Notice2022-23815
Submission for OMB Review; General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation; Federal Supply Schedule Pricing Disclosures and Sales Reporting
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November 2, 2022
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General Services Administration
Abstract
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat Division is submitting a request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to review and approve an extension of a previously approved information collection requirement regarding OMB Control No. 3090-0235, Federal Supply Schedule Pricing Disclosures and Sales Reporting.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 211 (Wednesday, November 2, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66185-66188]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-23815]
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 3090-0235; Docket No. 2022-0001; Sequence No. 13]
Submission for OMB Review; General Services Administration
Acquisition Regulation; Federal Supply Schedule Pricing Disclosures and
Sales Reporting
AGENCY: Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration
(GSA).
ACTION: Notice of request for comments regarding an extension to an
existing OMB clearance.
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the
Regulatory Secretariat Division is submitting a request to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) to review and approve an extension of a
previously approved information collection requirement regarding OMB
Control No. 3090-0235, Federal Supply Schedule Pricing Disclosures and
Sales Reporting.
DATES: Submit comments on or before: December 2, 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Thomas O'Linn, Procurement
Analyst, General Services Acquisition Policy Division, GSA, 202-445-
0390 or email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ff988c9e8d8f9093969c86bf988c9ed1989089"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a8cfdbc9dad8c7c4c1cbd1e8cfdbc986cfc7de">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
This information collection is for GSA Federal Supply Schedules
(FSS) offerors and contractors subject to certain pricing disclosures
and sales reporting requirements. These pricing disclosures and sales
reporting requirements are found within the basic version of General
Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) clause 552.238-
80, Industrial Funding Fee and Sales Reporting, and GSAR 515.408(b) and
(c). Alternate I of GSAR clause 552.216-70, Economic Price Adjustment--
FSS Multiple Award Schedule Contracts; basic version of GSAR clause
552.238-81, Price Reductions; 552.238-83 Examination of Records by GSA;
and 552.238-85, Contractor's Billing Responsibilities, are additional
GSAR clauses directly associated with FSS contracts subject to these
requirements. This information collection does not apply to GSA FSS
offerors and contractors subject to Transactional Data Reporting (TDR)
requirements. The burden associated with TDR requirements is covered
under information collection OMB control number 3090-0306,
Transactional Data Reporting.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
The total estimated annual public cost burden for this information
collection is estimated to be $117,802,204.70 The total estimated
annual public burden hours resulting from this information collection
is 1,452,326.36 hours. These numbers are calculated by adding up the
total estimated annual burden cost/hour for each of the following GSAR
sections/clauses covered by this
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information collection: GSAR section 515.408(b) and (c); basic version
of 552.238-80, Industrial Funding Fee and Sales Reporting; Alternate I
of 552.216-70, Economic Price Adjustment--FSS Multiple Award Schedule
Contracts; basic version of 552.238-81, Price Reductions; 552.238-83
Examination of Records by GSA; and 552.238-85, Contractor's Billing
Responsibilities.
The calculation for some of these numbers account for the variation
of burden associated with compliance with a given clause/form/
instruction requirement. For example, for some of the calculations GSA
is calculating the burden based on the difference between a ``heavier
lift'' contract and a ``lighter lift'' contract. Contracts with heavier
lifts are those with the characteristics leading to increased burden,
such as higher sales volume, higher number of offerings, complexity of
their offerings, higher transactions, complexity of transactions, and/
or intricate business structures. For the purpose of determining
``lift'', GSA is utilizing the Pareto principle, or ``80/20 rule,''
which states 80 percent of effects come from 20 percent of the
population. Accordingly, GSA is categorizing contracts with a heavier
lift as 20 percent and those with a lighter lift as those representing
80 percent.
Burden Cost/Hour Calculation
Total estimated burden hour/cost for the basic version of 552.238-
80, Industrial Funding Fee and Sales Reporting.
The two primary activities associated with the basic version of
552.238-80, Industrial Funding Fee and Sales Reporting are initial
setup and quarterly reporting. The below provides the basis for
calculating the burden associated with these two activities. The burden
associated with these two activities is then used to calculate the
overall burden for this clause.
