Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 32 / Wednesday, February 18, 2015 / Notices 8651 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20405, 

telephone 202–501–4755. Please cite 

OMB Control No. 9000–0062, Material 

and Workmanship, in all 

correspondence. 

Dated: February 11, 2015. 

Edward Loeb, 

Acting Director, Office of Government-wide 

Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition 

Policy, Office of Government-wide Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03306 Filed 2–17–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0163: Docket 2015– 

0053; Sequence 5] 

Information Collection; Small Business 

Size Representation 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice of request for an 

extension to an existing OMB clearance. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, the 

Regulatory Secretariat 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 

representation. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before: 

April 20, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

identified by Information Collection 

9000–0163, Small Business Size 

Representation, 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 Representation’’. Follow the 

instructions provided on the screen. 

Please include your name, company 

name (if any), and ‘‘Information 

Collection 9000–0163, Small Business 

Size Representation’’ on your attached 

document. 

• Fax: 202–501–4067. 

• Mail: General Services 

Administration, Regulatory Secretariat 

(MVCB), 1800 F Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20405. ATTN: Ms. 

Hada Flowers/IC 9000–0163, Small 

Business Size Representation. 

Instructions: Please submit comments 

only and cite ‘‘Information Collection 

9000–0163, Small Business Size 

Representation,’’ in all correspondence 

related to this collection. 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: Ms. 

Mahruba Uddowla, Procurement 

Analyst, Office of Government-wide 

Policy, contact via telephone 703–605– 

2868 or email mahruba.uddowla@

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, merged or 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, setaside determinations, and market 

research. 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

Based on information from Federal 

Procurement Data System (FPDS) 

regarding rerepresentation 

modifications, a downward adjustment 

is being made to the number of 

respondents. As a result, a downward 

adjustment is being made to the 

estimated annual reporting burden since 

the notice regarding an extension to this 

clearance published in the Federal 

Register at 77 FR 30265, on May 22, 

2012. 

Respondents: 1,700. 

Responses Per Respondent: 1. 

Total Number of Responses: 1,700. 

Hours Per Response: 0.5. 

Total Burden Hours: 850. 

C. Public Comments 

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 (MVCB), 1800 F 

Street NE., Washington, DC 20405, 

telephone 202–501–4755. Please cite 

OMB Control No. 9000–0163, Small 

Business Size Representation, in all 

correspondence. 

Dated: February 11, 2015. 

Edward Loeb, 

Acting Director, Office of Government-Wide 

Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition 

Policy, Office of Government-wide Policy. 

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