3942 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 16 / Tuesday, January 25, 2000 / Notices

Hotel and Recreation Equipment

Trade Mission, Santo Domingo and

Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic,

February 8–11, 2000. Recruitment closes

January 31, 2000.

For further information contact:

Sheila de Andujar, Trade Event

Manager, C.S. Santo Domingo,

American Embassy, Unit 5515, APO AA

34041, Tel: 809–221–2171 ext. 408, Fax:

809–688–4838 E-mail:

sheila.andujar@mail.doc.gov.

Information Technology Dealmaker,

Toronto, Canada, February 9–10, 2000.

Recruitment closes January 31, 2000.

For further information contact:

Viktoria Palfi, Project Manager, U.S.

Commercial Service, Toronto, 480

University Avenue, Suite 602, Toronto,

ON M5G 1V2, Tel: 416–595–5412, ext.

229, Fax: 416–595–5419, E-mail:

viktoria.palfi@mail.doc.gov.

Corporate Executive Office Program at

Meditech Asia Show, Bangkok,

Thailand, March 1–4, 2000. Recruitment

closes February 15, 2000.

For further information contact: Kellie

Holloway, Phoenix EAC, 901 N. Central

Avenue, Suite 970, Phoenix, AR 85012,

Tel: 602–640–2513, ext. 16, Fax: 602–

640–2518. E-mail:

Kelly.Holloway@mail.doc.gov.

Manufacturing Matchmaker India,

New Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai, and

Pune, India, April 3–11, 2000.

Recruitment closes April 11, 2000.

For further information contact: Sam

Dhir, U.S. Department of Commerce,

Tel: 202–482–4756, Fax: 202–482–0178,

E-mail: Sam.Dhir@mail.doc.gov.

Telecommunications Matchmaker

Trade Delegation, Madrid, Spain and

Rome, Italy, April 10–15, 2000.

Recruitment closes February 28, 2000.

For further information contact: Molly

Costa, U.S. Department of Commerce,

Tel: 202–482–0693, Fax: 202–482–0178,

E-mail: Molly.Costa@mail.doc.gov.

Women In Trade Business

Development Mission, France and the

Netherlands, May 7–12, 2000.

Recruitment closes March 22, 2000.

For further information contact:

Loretta Allison, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Tel: 202–482–5479, Fax;

202–482–1999, E-mail:

LorettalAllison@ita.doc.gov.

U.S. Information Technology Trade

Mission to Far East Asia, Taipei,

Taiwan, Seoul and Pusan, South Korea,

June 11–17, 2000. Recruitment closes

April 15, 2000.

For further information contact: TuTrang Phan, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Tel: 202–482–0480, Fax:

202–482–3002, E-mail TuTranglPhan@ita.doc.gov.

Telecommunication Trade Mission to

Chile and Argentina, June 18–23, 2000.

Recruitment closes May 31, 2000.

For further information contact:

Richard Paddock, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Tel: 202–482–5235, Fax:

202–482–5834, E-mail

RichardlPaddock@ita.doc.gov.

Medical Devices and Biotechnology

Trade Mission to Australia, Melbourne,

Sydney, and Brisbane, June 25–30,

2000. Recruitment closes May 5, 2000.

For further information contact: Bart

Meroney, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Tel: 202–482–5014, Fax:

202–482–0975, E-mail:

BartlMeroney@ita.doc.gov.

Medical Device Trade Mission,

Taiwan, Malaysia, and Singapore,

August 19–31, 2000. Recruitment closes

June 30, 2000.

For further information contact:

Steven R. Harper. U.S. Department of

Commerce, Tel: 202–482–2991, Fax:

202–482–0975, E-mail:

StevenlHarper@ita.doc.gov.

For further information contact:

Reginald Beckham, U.S. Department of

Commerce. Tel: 202–482–5478, Fax:

202–482–1999.

Dated: January 19, 2000.

Tom Nisbet,

Director, Promotion Planning and Support

Division, Office of Export Promotion

Coordination.

[FR Doc. 00–1705 Filed 1–24–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 011900A]

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management

Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery

Management Council (Council) and the

Atlantic States Marine Fisheries

Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup

and Black Sea Bass Board (Board) will

hold a public meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held

Thursday, February 10, 2000, from

1:00–5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at

the Radisson Hotel, 901 N. Fairfax

Street, Alexandria, VA; telephone 703–

683–6000.

Council Address: Mid-Atlantic

Fishery Management Council, 300 S.

New Street, Dover, DE 19904, telephone

302–674–2331.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director,

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management

Council; telephone: 302–674–2331, ext.

