88592 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 245 / Friday, December 22, 2023 / Notices 

(Authority: 35 U.S.C. 209; 37 CFR 404) 

Tommy W. Lee, 

Acting Air Force Federal Register Liaison 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28208 Filed 12–21–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

[Docket DARS–2023–0036; OMB Control 

Number 0704–0497] 

Information Collection Requirement; 

Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement; Part 215 

Negotiation 

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System has submitted to 

OMB for clearance, the following 

proposed extension of a collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by January 22, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to https://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

particular information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function. You may 

also submit comments, identified by 

docket number and title, by the 

following method: Federal eRulemaking 

Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. 

Follow the instructions for submitting 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Angela Duncan, 571–372–7574, or 

whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dddodinformation-collections@mail.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title and OMB Number: Defense 

Federal Acquisition Regulation 

Supplement (DFARS) Part 215 

Negotiation; OMB Control Number 

0704–0497. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit and not-for-profit institutions. 

Number of Respondents: 157. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 157. 

Average Burden per Response: 4 

hours. 

Annual Burden Hours: 628. 

Frequency: On Occasion. 

Needs and Uses: The purpose of this 

information collection is to improve the 

efficiency of the negotiations process by 

ensuring the submission of thorough, 

accurate, and complete forward pricing 

rate proposals. If the contracting officer 

determines that a forward pricing rate 

proposal should be obtained pursuant to 

Federal Acquisition Regulation 42.1701, 

then contractors following the contract 

cost principles for commercial 

organizations in FAR subpart 31.2 will 

be required to submit a forward pricing 

rate proposal that complies with Federal 

Acquisition Regulation 15.408, Table 

15–2, and DFARS 215.403–5 and 

215.407–5–70. DFARS 215.403–5 

provides contractors with guidance for 

the submittal of forward pricing rate 

proposals, including a checklist for 

contractors to use in preparing their 

proposals. The checklist is submitted to 

DoD with the forward pricing rate 

proposal. The forward pricing rate 

proposal adequacy checklist at Table 

215.403–1 is used by the contracting 

officer and the contractor to ensure the 

proposal is complete. 

DoD Clearance Officer: Ms. Angela 

Duncan. Requests for copies of the 

information collection proposal should 

be sent to Ms. Duncan at whs.mcalex.esd.mbx.dd-dod-informationcollections@mail.mil. 

Jennifer D. Johnson, 

Editor/Publisher, Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28168 Filed 12–21–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–FR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

[Docket DARS–2023–0031; OMB Control 

Number 0704–0245] 

Information Collection Requirement; 

Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement; 

Transportation 

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System has submitted to 

OMB for clearance, the following 

proposed extension of a collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by January 22, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to https://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

particular information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function. You may 

also submit comments, identified by 

docket number and title, by the 

following method: Federal eRulemaking 

Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. 

Follow the instructions for submitting 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Angela Duncan, 571–372–7574, or 

whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dddodinformation-collections@mail.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title and OMB Number: 

Transportation, and related clauses— 

DoD FAR Supplement Part 247, OMB 

Control Number 0704–0245. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit and not-for-profit institutions. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Respondents: 16,950. 

Responses per Respondent: 6.76, 

approximately. 

Annual Responses: 114,655. 

Hours per Response: 0.55, 

approximately. 

Estimated Hours: 63,354. 

Reporting Frequency: On occasion. 

Needs and Uses: DoD contracting 

officers use this information to verify 

that prospective contractors have 

adequate insurance prior to award of 

stevedoring contracts; to provide 

appropriate price adjustments to 

stevedoring contracts; to assist the 

Maritime Administration in monitoring 

compliance with requirements for use of 

U.S.-flag vessels in accordance with the 

Cargo Preference Act of 1904 (10 U.S.C. 

2631); and to provide appropriate and 

timely shipping documentation and 

instructions to contractors. 

The clause at DFARS 252.247–7000, 

Hardship Conditions, is prescribed at 

DFARS 247.270–4(a) for use in all 

solicitations and contracts for the 

acquisition of stevedoring services. 

Paragraph (a) of the clause requires the 

contractor to notify the contracting 

officer of unusual conditions associated 

with loading or unloading a particular 

cargo, for potential adjustment of 

contract labor rates; and to submit any 

associated request for price adjustment 

to the contracting officer within 10 

working days of the vessel sailing time. 


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The clause at DFARS 252.247–7002, 

Revision of Prices, is prescribed at 

DFARS 247.270–4(b) for use in 

solicitations and contracts when using 

negotiation to acquire stevedoring 

services. Paragraph (c) of the clause 

provides that, at any time, either the 

contracting officer or the contractor may 

deliver to the other a written demand 

that the parties negotiate to revise the 

prices under the contract. Paragraph (d) 

of the clause requires that, if either party 

makes such a demand, the contractor 

must submit relevant data upon which 

to base negotiations. 

