80 FR 78032 - Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 240 (December 15, 2015)
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 240 (December 15, 2015)
| Page Range | 78032-78033 | |
| FR Document | 2015-30661 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 240 (Tuesday, December 15, 2015)] [Unknown Section] [Pages 78032-78033] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-30661] [[Page 78031]] Vol. 80 Tuesday, No. 240 December 15, 2015 Part XVIII General Services Administration ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Semiannual Regulatory Agenda Federal Register / Vol. 80 , No. 240 / Tuesday, December 15, 2015 / Unified Agenda [[Page 78032]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 41 CFR Chs. 101, 102, 300, and 301 48 CFR Chapter 5 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions AGENCY: General Services Administration (GSA). ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This agenda announces the proposed regulatory actions that GSA plans for the next 12 months and those that were completed since the spring 2015 edition. This agenda was developed under the guidelines of Executive Order 12866 ``Regulatory Planning and Review.'' The Agency's purpose in publishing this agenda is to allow interested persons an opportunity to participate in the rulemaking process and also invites interested persons to recommend existing significant regulations for review to determine whether they should be modified or eliminated. Proposed rules may be reviewed in their entirety at the Government's rulemaking Web site at http://www.regulations.gov. Because publication in the Federal Register is mandated for the regulatory flexibility agendas required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 602), GSA's printed agenda entries include only: (1) Rules that are in the Agency's regulatory flexibility agenda, in accordance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act, because they are likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities; and (2) Any rules that the Agency has identified for periodic review under section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. Printing of these entries is limited to fields that contain information required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act's agenda requirements. Additional information on these entries is available in the Unified Agenda published on the Internet. In addition, for fall editions of the Agenda, the entire Regulatory Plan will continue to be printed in the Federal Register, as in past years, including GSA's regulatory plan. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hada Flowers, Division Director, Regulatory Secretariat Division at (202) 501-4755. Dated: September 18, 2015. Christine Harada, Associate Administrator, Office of Government-wide Policy. General Services Administration--Proposed Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 374....................... General Services 3090-AJ67 Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR); GSAR Case 2015- G512, Unenforceable Commercial Supplier Agreement Terms. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ General Services Administration--Final Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 375....................... General Services 3090-AJ43 Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR); GSAR Case 2010- G511, Purchasing by Non- Federal Entities. 376....................... General Services 3090-AJ51 Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR); GSAR Case 2013- G504, Transactional Data Reporting. 377....................... General Services 3090-AJ57 Administration Regulation (GSAR); GSAR Case 2015- G508, Removal of Unnecessary Construction Clauses and Editorial Changes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (GSA) Office of Acquisition Policy Proposed Rule Stage 374.General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR); GSAR Case 2015-G512, Unenforceable Commercial Supplier Agreement Terms Legal Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c) Abstract: GSA is proposing to amended the General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) to streamline the evaluation process to award contracts containing commercial supplier agreements Government and industry often spend significant time negotiating elements common in almost every commercial supplier agreement where the terms conflict with federal law. Past negotiations would always lead to deleting the terms from the contract, but only after several rounds of legal review by both parties. This case would explore methods for automatically nullifying these common terms out of contracts. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 02/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Janet Fry, Program Analyst, General Services Administration, 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405, Phone: 703 605-3167, Email: [email protected]. RIN: 3090-AJ67 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (GSA) Office of Acquisition Policy Final Rule Stage 375. General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR); GSAR Case 2010-G511, Purchasing by Non-Federal Entities Legal Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c) Abstract: The General Services Administration (GSA) is amending the General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR), to implement the Federal Supply Schedules Usage Act of 2010 (FSSUA), the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2008 (NAHASDA), the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (NDAA), and the Local Preparedness Acquisition Act for Fiscal [[Page 78033]] Year 2008 (LPAA), to provide increased access to GSA's Federal Supply Schedules (Schedules). The Federal Supply Schedule Contracting and Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses, in regard to this statutory implementation. This case is included in GSA's retrospective review of existing regulations under Executive Order 13563. Additional information is located in GSA's retrospective review (2015), available at: www.gsa.gov/improvingregulations. