[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 82 (Thursday, April 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25270-25271]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-09155]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000-0152; Docket No. 2022-0053; Sequence No. 5]


Submission for OMB Review; Service Contracting

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 an 
extension of a previously approved information collection requirement 
regarding service contracting.

DATES: Submit comments on or before May 31, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for this information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for Public 
Comments'' or by using the search function.
    Additionally, submit a copy to GSA 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.
    Instructions: All items submitted must cite OMB Control No. 9000-
0152, Service Contracting. 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. If there are 
difficulties submitting comments, contact the GSA Regulatory 
Secretariat Division at 202-501-4755 or [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Zenaida Delgado, Procurement Analyst, 
at telephone 202-969-7207, or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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

    9000-0152, Service Contracting.

B. Need and Uses

    This justification supports an extension of OMB Control No. 9000-
0152. This clearance covers the information that offerors must submit 
to comply with the following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 
requirement:
     FAR 52.237-10, Identification of Uncompensated Overtime. 
This provision requires offerors, when professional or technical 
services are acquired on the basis of the number of hours to be 
provided, to identify uncompensated overtime hours in excess of 40 
hours per week, whether at the prime or subcontract level. This 
includes uncompensated overtime hours that are in indirect cost pools 
for personnel whose regular hours are normally charged direct.
    The contracting officer will use the collected information to 
perform an adequate cost realism analysis of the offerors' proposed 
labor rates. Proposals which include unrealistically low labor rates, 
or which do not otherwise demonstrate cost realism, will be considered 
by the contracting officer in a risk assessment and evaluated 
appropriately. The primary purpose for obtaining the information and 
using it during the source selection process is to discourage the use 
of uncompensated overtime.

C. Annual Burden

    Respondents: 19,738.
    Total Annual Responses: 19,738.
    Total Burden Hours: 9,869.

D. Public Comment

    A 60-day notice was published in the Federal Register at 87 FR 
9356, on February 18, 2022. A comment was received; however, it did not 
change the estimate of the burden.
    Comment: The commenter expressed his approval of the details set 
forth under the Federal Regulations in regard to serving contracts and 
other collaborative efforts in the aerospace industry.
    Response: Noted. The commenter did not express an opinion on 
whether the estimated number of burden hours is accurate; or ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information.
    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. 9000-0152, Service Contracting.

Janet Fry,
Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of Governmentwide 
Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of 
Governmentwide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2022-09155 Filed 4-27-22; 8:45 am]
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