19.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Council and Board will consider the

following items: Discuss the

development of a conservation

equivalency amendment for summer

flounder; discuss the development of an

amendment to review allocation of

annual total allowable catch and

discards and revise summer period state

by state quotas for scup; possible review

and comment on 2000 specifications for

summer flounder, scup, and black sea

bass; discussion of disapproved portions

of Sustainable Fisheries Act amendment

for summer flounder, scup, and black

sea bass; and discussion of other

measures that would be included in

amendments to summer flounder, scup,

and black sea bass.

Although non-emergency issues not

contained in this agenda may come

before the Council and Commission for

discussion, these issues may not be the

subject of formal Council action during

this meeting. Council action will be

restricted to those issues specifically

listed in this document and any issues

arising after publication of this notice

that require emergency action under

section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens

Fishery Conservation and Management

Act, provided the public has been

notified of the Council’s intent to take

final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Joanna Davis, 302–674–2331, at least 5

days prior to the meeting date.

Dated: January 19, 2000.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 00–1701 Filed 1–24–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Test Program for Negotiation of

Comprehensive Small Business

Subcontracting Plans

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: Notice of test program.

Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 16 / Tuesday, January 25, 2000 / Notices 3943

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is

amending its Test Program for

Negotiation of Comprehensive Small

Business Subcontracting Plans to

implement Section 817 of the National

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal

Year 2000. Section 817 provides for a

five year extension of the DoD Test

Program for negotiation of

comprehensive small business

subcontracting plans from September

30, 2000 to September 30, 2005.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 24, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Ivory Fisher, Office of Small and

Disadvantaged Business Utilization,

OUSD (A&T) SADBU, 1777 North Kent

Street, Suite 9100, Arlington, VA 22209,

telephone (703) 588–8616, telefax (703)

588–7561.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Background

In accordance with Section 834 of

Public Law 101–189, as amended, the

Department of Defense (DoD)

established a Test Program for

Negotiation of Comprehensive Small

Business Subcontracting Plans (the

Program) to determine whether the use

of comprehensive subcontracting plans

on a corporate, division, or plant-wide

basis would increase subcontracting

opportunities for small business

concerns. DoD amended the Program to

implement the requirements of Section

822 of the National Defense

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998

(Public Law 105–85). The amendments:

(1) Provide for subcontracts that are

awarded by participating contractors

performing as subcontractors, under

DoD contracts, to be included in

comprehensive small business

subcontracting plans, and (2) to cover

the HUBZone Act of 1997

implementation in the Federal

Acquisition Regulation (FAR), which

results in the addition of HUBZone

small businesses to the categories of

small business concerns that must be

addressed by comprehensive small

business subcontracting plans.

Ivory Fisher,

Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business

Utilization.

The revised test plan is as follows:

Test Program for Negotiation of

Comprehensive Small Business

Subcontracting Plans

I. Purpose

This document implements Section 834 of

Public Law 101–189, the National Defense

Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and

1991, as amended. The primary purpose of

the Comprehensive Small Business

Subcontracting Plan Test Program (the

Program) is to determine whether the

negotiation and administration of

comprehensive small business

subcontracting plans will reduce

administrative burdens on contractors while

enhancing subcontracting opportunities for

small business concerns and small business

concerns owned and controlled by socially

and economically disadvantaged individuals

under Department of Defense (DoD)

contracts.

II. Authority

The Program is established pursuant to

Section 834 of the National Defense

Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and

1991, as amended.

III. Program Requirements

A. The Program shall be conducted from

October 1, 1990, through September 30, 2005.

B. The selection of contractors for

participation in the Program shall be in

accordance with Section 811(b)(3) of the

National Defense Authorization Act For

Fiscal Year 1996, Public Law 104–106.

Eligible contractors are large business

concerns at the major (total) corporate level

that, during the preceding fiscal year:

1. Were performing under at least three

DoD prime contracts; furnished supplies or

services (including professional services) to

DoD, engaged in research and development

for DoD, or performed construction for DoD;

and were paid $5,000,000 or more for such

contract activities; and

2. Achieved a small disadvantaged

business (SDB) subcontracting participation

rate of 5 percent or more during the

preceding fiscal year. However, this

requirement does not apply to the eight

original contractors accepted into the

Program. Additionally, a large business with

an SDB subcontracting participation rate of

less than 5 percent during the preceding

fiscal year may request, through the

designated contracting activity, to participate

in the Program if the firm submits a detailed

plan with milestones leading to attainment of

at least a 5 percent SDB subcontracting

participation rate by September 30, 2000,

2005.