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 04/17/14 79 FR 21691 NPRM Comment Period End............. 06/16/14 Final Rule.......................... 12/00/15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Dana L Munson, Procurement Analyst, General Services Administration, 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405, Phone: 202 357-9652, Email: [email protected]. RIN: 3090-AJ43 376. General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR); GSAR Case 2013-G504, Transactional Data Reporting Legal Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c) Abstract: The General Services Administration (GSA) is issuing a final rule amending the General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) to require vendors to report transactional data from orders and prices paid by ordering activities. This includes orders placed against both Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract vehicles and GSA's non-FSS contract vehicles, Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs) and Multi-Agency Contracts (MACs). Once implemented, the new GSAR transactional data reporting clauses will enable GSA to provide Federal agencies with further market intelligence and expert guidance in procuring goods and services in each category of GSA acquisition vehicles. The new requirement will not affect the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) FSS contract holders. The proposed amendment to the GSAR will add an alternate version of the existing GSAR clause 552.238-74 Industrial Funding Fee and Sales Reporting (IFF) (Federal Supply Schedule) and a new GSAR clause 552.216-75 Sales Reporting and Fee Remittance. Under the FSS program, vendors that agree to the new transactional reporting requirement will have their contracts modified with an alternate version of clause 552.238-75 Price Reductions; the alternate version of clause 552.238-75 does not require the vendor to monitor and provide price reductions to the Government when the customer or category of customer upon which the contract was predicated receives a discount. GSA will implement the new transactional data reporting requirements in phases, beginning with specific contract vehicles, including a few select Federal Supply Schedules, or Special Item Numbers that show the greatest potential to optimize transactional data via category management and reduced price variability. GSA will engage stakeholders throughout the phases of the implementation. GSA is reviewing the public comments received and analyzing alternatives for issuing collecting transactional data, including the potential publication of a final rule. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 03/04/15 80 FR 11619 NPRM Comment Period End............. 05/04/15 NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 05/06/15 80 FR 25994 NPRM Comment Period Extended End.... 05/11/15 Final Rule.......................... 05/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Leah Price, Procurement Analyst, General Services Administration, 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405, Phone: 703 605-2558, Email: [email protected]. RIN: 3090-AJ51 377. General Services Administration Regulation (GSAR); GSAR CASE 2015- G508, Removal of Unnecessary Construction Clauses and Editorial Changes Legal Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c) Abstract: The General Services Administration (GSA) is amending the General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) to revise GSAR part 536, Construction and Architect-Engineer Contracts, and corresponding provisions and clauses in GSAR part 552, Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses, to remove unnecessary construction clauses. These provisions and clauses are now covered in the FAR or are otherwise no longer necessary for the agency. Removing these clauses simplifies contract terms and conditions, reduces regulatory burden to contractors, and eliminates any conflict with language contained in construction contract technical specifications. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NPRM................................ 07/30/15 80 FR 45498 NPRM Comment Period End............. 09/28/15 Final Rule.......................... 02/00/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Christina Mullins, Procurement Analyst, General Services Administration, 1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20405, Phone: 202 969-4966, Email: [email protected]. RIN: 3090-AJ57 [FR Doc. 2015-30661 Filed 12-14-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6820-34-P
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Year 2008 (LPAA), to provide increased services in each category of GSA Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
access to GSA’s Federal Supply acquisition vehicles. The new Required: Yes.
