Notice2025-03995
Submission for OMB Review; Subcontracting Plans
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Published
March 13, 2025
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 90, Number 48 (Thursday, March 13, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 11972]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-03995]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000-0007; Docket No. 2024-0053; Sequence No. 19]
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 14, 2025.
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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#aceaedfefcc3c0c5cfd5eccbdfcd82cbc3da"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="094f485b596665606a70496e7a68276e667f">[email protected]</span></a> or call 202-969-
4075.
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)), 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 of a public
facility) 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 an 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. Contractors
with 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; instead, 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 a 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: 30,365.
Total Annual Responses: 49,296.
Total Burden Hours: 112,704.
D. Public Comment
A 60-day notice was published in the Federal Register at 89 FR
97004, on December 6, 2024. Comments were received from a respondent;
however, they did not change the estimate of the burden.
Comment: The respondent recommended removing the requirement for
subcontracting plans in Federal contracting. The respondent stated that
the ``process of creating, maintaining, and reporting subcontracting
plans imposes significant administrative burdens without a
corresponding benefit that cannot already be achieved through existing
reporting mechanisms.''
Response: The respondent's input is appreciated. Subcontracting
plans and subcontracting plan reporting are required by section 8(d) of
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)). Therefore, changes to the
information collected would require a change to the underlying statute.
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#9ddacedccff8facef8feddfaeefcb3faf2eb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="34736775665153675157745347551a535b42">[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. 2025-03995 Filed 3-12-25; 8:45 am]
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