C. Contractors selected for participation

shall:

1. Be eligible in accordance with paragraph

III(B);

2. Establish their comprehensive

subcontracting plans on the same corporate,

division or plant-wide basis under which

they submitted the Standard Form (SF) 295

during the preceding fiscal year, except that

a division or plant that historically reported

through a higher-level division, but would

meet the criteria of paragraph III(B)(2), shall

be permitted to participate in the Program if

the lower-level division, plant or profit

center can demonstrate a 5 percent or greater

subcontract performance level with SDB

concerns;

3. Have reported to DoD on the SF 295 for

the previous fiscal year, except as provided

in paragraph III(C)(2);

4. Accept an SDB goal for each fiscal year

of not less than 5 percent, or an SDB goal that

is in accordance with the milestone

established under paragraph III(B)(2);

5. Comply with the requirements of

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation

Supplement (DFARS) Section 215.605 for

source selection purposes;

6. Offer a broad range of subcontracting

opportunities;

7. Voluntarily agree to participate; and

8. Have at least one active contract that

requires a subcontracting plan at the

designated DoD buying activity responsible

for negotiating the Comprehensive

Subcontracting Plan.

IV. Elements of the Comprehensive Small

Business Subcontracting Plan

A. The comprehensive small business

subcontracting plan shall address each of the

11 elements set forth in paragraph (d) of the

clause at FAR 52.219–9, ‘‘Small Business

Subcontracting Plan.’’

1. The subcontracting plan, percentage and

corresponding dollar goals for awards to

small business, HUBZone small business,

small disadvantaged business and womenowned small business concerns shall be

developed by the contractor for its entire

business operation in support of all DoD

contracts and subcontracts under DoD

contracts regardless of dollar value.

2. Participating contractors shall include

separate specific goals and timetables for the

awarding of subcontracts in two industry

categories which have not historically been

made available to small business and small

disadvantaged business concerns. These

industry categories will be recommended by

the contractor and approved by the

contracting officer. Subcontract awards made

in support of the specific industry categories

shall also count towards attainment of the

overall small business and small

disadvantaged business goals.

3. The subcontracting plan shall set forth

the prime contractor’s actions to publicize

prospective subcontract opportunities for

small business, HUBZone small business,

small disadvantaged business and womenowned small business concerns.

B. Subcontracting plans to be established

under the Program shall be submitted each

year by participating contractors to the

designated contracting officer 45 days prior

to the end of the Government’s fiscal year

(September 30). However, new contractors

requesting participation under the Program

shall submit subcontracting plans to the

contracting officer as far in advance as

possible to the beginning of the fiscal year in

which the contractor proposes to participate.

Procedures

A. The Service Acquisition Executive

within each military department and defense

agency having contractors that meet the

requirements of paragraphs III(B) and (C)

shall designate at least three but nor more

than five contracting activities to participate

in the Program. In selecting the contracting

activities to participate in the Program, the

Services Acquisition Executive shall ensure

that the designated activities cover a broad

range of supplies and services.

B. The designated contracting activity will

accomplish the following:

1. With the coordination of the Director,

Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business

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Utilization, for their military department or

defense agency, select as many eligible prime

contractors (at least five) for participation

under the Program as deemed appropriate.

2. Establish a ‘‘Comprehensive Small

Business Subcontracting Plan’’ negotiating

team(s) composed as follows:

a. A contracting officer(s) who will be

responsible for negotiation and approval of

the comprehensive subcontracting plan(s) as

well as the responsibilities at FAR 19.705.

b. The contracting activity’s Small and

Disadvantaged Business Utilization

Specialist.

c. The Small and Disadvantaged Business

Utilization Specialist of the cognizant

contract administration activity that

administers the preponderance of the

selected prime contractor’s contracts and/or

the appropriate individual who will

administer contractor performance under the

test in accordance with FAR 19.706 and the

provisions herein.

d. Production specialist, price analyst and

other functional specialists as appropriate.

C. The designated contracting officer shall:

1. Encourage prime contractors interested

in participating in the program to enter the

program on a plant or facility basis.

2. Solicit proposed comprehensive

subcontracting plans from selected

contractor(s) as soon as possible and by July

1, annually thereafter.

3. By October 1, and annually thereafter,

review, negotiate and approve on behalf of

DoD a comprehensive subcontracting plan for

each selected contractor.

4. Distribute copies of the approved

subcontracting plan in accordance with

paragraph VI(A).

5. Upon negotiation and acceptance of the

comprehensive subcontracting plan, obtain

from the contractor:

a. A listing of all active DoD contracts that

contain individual subcontracting plans

required by Section 211 of Public Law 95–

507.

b. The listing shall include the following:

i. Contract number.

ii. Name and address of the contracting

activity.

iii. Contracting officer’s name and phone

number.

6. Upon receipt of the information

provided by the participating contractor

under paragraph V(C)(4), direct the

designated administrative contracting officer

to issue a comprehensive change order,

which modifies all of the contractor’s active

DoD contracts that include subcontracting

plans. The modification will substitute the

contractor’s approved comprehensive

subcontracting plan for the individual plans,

will substitute the clause at DFARS 252.219–

7004 for the clause at FAR 52.219–9, and will

delete the clauses at FAR 52.219–10 and

52.219–16 and DFARS 252.219–7003 and

252.219–7005, as appropriate.

