27004 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 112 / Monday, June 11, 2018 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0163; Docket 2018– 

0003; Sequence No. 3] 

Submission for OMB Review; Small 

Business Size Rerepresentation 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comments regarding an extension to an 

existing OMB clearance. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, the 

Regulatory Secretariat Division will be 

submitting to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) a request for 

approval of a previously approved 

information collection requirement 

regarding small business size 

rerepresentation. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before: 

July 11, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding 

this burden estimate or any other aspect 

of this collection of information, 

including suggestions for reducing this 

burden to: Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs of OMB, Attention: 

Desk Officer for GSA, Room 10236, 

NEOB, Washington, DC 20503. 

Additionally submit a copy to GSA by 

any of the following methods: 

• Regulations.gov: http://

www.regulations.gov. Submit comments 

via the Federal eRulemaking portal by 

searching the OMB Control number 

9000–0163. Select the link ‘‘Comment 

Now’’ that corresponds with 

‘‘Information Collection 9000–0163, 

Small Business Size Rerepresentation’’. 

Follow the instructions provided on the 

screen. Please include your name, 

company name (if any), and 

‘‘Information Collection 9000–0163, 

Small Business Size Rerepresentation’’ 

on your attached document. 

• Mail: General Services 

Administration, Regulatory Secretariat 

Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20405. ATTN: Ms. 

Mandell/IC 9000–0163, Small Business 

Size Rerepresentation. 

Instructions: Please submit comments 

only and cite ‘‘Information Collection 

9000–0163, Small Business Size 

Rerepresentation,’’ in all 

correspondence related to this 

collection. Comments received generally 

will be posted without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal and/or business confidential 

information provided. To confirm 

receipt of your comment(s), please 

check www.regulations.gov, 

approximately two-to-three days after 

submission to verify posting (except 

allow 30 days for posting of comments 

submitted by mail). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Janet Fry, Procurement Analyst, Office 

of Government-wide Policy, contact via 

telephone 703–605–3167 or email 

janet.fry@gsa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 

19.301 and the FAR clause at 52.219–28, 

Post-Award Small Business Program 

Rerepresentation, implement the Small 

Business Administration’s (SBA’s) 

regulation at 13 CFR 121.404(g), 

requiring that a concern that initially 

represented itself as small at the time of 

its initial offer must recertify its status 

as a small business under the following 

circumstances: 

• Within thirty days of an approved 

contract novation; 

• Within thirty days in the case of a 

merger or acquisition, where contract 

novation is not required; or 

• Within 120 days prior to the end of 

the fifth year of a contract, and no more 

than 120 days prior to the exercise of 

any option thereafter. 

The implementation of SBA’s 

regulation in FAR 19.301 and the FAR 

clause at 52.219–28 require that 

contractors rerepresent size status by 

updating their representations at the 

prime contract level in the 

Representations and Certifications 

section of the System for Award 

Management (SAM) and notifying the 

contracting officer that it has made the 

required update. 

The purpose of implementing small 

business rerepresentations in the FAR is 

to ensure that small business size status 

is accurately represented and reported 

over the life of long-term contracts. The 

FAR also provides for provisions 

designed to ensure more accurate 

reporting of size status for contracts that 

are novated, or performed by small 

businesses that have merged with or 

been acquired by another business. This 

information is used by the SBA, 

Congress, Federal agencies and the 

general public for various reasons such 

as determining if agencies are meeting 

statutory goals, set-aside 

determinations, and market research. 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

An upward adjustment is being made 

to the estimated annual reporting 

burden since the last notice regarding an 

extension for this clearance published 

on May 4, 2015 in the Federal Register 

at 80 FR 25293. Based on fiscal year 

2017 rerepresentation modification data 

from the Federal Procurement Data 

System (FPDS), the number of annual 

respondents has increased from 1,700 to 

2,200. 

Respondents: 2,200. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Total Number of Responses: 2,200. 

Hours per Response: 0.5. 

Total Burden Hours: 1,100. 

C. Public Comments 

A notice published in the Federal 

Register at 83 FR 11202, on March 14, 

2018. No comments were received. 

Public comments are particularly 

invited on: Whether this collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of functions of the FAR, 

and whether it will have practical 

utility; whether our estimate of the 

public burden of this collection of 

information is accurate, and based on 

valid assumptions and methodology; 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways in which we can 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, through the use of appropriate 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Obtaining Copies of Proposals: 

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the General Services Administration, 

Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB), 

1800 F Street NW, Washington, DC 

20405, telephone 202–501–4755. 

Please cite OMB Control No. 9000– 

0163, Small Business Size 

Rerepresentation, in all correspondence. 

Dated: June 6, 2018. 

William Clark, 

Director, Office of Governmentwide 

Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition 

Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2018–12493 Filed 6–8–18; 8:45 am] 

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