Notice2022-05744
Submission for OMB Review; Subcontracting Plans
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Published
March 18, 2022
Issuing agencies
Defense DepartmentGeneral Services AdministrationNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Abstract
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 subcontracting plans.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 53 (Friday, March 18, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 15424]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05744]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000-0007; Docket No. 2022-0053; Sequence No. 3]
Submission for OMB Review; Subcontracting Plans
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 subcontracting plans.
DATES: Submit comments on or before April 18, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for this information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 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 <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> 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-
0007, Subcontracting Plans. Comments received generally will be posted
without change to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, including any personal
and/or business confidential information provided. To confirm receipt
of your comment(s), please check <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>, 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bafde9fbe8dfdde9dfd9faddc9db94ddd5cc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="aaedf9ebf8cfcdf9cfc9eacdd9cb84cdc5dc">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Zenaida Delgado, Procurement Analyst,
at telephone 202-969-7207, or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#661c0308070f02074802030a010702092601150748010910"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dba1beb5bab2bfbaf5bfbeb7bcbabfb49bbca8baf5bcb4ad">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. OMB Control Number, Title, and Any Associated Form(s)
9000-0007, Subcontracting Plans.
B. Need and Uses
This clearance covers the information that offerors and contractors
must submit to comply with the requirements in Federal Acquisition
Regulation (FAR) 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plans,
regarding subcontracting plans as follows:
1. Subcontracting plan. In accordance with section 8(d) of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)), any contractor receiving a
contract for more than the simplified acquisition threshold must agree
in the contract that small business, veteran-owned small business,
service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business,
small disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business concerns
will have the maximum practicable opportunity to participate in
contract performance. Further, 15 U.S.C. 637(d) imposes the requirement
that contractors receiving a contract that is expected to exceed, or a
contract modification that causes a contract to exceed, $750,000 ($1.5
million for construction) and has subcontracting possibilities, shall
submit an acceptable subcontracting plan that provides maximum
practicable opportunities for small business, veteran-owned small
business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small
business, small disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business
concerns. Specific elements required to be included in the plan are
specified in section 8(d) of the Small Business Act and implemented in
FAR subpart 19.7 and the clause at FAR 52.219-9.
2. Summary Subcontract Report (SSR). In conjunction with the
subcontracting plan requirements, contractors with subcontracting plans
must submit an annual summary of subcontracts awarded as prime and
subcontractors for each specific Federal Government agency. Contractors
submit the information in a SSR through the Electronic Subcontracting
Reporting System (eSRS). This is required for all contractors with
subcontracting plans regardless of the type of plan (i.e., commercial
or individual).
3. Individual Subcontract Report (ISR). In conjunction with the
subcontracting plan requirements, contractors with individual
subcontracting plans must submit semi-annual reports of their small
business subcontracting progress. Contractors submit the information
through eSRS in an ISR, the electronic equivalent of the Standard Form
(SF) 294, Subcontracting Report for Individual Contracts. Contracts
that are not reported in the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS) in
accordance with FAR 4.606(c)(5) do not submit ISRs in eSRS; they will
continue to use the SF 294 to submit the information to the agency.
4. Written explanation for not using a small business subcontractor
as specified in the proposal or subcontracting plan. Section 1322 of
the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (Jobs Act), Public Law 111-240,
amends the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(6)) to require as part
of a subcontracting plan that a prime contractor make good faith effort
to utilize a small business subcontractor during performance of a
contract to the same degree the prime contractor relied on the small
business in preparing and submitting its bid or proposal. If a prime
contractor does not utilize a small business subcontractor as described
above, the prime contractor is required to explain, in writing, to the
contracting officer the reasons why it is unable to do so.
C. Annual Burden
Respondents: 36,088.
Total Annual Responses: 55,016.
Total Burden Hours: 135,595.
D. Public Comment
A 60-day notice was published in the Federal Register at 87 FR
1751, on January 12, 2022. No comments were received.
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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#87c0d4c6d5e2e0d4e2e4c7e0f4e6a9e0e8f1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="86c1d5c7d4e3e1d5e3e5c6e1f5e7a8e1e9f0">[email protected]</span></a>. Please cite OMB
Control No. 9000-0007, Subcontracting Plans.
Janet Fry,
Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of Governmentwide
Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of
Governmentwide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2022-05744 Filed 3-17-22; 8:45 am]
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