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REQUIRED CENTRAL CONTRACTOR

REGISTRATION (XXX 19XX)

(a) Definitions.

Central Contractor Registration (CCR)

database means the primary DoD repository

for contractor information required for the

conduct of business with DoD.

Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS)

number means the 9-digit number assigned

by Dun and Bradstreet Information Services

to identify unique business entities.

Data Universal Numbering System

(DUNS)+4 number means the DUNS number

assigned by Dun and Bradstreet plus a 4-digit

suffix that may be assigned by a parent

(controlling) business concern. This 4-digit

suffix may be assigned at the discretion of the

parent business concern for such purposes as

identifying subunits or affiliates of the parent

business concern.

Registered in the CCR database means that

all mandatory information, including the

DUNS number or the DUNS+4 number, if

applicable, and the corresponding

Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE)

code, is in the CCR database; the DUNS

number and the CAGE code have been

validated; and all edits have been

successfully completed. To remain registered

in the CCR database after the initial

registration, the Contractor is required to

confirm on an annual basis that its CCR

registration is still accurate and complete.

(b)(1) By submission of an offer, the offeror

acknowledges the requirement that a

prospective awardee must be registered in

the CCR database prior to award, during

performance, and through final payment of

any contract resulting from this solicitation

except for awards to foreign vendors for work

to be performed outside the United States.

(2) The offeror shall provide its DUNS or,

if applicable, its DUNS+4 number with its

offer, which will be used by the Contracting

Officer to verify that the offeror is registered

in the CCR database.

(3) Lack of registration in the CCR database

will make an offeror ineligible for award.

(4) Since initial registration in the CCR

database may take up to 30 days, offerors that

are not registered should consider applying

for registration immediately upon receipt of

this solicitation.

(c) The Contractor is responsible for the

accuracy and completeness of the data within

the CCR, and for any liability resulting from

the Government’s reliance on inaccurate or

incomplete data. To remain registered in the

CCR database after the initial registration, the

Contractor is required to confirm on an

annual basis that its information in the CCR

database is accurate and complete.

(d) Offerors and contractors may obtain

information on registration and annual

confirmation requirements by calling 1–888–

xxx–xxxx or via the Internet at http://

ccr.edi.disa.mil.

(End of clause)

[FR Doc. 97–24387 Filed 9–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 5000–04–M

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

48 CFR Part 215

[DFARS Case 97–D025]

Defense Federal Acquisition

Regulation Supplement; Weighted

Guidelines—Federally Funded

Research and Development Centers

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: Proposed rule with request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The Director of Defense

Procurement is proposing to amend the

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation

Supplement (DFARS) to exempt

Federally Funded Research and

Development Centers from the weighted

guidelines method for establishing

profit and fee objectives.

DATES: Comment date: Comments on the

proposed rule should be submitted in

writing to the address shown below on

or before November 14, 1997 to be

considered in the formulation of the

final rule.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties should

submit written comments to: Defense

Acquisition Regulations Council, Attn:

Ms. Amy Williams, PDUSD (A&T) DP

(DAR), IMD 3D139, 3062 Defense

Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301–3062.

Telefax number (703) 602–0350.

E-mail comments submitted over the

Internet should be addressed to:

dfars@acq.osd.mil

Please cite DFARS Case 97–D025 in

all correspondence related to this issue.

E-mail correspondence should cite

DFARS Case 97–D025 in the subject

line.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ms. Amy Williams, (703) 602–0131.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Background

This proposed rule amends DFARS

Subpart 215.9 to exempt Federally

Funded Research and Development

Centers (FFRDCs) from the weighted

guidelines method for establishing

profit and fee objectives. The fee for an

FFRDC is based on assessment of need

and, therefore, should not be subject to

the structured, risk-based approach

embodied in the weighted guidelines

method of profit/fee computation. The

proposed rule instead requires

contracting officers to establish fee

objectives for FFRDCs in accordance

with FFRDC fee policies in the DoD

FFRDC Management Plan.