The clause at DFARS 252.247–7007, 

Liability and Insurance, is prescribed at 

DFARS 247.270–4(c) for use in all 

solicitations and contracts for the 

acquisition of stevedoring services. 

Paragraph (f) of the clause requires the 

contractor to furnish the contracting 

officer with satisfactory evidence of 

insurance. 

The provision at DFARS 252.247– 

7022, Representation of Extent of 

Transportation by Sea, is prescribed at 

DFARS 247.574(a) for use in all 

solicitations except those for direct 

purchase of ocean transportation 

services or those with an anticipated 

value at or below the simplified 

acquisition threshold. Paragraph (b) of 

the provision requires the offeror to 

represent whether or not it anticipates 

that supplies will be transported by sea 

in the performance of any contract or 

subcontract resulting from the 

solicitation. 

The clause at DFARS 252.247–7023, 

Transportation of Supplies by Sea, is 

prescribed at DFARS 247.574(b) for use 

in all solicitations and contracts except 

those for direct purchase of ocean 

transportation services. Paragraph (d) of 

the clause requires the contractor to 

submit any requests for use of other 

than U.S.-flag vessels in writing to the 

contracting officer. Paragraph (e) of the 

clause requires the contractor to submit 

one copy of the rated on board vessel 

operating carrier’s ocean bill of landing. 

Paragraph (f) of the clause, if the 

contract exceeds the simplified 

acquisition threshold, requires the 

contractor to represent, with its final 

invoice, that: (1) no ocean transportation 

was used in the performance of the 

contract; (2) only U.S.-flag vessels were 

used for all ocean shipments under the 

contract; (3) the contractor had the 

written consent of the contracting 

officer for all non-U.S.-flag ocean 

transportation; or (4) shipments were 

made on non-U.S.-flag vessels without 

the written consent of the contracting 

officer. Contractors must flow down 

these requirements to noncommercial 

subcontracts and certain types of 

commercial subcontracts. Subcontracts 

at or below the simplified acquisition 

threshold are excluded from the 

requirements of paragraph (f) stated 

above. Paragraph (h) of the clause 

requires the contractor, after award, to 

notify the contracting officer if the 

contractor learns that supplies will be 

transported by sea and the contractor 

indicated, in the solicitation, that the 

contractor did not anticipate 

transporting any supplies by sea. 

The provision at DFARS 252.247– 

7026, Evaluation Preference for Use of 

Domestic Shipyards—Applicable to 

Acquisition of Carriage by Vessel for 

DoD Cargo in the Coastwise or 

Noncontiguous Trade, is prescribed at 

DFARS 247.574(d) in solicitations that 

require a covered vessel for carriage of 

cargo for DoD. Paragraph (c) of the 

provision requires the offeror to provide 

information with its offer, addressing all 

covered vessels for which overhaul, 

repair, and maintenance work has been 

performed during the period covering 

the current calendar year, up to the date 

of proposal submission, and the 

preceding four calendar years. 

The clause at DFARS 252.247.7028, 

Application for U.S. Government 

Shipping Documentation/Instructions, 

is prescribed at DFARS 247.207(2) for 

inclusion in all solicitations and 

contracts, including solicitations and 

contracts using FAR part 12 procedures 

for the acquisition of commercial items, 

when shipping under Bills of Lading 

and Domestic Route Order under FOB 

origin contracts, Export Traffic Release 

regardless of FOB terms, or foreign 

military sales shipments. Paragraph (a) 

of the clause requires contractors to 

complete DD Form 1659, Application 

for U.S. Government Shipping 

Documentation/Instructions, to request 

shipping instructions, unless an 

automated system is available 

(paragraph (b) of the clause). 

DoD Clearance Officer: Ms. Angela 

Duncan. Requests for copies of the 

information collection proposal should 

be sent to Ms. Duncan at whs.mcalex.esd.mbx.dd-dod-informationcollections@mail.mil. 

Jennifer D. Johnson, 

Editor/Publisher, Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28163 Filed 12–21–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6001–FR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

[Docket Number DARS–2023–0035; OMB 

Control Number 0704–0386] 

Information Collection Requirement; 

Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement; Small 

Business Programs 

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System has submitted to 

OMB for clearance, the following 

proposed extension of a collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by January 22, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to https://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

particular information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function. You may 

also submit comments, identified by 

docket number and title, by the 

following method: Federal eRulemaking 

Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. 

Follow the instructions for submitting 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Angela Duncan, 571–372–7574, or 

whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dddodinformation-collections@mail.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title and OMB Number: Defense 

Federal Acquisition Regulation 

Supplement (DFARS) Part 219, Small 

Business Programs, and Associated 

Clause in Part 252; OMB Control 

Number 0704–0386. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit and not-for-profit institutions. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Number of Respondents: 41. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 41. 

Average Burden per Response: 1 hour. 

Annual Burden Hours: 41. 

Needs and Uses: This information 

collection includes requirements 

relating to DFARS part 219, Small 

Business Programs, and the clause at 


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