15424 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 53 / Friday, March 18, 2022 / Notices 

Control No. 9000–0059, North Carolina 

Sales Tax Certification. 

Janet Fry, 

Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, 

Office of Governmentwide Acquisition Policy, 

Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of 

Governmentwide Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0007; Docket No. 

2022–0053; Sequence No. 3] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Subcontracting Plans 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, the 

Regulatory Secretariat Division has 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) a request to review 

and approve an extension of a 

previously approved information 

collection requirement regarding 

subcontracting plans. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

April 18, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for this information 

collection should be sent within 30 days 

of publication of this notice to 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function. 

Additionally, submit a copy to GSA 

through https://www.regulations.gov 

and follow the instructions on the site. 

This website provides the ability to type 

short comments directly into the 

comment field or attach a file for 

lengthier comments. 

Instructions: All items submitted 

must cite OMB Control No. 9000–0007, 

Subcontracting Plans. Comments 

received generally will be posted 

without change to https://

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. If there are 

difficulties submitting comments, 

contact the GSA Regulatory Secretariat 

Division at 202–501–4755 or 

GSARegSec@gsa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Zenaida Delgado, Procurement Analyst, 

at telephone 202–969–7207, or 

zenaida.delgado@gsa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. OMB Control Number, Title, and 

Any Associated Form(s) 

9000–0007, Subcontracting Plans. 

B. Need and Uses 

This clearance covers the information 

that offerors and contractors must 

submit to comply with the requirements 

in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 

52.219–9, Small Business 

Subcontracting Plans, regarding 

subcontracting plans as follows: 

1. Subcontracting plan. In accordance 

with section 8(d) of the Small Business 

Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)), any contractor 

receiving a contract for more than the 

simplified acquisition threshold must 

agree in the contract that small business, 

veteran-owned small business, servicedisabled veteran-owned small business, 

HUBZone small business, small 

disadvantaged business, and womenowned small business concerns will 

have the maximum practicable 

opportunity to participate in contract 

performance. Further, 15 U.S.C. 637(d) 

imposes the requirement that 

contractors receiving a contract that is 

expected to exceed, or a contract 

modification that causes a contract to 

exceed, $750,000 ($1.5 million for 

construction) and has subcontracting 

possibilities, shall submit an acceptable 

subcontracting plan that provides 

maximum practicable opportunities for 

small business, veteran-owned small 

business, service-disabled veteranowned small business, HUBZone small 

business, small disadvantaged business, 

and women-owned small business 

concerns. Specific elements required to 

be included in the plan are specified in 

section 8(d) of the Small Business Act 

and implemented in FAR subpart 19.7 

and the clause at FAR 52.219–9. 

2. Summary Subcontract Report 

(SSR). In conjunction with the 

subcontracting plan requirements, 

contractors with subcontracting plans 

must submit an annual summary of 

subcontracts awarded as prime and 

subcontractors for each specific Federal 

Government agency. Contractors submit 

the information in a SSR through the 

Electronic Subcontracting Reporting 

System (eSRS). This is required for all 

contractors with subcontracting plans 

regardless of the type of plan (i.e., 

commercial or individual). 

3. Individual Subcontract Report 

(ISR). In conjunction with the 

subcontracting plan requirements, 

contractors with individual 

subcontracting plans must submit semiannual reports of their small business 

subcontracting progress. Contractors 

submit the information through eSRS in 

an ISR, the electronic equivalent of the 

Standard Form (SF) 294, Subcontracting 

Report for Individual Contracts. 

Contracts that are not reported in the 

Federal Procurement Data System 

(FPDS) in accordance with FAR 

4.606(c)(5) do not submit ISRs in eSRS; 

they will continue to use the SF 294 to 

submit the information to the agency. 

4. Written explanation for not using a 

small business subcontractor as 

specified in the proposal or 

subcontracting plan. Section 1322 of the 

Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (Jobs 

Act), Public Law 111–240, amends the 

Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(6)) 

to require as part of a subcontracting 

plan that a prime contractor make good 

faith effort to utilize a small business 

subcontractor during performance of a 

contract to the same degree the prime 

contractor relied on the small business 

in preparing and submitting its bid or 

proposal. If a prime contractor does not 

utilize a small business subcontractor as 

described above, the prime contractor is 

required to explain, in writing, to the 

contracting officer the reasons why it is 

unable to do so. 

C. Annual Burden 

Respondents: 36,088. 

Total Annual Responses: 55,016. 

Total Burden Hours: 135,595. 

D. Public Comment 

A 60-day notice was published in the 

Federal Register at 87 FR 1751, on 

January 12, 2022. No comments were 

received. 

Obtaining Copies: Requesters may 

obtain a copy of the information 

collection documents from the GSA 

Regulatory Secretariat Division, by 

calling 202–501–4755 or emailing 

GSARegSec@gsa.gov. Please cite OMB 

Control No. 9000–0007, Subcontracting 

Plans. 

Janet Fry, 

Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, 

Office of Governmentwide Acquisition Policy, 

Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of 

Governmentwide Policy. 

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