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DFARS 236.570(a) prescribes use of 

the clause at DFARS 252.236–7000, 

Modification Proposals—Price 

Breakdown, in all fixed-price 

construction solicitations and contracts. 

The clause requires the contractor to 

submit a price breakdown with any 

proposal for a contract modification. 

DFARS 236.570(b) prescribes use of 

the following clauses in fixed-price 

construction contracts and solicitations 

as applicable: 

(1) The clause at DFARS 252.236– 

7002, Obstruction of Navigable 

Waterways, requires the contractor to 

notify the contracting officer of 

obstructions in navigable waterways. 

(2) The clause at DFARS 252.236– 

7003, Payment for Mobilization and 

Preparatory Work, requires the 

contractor to provide supporting 

documentation when submitting 

requests for payment for mobilization 

and preparatory work. 

(3) The clause at DFARS 252.236– 

7004, Payment for Mobilization and 

Demobilization, permits the contracting 

officer to require the contractor to 

furnish cost data justifying the 

percentage of the cost split between 

mobilization and demobilization, if the 

contracting officer believes that the 

proposed percentages do not bear a 

reasonable relation to the cost of the 

work. 

DFARS 236.570(c) prescribes use of 

the following provisions in solicitations 

for military construction contracts that 

are funded with military construction 

appropriations and are estimated to 

exceed $1,000,000: 

(1) The provision at DFARS 252.236– 

7010, Overseas Military Construction— 

Preference for United States Firms, 

when contract performance will be in a 

United States outlying area in the 

Pacific or in a country bordering the 

Arabian Gulf, requires an offeror to 

specify whether, or not, it is a United 

States firm. 

(2) The provision at DFARS 252.236– 

7012, Military Construction on 

Kwajalein Atoll—Evaluation Preference, 

when contract performance will be on 

Kwajalein Atoll, requires an offeror to 

specify whether it is a United States 

firm, or on Kwajalein Atoll, status as a 

Marshallese firm. 

Comments and recommendations on 

the proposed information collection 

should be sent to Ms. Susan Minson, 

DoD Desk Officer, at Oira_submission@

omb.eop.gov. Please identify the 

proposed information collection by DoD 

Desk Officer and the Docket ID number 

and title of the information collection. 

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. 

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. 2021–13093 Filed 6–22–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

[Docket Number DARS–2021–0007; OMB 

Control Number 0704–0479] 

Information Collection Requirement; 

Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement (DFARS) Part 

234 and Related Clause, Earned Value 

Management System 

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: DoD will consider all comments 

received by July 23, 2021. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title and OMB Number: Defense 

Federal Acquisition Regulation 

Supplement (DFARS) Part 234 and 

related clause at 252.234–7002, Earned 

Value Management System; OMB 

Control Number 0704–0479. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses and other 

for-profit entities. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Reporting Frequency: On occasion. 

Number of Respondents: 10. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 10. 

Average Burden per Response: 676 

hours. 

Annual Burden Hours: 6,760. 

Needs and Uses: DFARS clause 

252.242–7005, Contractor Business 

Systems, requires contractors to respond 

to written determinations of significant 

deficiencies in the contractor’s business 

systems as defined in the clause. The 

information contractors are required to 

submit in response to findings of 

significant deficiencies in their 

accounting system, estimating system, 

material management and accounting 

system, and purchasing system has 

previously been approved by the Office 

of Management and Budget. This 

request specifically addresses 

information required by DFARS clause 

252.234–7002, Earned Value 

Management System, which requires 

contractors to respond in writing to 

initial and final determinations of 

significant deficiencies in the 

contractor’s earned value management 

system. The requirements apply to 

entities that are contractually required 

to maintain an earned value 

management system. DoD needs this 

information to document actions to 

correct significant deficiencies in 

contractor business systems. DoD 

contracting officers use the information 

to mitigate the risk of unallowable and 

unreasonable costs being charged on 

Government contracts. 

Comments and recommendations on 

the proposed information collection 

should be sent to Ms. Susan Minson, 

DoD Desk Officer, at Oira_submission@

omb.eop.gov. Please identify the 

proposed information collection by DoD 

Desk Officer and the Docket ID number 

and title of the information collection. 

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. 

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. 2021–13094 Filed 6–22–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No. ED–2021–SCC–0094] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; Health 

Education Assistance Loan (HEAL) 

Program: Forms 

AGENCY: Federal Student Aid (FSA), 

Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 


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