Initial Setup
[cir] Estimated hourly rate & job position equivalency. The
estimated hourly cost associated with this task is based on the task
being accomplished by personnel equivalent to a GS-14, Step 5 employee.
A GS-14, Step 5 employee hourly rate for 2022 is $82.51 (``Rest of
U.S.'' locality using OPM Salary Table 2022-GS, Effective January
2022).
[cir] Estimated hours by system for initial set-up. A contractor
complying with these requirements will absorb a one-time setup burden
for purposes of establishing a reporting system (i.e., automated
reporting system vs. manual reporting system). The estimated setup time
varies between automated and manual reporting systems. GSA estimates
the average one-time initial setup burden is 8 hours for a manual
system and 40 hours for an automated system.
Quarterly Reporting
[cir] Estimated hourly rate & job position equivalency. The
estimated hourly cost associated with this task is based on the task
being accomplished by personnel equivalent to a GS-12, Step 5 employee.
A GS-12, Step 5 employee hourly rate for 2022 is $58.72 (i.e., using
``Rest of U.S.'' locality within the OPM Salary Table for 2022-GS,
Effective January 2022).
[cir] Categorization of contractors by sales revenue. GSA estimates
the likelihood of contractors with lower to no reportable sales will
spend relatively little time on reporting. In contrast, contractors
with more reportable sales will face a higher reporting burden. To
account for this difference, GSA is using the below sale revenue
categories:
Category 1: No sales activity/revenue (i.e., $0.00).
Category 2: Sales between $0.01 and $25,000.00.
Category 3: Sales between $25,000.01 and $250,000.00.
Category 4: Sales between $250,000.01 and $1 million.
Category 5: Sales over $1 million.
The below table shows the estimated number of FSS contractors by
sales revenue category:
FSS Contractors by Sales Revenue Category
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FSS
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Category 1.................................................... 6,292
Category 2.................................................... 1,160
Category 3.................................................... 2,987
Category 4.................................................... 1,828
Category 5.................................................... 2,762
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Total..................................................... 15,029
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[cir] Automated system vs. manual reporting system. GSA estimates
the likelihood of a contractor creating an automated reporting system
increases with a contractor's sales revenue. In contrast, contractors
with little to no sales revenue are unlikely to expend the effort
needed to establish an automated reporting system. To account for this
difference, GSA is using the below table. The below table shows by
sales revenue category the estimated percentage of the likelihood of a
contractor using a manual reporting system vs automated reporting
system:
% of Contractors by Type of Reporting System
[Manual vs. automated]
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Automated system
Sales category Manual system (%) (%)
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Category 1.............................................................. 100 0
Category 2.............................................................. 100 0
Category 3.............................................................. 90 10
Category 4.............................................................. 50 50
Category 5.............................................................. 10 90
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The following table show the estimated number of FSS contractors by
type of reporting system:
Estimated Number of FSS Contractors by Type of Reporting System
[Manual vs. Automated]
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Manual system Automated system
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Category 1.............................................................. 6,292 0
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Category 2.............................................................. 1,160 0
Category 3.............................................................. 2,688 299
Category 4.............................................................. 914 914
Category 5.............................................................. 276 2,486
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Total............................................................... 11,330 3,699
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[cir] Estimated quarterly reporting time (hours)--by reporting
system and sales revenue category. GSA estimates that the reporting
time varies by type of reporting system (i.e., manual or automated) and
by respective sales revenue category. The below table shows GSA's
estimated quarterly reporting time per sales revenue category and
system type:
Quarterly Reporting Time--Hours by Type of Reporting System and Sales Revenue Category
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Manual systems Automated systems
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Category 1.............................................................. 0.25 2.00
Category 2.............................................................. 1.00 2.00
Category 3.............................................................. 2.00 2.00
Category 4.............................................................. 4.00 2.00
Category 5.............................................................. 8.00 2.00
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Total estimated burden hour/cost for the basic version of GSAR
clause 552.238-80, Industrial Funding Fee and Sales Reporting.
