[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 173 (Thursday, September 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55007-55008]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-19377]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 3090-0320; Docket No. 2022-0001; Sequence No. 15]


Information Collection; General Services Administration 
Acquisition Regulation; Construction Manager as Constructor (CMc)

AGENCY: Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration 
(GSA).

ACTION: Notice of request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the 
Regulatory Secretariat Division will be submitting to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an 
extension of a previously approved information collection requirement 
regarding information collection 3090-0320 Construction Manager as 
Constructor (CMc).

DATES: Submit comments on or before: November 7, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 3090-
0320 via http://www.regulations.gov.
    Submit comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by searching the 
OMB control number. Select the link ``Comment'' that corresponds with 
information collection ``3090-0320, Construction Manager as 
Constructor''. Follow the instructions provided on the

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screen. Please include your name, company name (if any), and 
``Information Collection 3090-0320, Construction Manager as 
Constructor'' on your attached document. If your comment cannot be 
submitted using regulations.gov, call or email the points of contact in 
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document for 
alternate instructions.
    Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information 
Collection 3090-0320, Construction Manager as Constructor, in all 
correspondence related to this collection. Comments received generally 
will be posted without change to regulations.gov, including any 
personal and/or business confidential information provided. To confirm 
receipt of your comment(s), please check regulations.gov, approximately 
two-to-three days after submission to verify posting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Marten Wallace, General Services 
Acquisition Policy Division, GSA, by phone at 202-286-5807 or by email 
at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    The General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) 
552.236-79, Construction-Contractor-as-Constructor, requires the 
contractor to submit proposals to establish the final estimated cost of 
the work, to convert the contract to a firm-fixed-price, and to 
determine the final settlement.
    The GSAR coverage on construction contracts, including clauses for 
solicitations and resultant contracts, clarifies, updates, and 
incorporates existing guidance on the construction-manager-as-
constructor (CMc) project delivery method.
    The CMc refers to a project management and contracting technique 
that is one of three predominant methods used for acquiring 
construction services by GSA. The other two methods are design-bid-
build and design-build.
    The information is used by leasing contracting officers to evaluate 
lease proposals and negotiate lease contract terms and conditions in a 
competitive or non-competitive environment. GSA would be unable to 
assess readily and equitably offers fairly and competitively if they 
were not allowed to collect data required in the information 
collection.

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    Total public reporting burden for this collection of information is 
estimated to average 400 total hours ($33,004) annually, including the 
time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, 
gathering, and maintaining the data needed, and completing and 
reviewing the collection of information. The estimated burden hours to 
the public for the below clauses are as follows:
    GSAR 552.236-79, Construction-Contractor-as-Constructor, requires 
the contractor to submit proposals to establish the final estimated 
cost of the work, to convert the contract to a firm-fixed-price, and to 
determine the final settlement.
    Respondents: 5.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Total Annual Responses: 10.
    Hours per Response: 40.
    Total Response Burden Hours: 400.
    Cost per Hour: $82.51.
    Estimated Cost Burden to the Public: $33,004.
    GSAR 552.236-80, Accounting Records, contains a recordkeeping 
requirement that is subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 
3501, et seq.). The clause requires the contractor to keep all relevant 
documents for a period of three years after the final payment. However, 
the clause does not add burden to what is already estimated for the 
existing FAR clause at 52.215-2, Audit and Records by a previous 
information collection (see OMB Control Number 9000-0034).

C. Public Comments

    Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this 
collection of information is necessary and whether it will have 
practical utility; whether our estimate of the public burden of this 
collection of information is accurate and based on valid assumptions 
and methodology; and ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 
of the information to be collected.
    Obtaining Copies of Proposals: 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. 3090-0320, Construction Manager as Constructor, in 
all correspondence.

Jeffrey A. Koses,
Senior Procurement Executive, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of 
Government-wide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2022-19377 Filed 9-7-22; 8:45 am]
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