B. Regulatory Flexibility Act

The proposed rule is not expected to

have a significant economic impact on

a substantial number of small entities

within the meaning of the Regulatory

Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601, et seq.,

because the rule applies only to contract

actions with Federally Funded Research

and Development Centers. The rule is

not applicable to small businesses. An

initial regulatory flexibility analysis has

therefore not been prepared. Comments

are invited from small businesses and

other interested parties. Comments from

small entities concerning the affected

DFARS subpart also will be considered

in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 610. Such

comments should be submitted

separately and should cite DFARS Case

97–D025 in correspondence.

C. Paperwork Reduction Act

The Paperwork Reduction Act does

not apply because the proposed rule

does not impose any information

collection requirements that require the

approval of the Office of Management

and Budget under 44 U.S.C. 3501, et

seq.

List of Subjects in 48 CFR Part 215

Government procurement.

Michele P. Peterson,

Executive Editor, Defense Acquisition

Regulations Council.

Therefore, 48 CFR Part 215 is

proposed to be amended as follows:

1. The authority citation for 48 CFR

Part 215 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 421 and 48 CFR

Chapter 1.

PART 215—CONTRACTING BY

NEGOTIATION

2. Section 215.902 is amended by

revising the introductory text to read as

follows:

215.902 Policy.

Departments and agencies shall use a

structured approach for developing a

prenegotiation profit or fee objective

(profit objective) on any negotiated

contract action that requires cost

analysis, except on cost-plus-award-fee

contracts (see 215.974) or contracts with

Federally Funded Research and

Development Centers (FFRDCs) (see

215.975). There are three structured

approaches—

* * * * *

3. Section 215.903 is amended by

revising paragraphs (b)(1) and (b)(2) to

read as follows:

215.903 Contracting officer

responsibilities.

* * * * *

(b) The contracting officer—

(1) Shall use the weighted guidelines

method (see 215.971), unless—
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(A) The modified weighted guidelines

method applies;

(B) An alternate structured approach

is justified;

(C) Developing a fee objective for a

cost-plus-award-fee contract; or

(D) Developing a fee objective for a

contract with an FFRDC.

(2) Shall use the modified weighted

guidelines method (see 215.972) on

contract actions with nonprofit

organizations, except contract actions

with FERDCs;

* * * * *

4. Section 215.972 is amended by

revising the section heading and

paragraphs (b) and (c), and by removing

paragraph (d). The revised text read as

follows:

215.972 Modified weighted guidelines

method for nonprofit organizations except

FFRDCs.

* * * * *

(b) For nonprofit organizations which

are entities that have been identified by

the Secretary of Defense or a Secretary

of a Department as receiving sustaining

support on a cost-plus-fixed-fee basis

from a particular DoD department or

agency, compute a fee objective for

covered actions using the weighted

guidelines method in 215.971, with the

following modifications:

(1) Modifications to performance risk

(Blocks 21–24 of the DD Form 1547.

(i) If the contracting officer assigns a

value from the standard designated

range (see 215.971–2(c), reduce the fee

objective by an amount equal to 1

percent of the costs in Block 18 of the

DD Form 1547. Show the net (reduced)

amount on the DD Form 1547.

(ii) If the contracting officer assigns a

value from the alternate designated

range, reduce the fee objective by an

amount equal to 2 percent of the costs

in Block 18 of the DD Form 1547.

Shown the net (reduced) amount on the

DD Form 1547.

(2) Modifications to contract type risk

(Block 25 of the DD Form 1547). Use a

designated range of ¥1 percent to 0

percent instead of the values in

215.971–3. There is no normal value.

(c) For all other nonprofit

organizations except FFRDCs, compute

a fee objective for covered actions using

the weighted guidelines method in

215.971, modified as described in

paragraph (b)(1) of this section.

215.975 [Redesignated]

5. Section 215.975 is redesignated as

215.976.