7. Review annually, with the contract

administration activity, the contractor’s

performance under the plan. Document the

review findings and distribute, in accordance

with paragraph VI(A), within 45 days of the

end of the fiscal year.

8. By November 15 of the year after

acceptance, and annually thereafter,

determine whether the contractor has met its

comprehensive subcontracting goals. If the

goals have not been met, determine whether

there is any indication that the contractor

failed to make a good faith effort and take

appropriate action.

9. By December 15, 2005, prepare and

submit a report on each participating

contractor’s performance which details the

results of the Program. The report must

compare the contractor’s performance under

the Program with its performance for the

three fiscal years prior to acceptance into the

Program. The report distribution will be in

accordance with paragraph VI(A).

D. Participating contractors:

1. Shall establish their comprehensive

subcontracting plans on the same corporate,

division or plant-wide basis under which

they submitted the SF 295 during the

preceding fiscal year, except that those

contractors that historically reported through

a higher headquarters can elect to participate

as a separate (lower-level) reporting profit

center, plant or division if the contractor

achieved an SDB subcontracting performance

rate of 5 percent or greater in the preceding

fiscal year.

2. Upon negotiation of an acceptable

comprehensive subcontracting plan, shall be

exempt from individual contract-by-contract

reporting requirements for DoD contracts and

subcontracts under DoD contracts unless

otherwise required in accordance with

paragraph III(C)(5).

3. Shall continue individual contract

reporting on non-DoD contracts.

4. Shall comply with the flow-down

provisions of Section 211 of Public Law 95–

507 for large business subcontractors which

are not participating in the Program.

Consequently, large business concerns which

are not participating in the Program receiving

a DoD subcontract in excess of $500,000

($1,000,000 for construction) are required to

adopt a plan similar to that mandated by the

clause at FAR 52.219–9. Participating

contractors are prohibited from flowing down

the ‘‘Comprehensive’’ subcontracting

deviation provisions of DFARS 252.219–

7004. Accordingly, large business

subcontractors to the participating

contractors who themselves are not

participating in the Program shall be required

to establish individual subcontracting plans

with specific goals for awards to small

business, small disadvantaged business and

women-owned small business concerns.

5. Upon expulsion from the Program or

Program termination on September 10, 2005,

shall negotiate and establish individual

subcontracting plan son all future DoD

contracts that otherwise meet the

requirements of Section 211 of Public Law

95–507.

VI. Monitoring and Reporting of

Comprehensive Subcontracting Plans and

Goals

A. Upon negotiation and acceptance of

comprehansive subcontracting plans and

goals, the designated activity shall

immediately forward one copy of the plan to

each of the following:

1. Director, Office of Small and

Disadvantaged Business Utilization, Office of

the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense

(Acquisition and Technology), 1777 North

Kent Street, Suite 9100, Arlington, VA 22209

2. Director, Small and Disadvantaged

Business Utilization, for the military

department or defense agency of the activity

that negotiated and accepted the

comprehensive subcontracting plan.

3. The cognizant contract administration

office.

B. Each participating contractor shall

complete the SF 295 ‘‘Summary Subcontract

Report’’ in accordance with the instructions

on the back of the form on a semi-annual

basis, except as noted below:

1. One copy of the SF 295 and attachments

shall be submitted to Director, Office of

Small and Disadvantaged Business

Utilization, Office of the Deputy Under

Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and

Technology), 1777 North Kent Street, Suite

9100, Arlington, VA 22209.

2. Participating contractors shall enter in

Item 14 Remarks block the annual corporate,

division or plant-wide small business, small

disadvantaged business and women-owned

small business percentage and corresponding

dollar goals.

3. Participating contractors shall also enter

separately in Item 14 the percentage and

corresponding dollar goals for each of the

two selected industry categories (see

paragraph IV(A) (2)).

4. Participating contractors shall also enter

separately in Item 14 on a semi-annual

cumulative basis the percentage and

corresponding dollar amount of subcontract

awards made in each of the two selected

industry categories.

5. Participating contractors shall be exempt

from the completion of SF 294 ‘‘Subcontract

Report For Individual Contracts’’ for DoD

contracts during their participation in the

Program.

January 18, 2000.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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BILLING CODE 5001–10–M

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of proposed information

collection requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests.

SUMMARY: The Leader, Information

Management Group, Office of the Chief

Information Officer, invites comments

on the proposed information collection

requests as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: An emergency review has been

requested in accordance with the Act

(44 U.S.C. Chapter 3507(j)), since public

harm is reasonably likely to result if

normal clearance procedures are

followed. Approval by the Office of