Initial Setup
Total estimated annual burden hours: 18,240
Total estimated annual cost burden: $1,505,037.12
Quarterly Reporting
Total estimated annual burden hours: 85,484
Total estimated annual cost burden: $5,019,941.05
Total estimated annual burden hour/cost for GSAR 515.408(b) and
(c).
Heavier Lift
Estimated # of responses per year: 499
Estimated burden hours per response: x 82.96
Total estimated annual burden hours: 41,397.04
Estimated cost per hour: x $82.51
Total estimate annual cost burden: 3,415,793.96
Lighter Lift
Estimated # of responses per year: 1,996
Estimated burden hours per response: x 64.82
Total estimated annual burden hours: 129,381.72
Estimated cost per hour: x $82.51
Total estimate annual cost burden: $10,675,591.35
Total estimated annual burden hour/cost for Alternate I of 552.216-
70, Economic Price Adjustment--FSS Multiple Award Schedule Contracts.
Heavier Lift
Estimated # of responses per year: 420
Estimated burden hours per response: x 10.45
Total estimated annual burden hours: 4,389
Estimated cost per hour: x $82.51
Total estimate annual cost burden: $362,149.56
Lighter Lift
Estimated # of responses per year: 1,680
Estimated burden hours per response: x 9.17
Total estimated annual burden hours: 15,406.60
Estimated cost per hour: x $82.51
Total estimate annual cost burden: $1,271,162.27
Total estimated annual burden hour/cost for basic version of GSAR
clause 552.238-81, Price Reductions.
The primary activities associated with this clause are training,
compliance systems, and notification. As a result, for the purpose of
calculating the overall burden associated with this clause, the burden
was calculated for each of these activities using first. For some of
these activities the heavier lift and lighter lift categorization was
used.
Training--Heavier Lift
Estimated # of responses per year: 2,620
Estimated burden hours per response: x 40
Total estimated annual burden hours: 104,800
Estimated cost per hour: x $82.51
Total estimate annual cost burden: $8,647,362.40
Training--Lighter Lift
Estimated # of responses per year: 10,479
Estimated burden hours per response: x 20
Total estimated annual burden hours: 209,580
Estimated cost per hour: x $82.51
Total estimate annual cost burden: $17,293,074.54
Monitoring--Heavier Lift
Estimated # of responses per year: 2,620
Estimated burden hours per response: x 175
Total estimated annual burden hours: 458,500
Estimated cost per hour: x $82.51
Total estimate annual cost burden: $37,832,210.50
Monitoring--Lighter Lift
Estimated # of responses per year: 10,479
Estimated burden hours per response: x 35
Total estimated annual burden hours: 366,765
Estimated cost per hour: x $82.51
Total estimate annual cost burden: $30,262,880.45
Notification
Estimated # of responses per year: 900
Estimated burden hours per response: x 4.25
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Total estimated annual burden hours: 3,825
Estimated cost per hour: x $82.51
Total estimate annual cost burden: $315,612.23
Total estimated annual burden hour/cost for GSAR clause 552.238-83
Examination of Records by GSA.
Estimated # of respondents per year: 32
Estimated burden hours per respondent: x 455
Total estimated annual burden hours: 14,560
Estimated cost per hour: x $82.51
Total estimated annual cost burden: $1,201,389.28
Total estimated annual burden hour/cost for GSAR clause 552.238-85,
Contractor's Billing Responsibilities, is 0 burden hours/$0.00 burden
cost. The reason for zero burden being associated with this clause is
because the record keeping requirement contained in this clause does
not add any additional burden to what is already captured by the basic
version of GSAR clause 552.238-80, Industrial Funding Fee and Sales
Reporting, which is covered by this information collection.
C. Public Comments
A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register at 87 FR 51421 on
August 22, 2022. No comments were received.
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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c98e9a889bacae9aacaa89aebaa8e7aea6bf"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="53140012013634003630133420327d343c25">[email protected]</span></a>. Please
cite ``OMB Control No. 3090-0235, Federal Supply Schedule Pricing
Disclosures and Sales Reporting'', in all correspondence.
Jeffrey A. Koses,
Senior Procurement Executive, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of
Government-wide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2022-23815 Filed 11-1-22; 8:45 am]
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