6. A new section 215.975 is added to

read as follows:

215.975 Fee requirements for FFRDCs.

For nonprofit organizations that are

FFRDCs, the contracting officer–

(a) Should consider whether any fee

is appropriate. Considerations shall

include the FFRDC’s—

(1) Proportion of retained earnings (as

established under generally accepted

accounting methods) that relates to DoD

contracted effort;

(2) Facilities capital acquisition plans;

(3) Working capital funding as

assessed on operating cycle cash needs;

(4) Contingency funding; and

(5) Provision for funding

unreimbursed costs deemed ordinary

and necessary to the FFRDC.

(b) Shall, when a fee is considered

appropriate, establish the fee objective

in accordance with FFRDC fee policies

in the DoD FFRDC Management Plan.

(c) Shall not use the weighted

guidelines method or an alternate

structured approach.

[FR Doc. 97–24386 Filed 9–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 5000–04–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 17

RIN 1018–AEOO

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife

and Plants; Extension of Comment

Period and Notice of Public Hearings

on Proposed Rule and Draft

Environmental Impact Statement for

Grizzly Bear Recovery in the Bitterroot

Ecosystem

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of public

hearings and extension of comment

period.

SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service

(Service) provides notice that public

hearings will be held on the proposed

rule to establish a nonessential

experimental population of grizzly bears

in the Bitterroot Ecosystem. Public

meetings on the draft EIS for the

proposed recovery action will be held

concurrently. To accommodate the

public hearings, the comment period on

the proposal is being extended. All

interested parties are invited to submit

comments on this proposal.

DATES: Public hearings will be held at

the following cities between the hours

of 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday,

October 1, 1997, at Challis, Idaho, and

Hamilton, Montana; Thursday, October

2, 1997, at Missoula, Montana, and

Lewiston, Idaho; Friday, October 3,

1997, at Helena, Montana, and Boise,

Idaho; and Wednesday, October 8, 1997,

at Salmon, Idaho. Registration will

begin 1 hour prior to each hearing.

Comments will be accepted until

November 1, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The public hearings will be

held at the following locations: October

1, 1997—Challis Middle School, 700

Main Street, Challis, Idaho 83226; and

City Hall, 223 South 2nd Street,

Hamilton, Montana 59840. October 2,

1997—Grant Creek Inn, 5280 Grant

Creek Road, Missoula, Montana 59802;

and Lewiston Community Center, 1424

Main Street, Lewiston, Idaho 83501.

October 3, 1997—Colonial Park Hotel,

2301 Colonial Drive, Helena, Montana

59601; and Boise State University,

Student Union Building, 1700

University Drive, Boise, Idaho 83725.

October 8, 1997—Pioneer Multipurpose

Room, Pioneer School, 900 Sharkey

street, Salmon, Idaho 83467. Written

comments and materials should be

addressed to Dr. Christopher Servheen,

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Project

Leader, Bitterroot Grizzly Bear EIS, P.O.

Box 5127, Missoula, Montana 59806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dr. Christopher Servheen, Grizzly Bear

Recovery Coordinator (see ADDRESSES

above), at telephone (406) 243–4903.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

(Service) proposes to reintroduce the

grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis), a

threatened species, into east-central

Idaho and a portion of western

Montana. On July 2, 1997, the Service

published a proposed rule (62 FR

35762) to establish a nonessential

experimental population pursuant to

section 10(j) of the Endangered Species

Act of 1973, as amended. Grizzly bear

populations have been extirpated from

most of the lower 48 United States.

They presently occur in populations in

the Cabinet/Yaak ecosystem in

northwestern Montana and north Idaho,

the Selkirk ecosystem in north Idaho

and northeastern Washington, the North

Cascades ecosystem in northwestern

Washington, the Northern Continental

Divide ecosystem in Montana, and the

Yellowstone ecosystem in Montana,

Wyoming, and Idaho. The purpose of

this reintroduction is to reestablish a

viable grizzly bear population in the

Bitterroot ecosystem in east-central

Idaho and adjacent areas of Montana,

one of six grizzly recovery areas

identified in the Grizzly Bear Recovery

Plan. Potential effects of this proposed

rule are evaluated in a draft