[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 183 (Friday, September 22, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65417-65418]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-20521]


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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION


Guidelines for Reporting Bundled and Consolidated Contracts

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business Administration.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) submits an annual 
Contract Bundling Report to Congress which provides the total bundled 
contract dollars and information regarding bundled contracts for the 
prior fiscal year (FY). Section 873 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2023 amended the U.S. Code (U.S.C.) 
requiring data and information on the consolidation of contract 
requirements to be included in the annual Contract Bundling and 
Consolidation Report to Congress. Beginning in December 2023, the 
Federal agencies shall provide data

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and information on all bundled or consolidated contract requirements in 
their annual reports to SBA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donna Fudge, Procurement Analyst, 
Office of Policy, Planning, and Liaison, Small Business Administration, 
at [email protected], (202) 205-6363.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Defense Authorization Act 
(NDAA) for FY 2023, section 873, amended 15 U.S.C. 644(p) requiring 
data and information on the consolidation of contract requirements to 
be included in the annual Contract Bundling and Consolidation Report to 
Congress. Beginning in December 2023, the Federal agencies shall 
provide data and information on all bundled or consolidated contract 
requirements in their annual reports to SBA.
    Each annual report shall include the following information:
     Data on the number, arranged by NAICS, of small business 
concerns displaced as prime contractors as a result of the award of 
bundled or consolidated contracts by Federal agencies; and
     A description of the activities with respect to previously 
bundled or consolidated contracts of each Federal agency during the 
preceding year, including--
     Data on the number and total dollar amount of all contract 
requirements that were included in bundled or consolidated contracts; 
and
    With respect to each bundled or consolidated contract, data or 
information on--
     The justification for the bundling of contract 
requirements or consolidation of contract requirements (as applicable);
     The cost savings realized by the bundling of contract 
requirements or the consolidation of contract requirements (as 
applicable) over the life of the contract;
     The extent to which maintaining contract requirements in a 
bundled or consolidated contract is projected to result in continued 
savings;
     The extent to which the bundling of contract requirements 
or the consolidation of contract requirements (as applicable) complied 
with the contracting agency's small business subcontracting plan, 
including the total dollar value awarded to small business concerns as 
subcontractors and the total dollar value previously awarded to small 
business concerns as prime contractors; and
     The impact of the bundling of contract requirements or the 
consolidation of contract requirements (as applicable) on small 
business concerns unable to compete as prime contractors for the 
contract and on the industries of such small business concerns, 
including a description of any changes to the proportion of any such 
industry that is composed of small business concerns.
    If SBA does not receive a Contract Bundling and Consolidation 
Report from an agency, SBA will report the agency and SAM.gov data 
regarding the agency's bundled or consolidated contracts to Congress 
with the consolidated annual report.
    If the agency determines that actions were incorrectly coded as 
bundled or consolidated in SAM.gov, the agency is responsible for 
correcting SAM.gov to reflect the accurate status. SBA will not adjust 
the SAM.gov data on its own.
    The report must be submitted to SBA in a Section 508 compliant PDF. 
Agencies should verify the report is section 508 compliant with their 
office responsible for section 508 compliance prior to submission to 
SBA.

Periodic Report for Bundled Contract Database

    Agencies must submit information to SBA on a periodic basis to 
include in the bundling-affected contractors database, as required by 
section 15(p)(2) of the Small Business Act, 15 U.S.C. 644(p)(2). The 
database identifies each small business concern that has been displaced 
as a prime contractor as the result of a bundled contract.
    In accordance with section 15(p)(2), agencies must provide to SBA 
on a periodic basis--and no less than annually--(1) a list of the 
bundled contracts awarded by the Federal agency since the agency's last 
report and (2) the name and unique entity identifier (UEI) for each 
small business concern that has been displaced as a prime contractor as 
a result of the award of the bundled contract.

Larry Stubblefield,
Acting Associate Administrator, Office of Government Contracting and 
Business Development.
[FR Doc. 2023-20521 Filed 9-21-23; 8:45 am]
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