Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 23 / Wednesday, February 4, 2015 / Proposed Rules 6037 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

48 CFR Parts 511 and 552 

[GSAR Case 2014–G504; Docket No. 2015– 

0003; Sequence No. 1] 

RIN 3090–AJ53 

General Services Administration 

Acquisition Regulation (GSAR); 

Unique Item Identification (UID) 

AGENCY: Office of Acquisition Policy, 

General Services Administration. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The General Services 

Administration (GSA) is proposing to 

amend the General Services 

Administration Acquisition Regulation 

(GSAR) to remove the GSAR clause 

Unique Item Identification (UID). 

DATES: Interested parties should submit 

written comments to the Regulatory 

Secretariat at one of the addressees 

shown below on or before April 6, 2015 

to be considered in the formation of the 

final rule. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments in 

response to GSAR Case 2014–G504 by 

any of the following methods: 

• Regulations.gov: http://

www.regulations.gov. Submit comments 

by searching for ‘‘GSAR Case 2014– 

G504.’’ Select the link ‘‘Comment Now’’ 

and follow the instructions provided at 

the ‘‘You are commenting on’’ screen. 

Please include your name, company 

name (if any), and ‘‘GSAR Case 2014– 

G504’’ on your attached document. 

• Fax: 202–501–4067. 

• Mail: General Services 

Administration, Regulatory Secretariat 

(MVCB), ATTN: Hada Flowers, 1800 F 

Street NW., 2nd Floor, Washington, DC 

20405. 

Instructions: Please submit comments 

only and cite GSAR Case 2014–G504, in 

all correspondence related to this case. 

All comments received will be posted 

without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal and/or business confidential 

information provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

James Tsujimoto, Program Analyst, at 

202–208–3585 or james.tsujimoto@

gsa.gov, for clarification of content. For 

information pertaining to status or 

publication schedules, contact the 

Regulatory Secretariat at 202–501–4755. 

Please cite GSAR Case 2014–G504. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

GSA is proposing to amend the GSAR 

to delete GSAR clause 552.211–93, 

Unique Item Identification (UID), and 

provide other conforming changes. 

The Director of Defense Procurement 

and Acquisition Policy has notified GSA 

that GSAR clause 552.211–93 is no 

longer needed with respect to serially 

managed supply items and supply items 

of $5,000 or more. The GSAR clause 

found at 552.211–93 is unnecessarily 

duplicative of the Defense Federal 

Acquisition Regulation Supplement 

(DFARS), which can be used directly. 

Because the clause only pertains to 

deliveries to military activities, GSA 

defers to the interpretation of the 

Department of Defense (DoD). The 

DFARS already includes clauses that 

address the requirements underlying 

GSAR clause 552.211–93. As a result, 

the GSAR clause is not needed. 

II. Discussion and Analysis 

GSAR clause 552.211–93 was 

incorporated in Change 42 (GSAR 2007– 

G507, 74 FR 66251, Dec. 15, 2009) on 

January 14, 2010. The clause was 

intended to implement DFARS clauses 

252.211–7003 and 252.211–7007. The 

Director of Defense Procurement and 

Acquisition Policy has since notified 

GSA that the GSAR implementation 

found at 552.211–93 mixes the two UIDrelated DFARS clauses and confuses the 

intent. DFARS 252.211–7003 relates to 

UID of new items delivered on a 

contract, while DFARS 252.211–7007 

refers to marking and reporting of 

government furnished property and 

itself refers to DFARS 252.211–7003 for 

marking requirements. Inclusion of the 

actual DFARS clauses in lieu of 

552.211.93 will reduce confusion and 

streamline the acquisition process. 

The specific changes contained in this 

rule are as follows: 

• GSAR Subpart 511.2, Using and 

Maintaining Requirements Documents, 

delete GSAR paragraph 511.204(b)(12) 

in its entirety. 

• GSAR Subpart 552.2, Text of 

Provisions and Clauses, delete GSAR 

provision 552.211–93 in its entirety. 

• General Services Administration 

Acquisition Manual (GSAM), GSAM 

Subpart 552.3, Provision and Clause 

Matrixes, delete the row corresponding 

to GSAR number 552.211–93 in the 

table. 

III. Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 

Executive Orders (E.O.s) 12866 and 

13563 direct agencies to assess all costs 

and benefits of available regulatory 

alternatives and, if regulation is 

necessary, to select regulatory 

approaches that maximize net benefits 

(including potential economic, 

environmental, public health and safety 

effects, distributive impacts, and 

equity). E.O. 13563 emphasizes the 

importance of quantifying both costs 

and benefits, of reducing costs, of 

harmonizing rules, and of promoting 

flexibility. This is not a significant 

regulatory action and, therefore, was not 

subject to review under section 6(b) of 

E.O. 12866, Regulatory Planning and 

Review, dated September 30, 1993. This 

rule is not a major rule under 5 U.S.C. 

804. 

IV. Regulatory Flexibility Act 

GSA does not expect this proposed 

rule 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 deletion of the 

clause will not substantively change the 

reporting, recordkeeping, or compliance 

requirements for contractors. 

Therefore, an Initial Regulatory 

Flexibility Analysis has not been 

performed. GSA invites comments from 

small business concerns and other 

interested parties on the expected 

impact of this rule on small entities. 

GSA will also consider comments 

from small entities concerning the 

existing regulations in subparts affected 

by the rule in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 

610. Interested parties must submit such 

comments separately and should cite 5 

U.S.C. 610 (GSAR Case 2014–G504), in 

correspondence. 

V. Paperwork Reduction Act 

The proposed rule does not contain 

any information collection requirements 

that require the approval of the Office of 

Management and Budget under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35). 

List of Subjects in 48 CFR Parts 511 and 

552 

Government procurement. 

Dated: January 22, 2015. 

Jeffrey A. Koses, 

Senior Procurement Executive, Office of 

Acquisition Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy, General Services Administration. 

Therefore, GSA proposes to amend 48 

CFR parts 511 and 552 as set forth 

below: 

■ 1. The authority citation for 48 CFR 

parts 511 and 552 continues to read as 

follows: 

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c). 

PART 511—DESCRIBING AGENCY 

NEEDS 

511.204 [Amended] 

■ 2. Amend section 511.204 by 

removing paragraph (b)(12). 


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PART 552—SOLICITATION 

PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT 

CLAUSES 

552.211–93 [Removed and Reserved] 

■ 3. Remove and reserve section 

552.211–93. 

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