Schedules (Schedules). The Federal requirement will not affect the Agency Contact: Leah Price,
Supply Schedule Contracting and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Procurement Analyst, General Services
Solicitation Provisions and Contract FSS contract holders. Administration, 1800 F Street NW.,
Clauses, in regard to this statutory The proposed amendment to the Washington, DC 20405, Phone: 703 605–
implementation. This case is included GSAR will add an alternate version of 2558, Email: leah.price@gsa.gov.
in GSA’s retrospective review of the existing GSAR clause 552.238–74 RIN: 3090–AJ51
existing regulations under Executive Industrial Funding Fee and Sales
Reporting (IFF) (Federal Supply 377. General Services Administration
Order 13563. Additional information is
Schedule) and a new GSAR clause Regulation (GSAR); GSAR CASE 2015–
located in GSA’s retrospective review
552.216–75 Sales Reporting and Fee G508, Removal of Unnecessary
(2015), available at: www.gsa.gov/
Remittance. Under the FSS program, Construction Clauses and Editorial
improvingregulations.
Timetable: vendors that agree to the new Changes
transactional reporting requirement will Legal Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c)
Action Date FR Cite have their contracts modified with an Abstract: The General Services
alternate version of clause 552.238–75 Administration (GSA) is amending the
NPRM .................. 04/17/14 79 FR 21691 Price Reductions; the alternate version General Services Administration
NPRM Comment 06/16/14 of clause 552.238–75 does not require
Period End. Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) to revise
Final Rule ............ 12/00/15
the vendor to monitor and provide price GSAR part 536, Construction and
reductions to the Government when the Architect-Engineer Contracts, and
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis customer or category of customer upon corresponding provisions and clauses in
Required: Yes. which the contract was predicated GSAR part 552, Solicitation Provisions
Agency Contact: Dana L Munson, receives a discount. GSA will and Contract Clauses, to remove
Procurement Analyst, General Services implement the new transactional data unnecessary construction clauses. These
Administration, 1800 F Street NW., reporting requirements in phases, provisions and clauses are now covered
Washington, DC 20405, Phone: 202 357– beginning with specific contract in the FAR or are otherwise no longer
9652, Email: dana.munson@gsa.gov. vehicles, including a few select Federal necessary for the agency. Removing
RIN: 3090–AJ43 Supply Schedules, or Special Item these clauses simplifies contract terms
Numbers that show the greatest and conditions, reduces regulatory
376. General Services Administration potential to optimize transactional data burden to contractors, and eliminates
Acquisition Regulation (GSAR); GSAR via category management and reduced any conflict with language contained in
Case 2013–G504, Transactional Data price variability. GSA will engage construction contract technical
Reporting stakeholders throughout the phases of specifications.
Legal Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c) the implementation. Timetable:
Abstract: The General Services GSA is reviewing the public
Administration (GSA) is issuing a final comments received and analyzing Action Date FR Cite
rule amending the General Services alternatives for issuing collecting
Administration Acquisition Regulation transactional data, including the NPRM .................. 07/30/15 80 FR 45498
(GSAR) to require vendors to report potential publication of a final rule. NPRM Comment 09/28/15
transactional data from orders and Timetable: Period End.
prices paid by ordering activities. This Final Rule ............ 02/00/16
includes orders placed against both Action Date FR Cite
Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
NPRM .................. 03/04/15 80 FR 11619 Required: Yes.
vehicles and GSA’s non-FSS contract NPRM Comment 05/04/15
vehicles, Governmentwide Acquisition Agency Contact: Christina Mullins,
Period End.
Contracts (GWACs) and Multi-Agency NPRM Comment 05/06/15 80 FR 25994 Procurement Analyst, General Services
Contracts (MACs). Period Ex- Administration, 1800 F Street NW.,
Once implemented, the new GSAR tended. Washington, DC 20405, Phone: 202 969–
transactional data reporting clauses will NPRM Comment 05/11/15 4966, Email: christina.mullins@gsa.gov.
enable GSA to provide Federal agencies Period Ex- RIN: 3090–AJ57
tended End.
with further market intelligence and Final Rule ............ 05/00/16
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| Contact | Hada Flowers, Division Director, Regulatory Secretariat Division at (202) 501-4755. | |
| FR Citation | 80 FR 78032 |
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