
The FR 1400B includes:
A cover letter,
A Solicitation, Offer, and Award Form (Attachment A) which
outlines pertinent dates for the supplier as well as requires the
supplier to input contact information and a summary of proposed
pricing,
A Supplier Information Form (Attachment N) that requires
supplier contact information, demographic, and payment information so
that the supplier can be properly established in the contract writing
system and receive payment upon the receipt of a proper and valid
invoice,
A description, provided by the Board, of the goods or
services desired,
A statement of how the Board will evaluate the prospective
suppliers,
A statement of how the Board will evaluate the proposal,
Solicitation instructions (how to prepare and submit the
proposal, including all deadlines),
Contract terms (work standards, inspections, work delays,
work change orders, payment, taxes, and compliance with small business
and labor laws), and
Representations and certifications suppliers must make in
order to participate in the solicitation.
The Solicitation Package may also include the Past Performance Data
Sheet and Past Performance Questionnaire (Attachment I) if past
performance is an evaluation factor. This questionnaire requests
information on up to three previous contracts that are recent and
relevant to the solicitation, such as a description of the work, the
period of performance when the work was completed, the agency for which
the work was performed, and an estimated total dollar amount of the
effort.
Report title: Supplier Risk Management Offeror Questionnaire.
Agency form number: FR 1400C.
OMB control number: 7100-0180.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondents: Businesses and individuals.
Estimated number of respondents: 60.
Estimated average hours per response: 4.
Estimated annual burden hours: 240.
General description of report: For solicitations that require the
supplier to process, store, or transmit data from the Board, suppliers
must complete the Supplier Risk Management Offeror Questionnaire (FR
1400C). This questionnaire requires suppliers to specify the security
controls surrounding the supplier's security protocols and proposed
application, if applicable, that will be used to process, store, or
transmit the data.\2\
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\2\ Security controls are defined and prioritized based on the
Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA) and
the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special
Publication 800-53 (Security Controls and Assessment Procedures for
Federal Information Systems and Organizations).
Report title: Subcontracting Report.
Agency form number: FR 1400D.
OMB control number: 7100-0180.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondents: Businesses and individuals.
Estimated number of respondents: 20.
Estimated average hours per response: 1.
Estimated annual burden hours: 40.
General description of report: For solicitations that involve
contracts that have subcontracting opportunities and are expected to
exceed $100,000, or $300,000 for construction solicitations, non-
covered company \3\ suppliers must submit a subcontracting plan in the
supplier's own format. The subcontracting plan provides information on
the nature of subcontracted activities, including the percentage of
subcontracted work, and identity of subcontractors, including the
subcontractors' size and ownership status, the company will use if
awarded the effort. If a supplier is awarded a contract following a
Subcontracting Solicitation, the supplier must provide semiannual
Subcontracting Reports (FR 1400D) to the Board to document compliance
with section 342(e) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer
Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act).\4\
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\3\ A ``covered company'' is a firm qualified as a small
business concern under the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632) and
regulations thereunder, including (1) business concerns that meet
the size eligibility standards set forth in 13 CFR 121; (2) small
business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans
as defined by 15 U.S.C. 632(q); (3) qualified HUBZone small business
concerns pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 632(p) and 13 CFR 126; (4) socially
and economically disadvantaged small business concerns as defined by
15 U.S.C. 637 and certified as such under 13 CFR 125; and (5) small
business concerns owned and controlled by women as defined by 15
U.S.C. 632(n).
\4\ 12 U.S.C. 5452(e) requires the Board to submit an annual
report to Congress regarding the total amounts paid by the agency to
contractors since the previous report, the successes achieved and
challenges faced by the agency in operating minority and women
outreach programs, the challenges the agency may face in hiring
qualified minority and women employees and contracting with
qualified minority-owned and women-owned businesses, and any other
information, findings, conclusions, and recommendations for
legislative or agency action.
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Legal authorization and confidentiality: The filing requirements
under the FR 1400 are authorized by sections 10 and 11 of the Federal
Reserve Act (FRA) \5\ and section 342(c) of the Dodd-Frank Act.\6\
Registering in the Supplier Registration System (FR 1400A) is
voluntary. The remaining portions of the FR 1400 (FR 1400B, FR 1400C,
and FR 1400D) are required to obtain a benefit for prospective
suppliers to the Board.
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\5\ Section 10(3) and section 11 of the FRA authorize the Board
to manage its buildings and staff. 12 U.S.C. 243 and 248(1). Section
10(4) of the FRA authorizes the Board to determine and prescribe the
manner in which its obligations shall be incurred and its
disbursements and expenses allowed and paid. 12 U.S.C. 244.
\6\ 12 U.S.C. 5452(c) (requiring the Board to develop and
implement standards and procedures for the review and evaluation of
contract proposals and for hiring service providers that include a
component that gives consideration to the diversity of a prospective
supplier and the fair inclusion of women and minorities in the
workforce of such supplier and any subcontractor).
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A prospective supplier may request confidential treatment of
information submitted as part of its Procurement Solicitation Package
under exemption 4 of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), which
protects commercial or financial information that is both customarily
and actually treated as private.\7\ In addition, a prospective supplier
may request confidential treatment of information pursuant to exemption
6 of the FOIA, which protects personal information, the disclosure of
which would ``constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of privacy.''
\8\ Determinations of confidentiality based on exemption 4 or exemption
6 of the FOIA would be made on a case-by-case basis.
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\7\ 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4).
\8\ 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(6).
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Current actions: On November 23, 2021, the Board published a notice
in the Federal Register (86 FR 66557) requesting public comment for 60
days on the extension, without revision, of the Procurement
Solicitation Package. The comment period for this notice expired on
January 24, 2022. The Board did not receive any comments.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, April 1, 2022.
Margaret Shanks,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2022-07223 Filed 4-4-22; 8:45 am]
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