Notice2025-11061

Submission for OMB Review; Indirect Cost Rate Proposals, Payments to Small Business Subcontractors, and Bankruptcy Notifications

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Published
June 16, 2025

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Management and Budget OfficeFederal Procurement Policy OfficeDefense DepartmentGeneral Services AdministrationNational Aeronautics and Space Administration

Abstract

Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat Division has submitted to OMB a request to review and approve an extension of a previously approved information collection requirement regarding indirect cost rate proposals, payments to small business subcontractors, and bankruptcy notifications.

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 114 (Monday, June 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 25271]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-11061]



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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

Office of Federal Procurement Policy

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000-0069; Docket No. FAR-2025-0053; Sequence No. 13]


Submission for OMB Review; Indirect Cost Rate Proposals, Payments 
to Small Business Subcontractors, and Bankruptcy Notifications

AGENCY: Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB); 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 OMB a request to 
review and approve an extension of a previously approved information 
collection requirement regarding indirect cost rate proposals, payments 
to small business subcontractors, and bankruptcy notifications.

DATES: Submit comments on or before July 16, 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#d690978486b9babfb5af96b1a5b7f8b1b9a0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9ed8dfcccef1f2f7fde7def9edffb0f9f1e8">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> or call 202-969-
4075.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. OMB Control Number, Title, and Any Associated Form(s)

    9000-0069, Indirect Cost Rate Proposals, Payments to Small Business 
Subcontractors, and Bankruptcy Notifications.

B. Need and Uses

    This clearance covers the information that contractors must submit 
to comply with the following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 
requirements:
    FAR 52.216-7, Allowable Cost and Payment. This clause requires the 
contractor to submit an adequate final indirect cost rate proposal to 
the contracting officer and the auditor within the 6-month period 
following the expiration of each of its fiscal years. The proposed 
rates shall be based on the contractor's actual cost experience for 
that period. Paragraphs (d)(2)(iii) and (iv) of this clause provide a 
list of the data required to be submitted. The data is customary 
business financial information that the contractor can access from its 
automated business systems.
    FAR 52.216-15, Predetermined Indirect Cost Rates. This clause 
repeats the requirement in the clause at FAR 52.216-7, paragraph (d), 
for the contractor to submit an adequate final indirect cost rate 
proposal, however it does not impose any additional reporting 
requirements.
    FAR 52.242-4, Certification of Final Indirect Costs. This clause 
requires the contractor's final indirect cost rate proposal to be 
certified to establish or modify the rates used to reimburse the 
contractor for the costs of performing under the contract. The 
supporting cost data are the cost accounting information normally 
prepared by organizations under sound management and accounting 
practices. This clause is incorporated into all solicitations and 
contracts that provide for establishment of final indirect cost rates, 
but the Department of Energy may provide an alternate clause for its 
Management and Operating contracts.
    The contracting officer and auditor use the proposal and supporting 
data provided under the clauses at FAR 52.216-7, 52.216-15, and 52.242-
4 to verify and analyze the indirect costs and to determine the final 
indirect cost rates or to prepare the Government negotiating position 
if negotiation of the rates is required under the contract terms.
    FAR 52.242-5, Payments to Small Business Subcontractors. This 
clause requires the prime contractor to self-report to the contracting 
officer when the prime contractor makes late or reduced payments to 
small business subcontractors. The notice shall include the reason(s) 
for making the reduced or untimely payment. The contracting officer 
uses the information to record the identity of contractors with a 
history of late or reduced payments to small business subcontractors in 
the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System. The 
contracting officer considers and evaluates the contractor's written 
explanation for a reduced or an untimely payment to determine whether 
the reduced or untimely payment is justified.
    FAR 52.242-13, Bankruptcy. This clause requires contractors to 
notify the contracting officer within five days after initiating the 
proceedings relating to bankruptcy filing. The contracting officer uses 
the notification to ensure the contractor's ability to perform its 
government contract.

C. Annual Burden

    Respondents: 6,265.
    Total Annual Responses: 6,265.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,504,083.

D. Public Comment

    A 60-day notice was published in the Federal Register at 90 FR 
14447, on April 2, 2025. 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#30776371625557635553705743511e575f46"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="45021604172022162026052236246b222a33">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>. Please cite OMB 
Control No. 9000-0069, Indirect Cost Rate Proposals, Payments to Small 
Business Subcontractors, and Bankruptcy Notifications.

Janet Fry,
Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of Governmentwide 
Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of 
Governmentwide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2025-11061 Filed 6-13-25; 8:45 am]
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