83 FR 11202 - Information Collection; Small Business Size Re-Representation
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 50 (March 14, 2018)
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 50 (March 14, 2018)
| Page Range | 11202-11203 | |
| FR Document | 2018-05066 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 14, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 11202-11203] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-05066] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION [OMB Control No. 9000-0163; Docket 2018-0003; Sequence 3] Information Collection; Small Business Size Re-Representation AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). ACTION: Notice of request for public comments regarding an extension to an existing OMB clearance. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat Division 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 re-representation. DATES: Submit comments on or before: May 14, 2018. ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 9000- 0163, Small Business Size Re-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 Re-representation''. Follow the instructions provided on the screen. Please include your name, company name (if any), and ``Information Collection 9000-0163, Small Business Size Re- representation'' on your attached document. Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20405. ATTN: Ms. Mandell/IC 9000-0163, Small Business Size Re-representation. Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite ``Information Collection 9000-0163, Small Business Size Re-representation,'' in all correspondence related to this collection. Comments received generally will be posted without change to http://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 (except allow 30 days for posting of comments submitted by mail). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Janet Fry, Procurement Analyst, Office of Government-wide Policy, contact via telephone 703-605-3167 or email [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A. Purpose Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 19.301 and the FAR clause at 52.219-28, Post-Award Small Business Program Re-representation, 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 re-represent 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 re-representations 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, or performed [[Page 11203]] by small businesses that have merged with or been 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, set-aside determinations, and market research. B. Annual Reporting Burden An upward adjustment is being made to the estimated annual reporting burden since the last notice regarding an extension for this clearance published on May 4, 2015 in the Federal Register at 80 FR 25293. Based on fiscal year 2017 re-representation modification data from the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS), the number of annual respondents has increased from 1,700 to 2,200. Respondents: 2,200. Responses per Respondent: 1. Total Number of Responses: 2,200. Hours per Response: 0.5. Total Burden Hours: 1,100. 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 Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20405, telephone 202-501-4755. Please cite OMB Control No. 9000-0163, Small Business Size Re- representation, in all correspondence. Dated: March 7, 2018. Lorin S. Curit, Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of Governmentwide Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy. [FR Doc. 2018-05066 Filed 3-13-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6820-EP-P
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allow 30 days for posting of comments 1800 F Street NW, Washington, DC Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW,
submitted by mail). 20405, telephone 202–501–4755. Please Washington, DC 20405. ATTN: Ms.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. cite OMB Control No. 9000–0062, Mandell/IC 9000–0163, Small Business
Curtis E. Glover, Sr., Procurement Material and Workmanship, in all Size Re-representation.
Analyst, Federal Acquisition Policy correspondence. Instructions: Please submit comments
Division, GSA, telephone 202–501– Dated: March 7, 2018. only and cite ‘‘Information Collection
1448, or via email at curtis.glover@ Lorin S. Curit,
9000–0163, Small Business Size Re-
gsa.gov. representation,’’ in all correspondence
Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division,
Office of Governmentwide Acquisition Policy,
related to this collection. Comments
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of received generally will be posted
A. Purpose Governmentwide Policy. without change to http://
[FR Doc. 2018–05065 Filed 3–13–18; 8:45 am] www.regulations.gov, including any
Under Federal contracts requiring that
personal and/or business confidential
equipment (e.g., pumps, fans, BILLING CODE 6820–EP–P
information provided. To confirm
generators, chillers, etc.) be installed in
receipt of your comment(s), please
a project, the Government must
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE check www.regulations.gov,
determine that the equipment meets the
approximately two-to-three days after
contract requirements. Therefore, the
GENERAL SERVICES submission to verify posting (except
contractor must submit sufficient data
ADMINISTRATION allow 30 days for posting of comments
on the particular equipment to allow the
submitted by mail).
Government to analyze the item.
The Government uses the submitted NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
data to determine whether or not the SPACE ADMINISTRATION Janet Fry, Procurement Analyst, Office
equipment meets the contract [OMB Control No. 9000–0163; Docket 2018– of Government-wide Policy, contact via
requirements in the categories of 0003; Sequence 3] telephone 703–605–3167 or email
performance, construction, and janet.fry@gsa.gov.
durability. This data is placed in the Information Collection; Small Business SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
contract file and used during the Size Re-Representation
A. Purpose
inspection of the equipment when it AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD),
arrives on the project and when it is Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
General Services Administration (GSA),
made operable. 19.301 and the FAR clause at 52.219–28,
and National Aeronautics and Space
Post-Award Small Business Program Re-
B. Annual Reporting Burden Administration (NASA).
representation, implement the Small
ACTION: Notice of request for public Business Administration’s (SBA’s)
The information collection
requirement at FAR clause 52.236–5 has comments regarding an extension to an regulation at 13 CFR 121.404(g),
decreased based on information from existing OMB clearance. requiring that a concern that initially
the FY 2017 FPDS database which SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the represented itself as small at the time of
shows a lower number of estimated Paperwork Reduction Act, the its initial offer must recertify its status
respondents that are subject to the Regulatory Secretariat Division will be as a small business under the following
clause. submitting to the Office of Management circumstances:
Respondents: 1,377. and Budget (OMB) a request for • Within thirty days of an approved
Responses per Respondent: 2.0. approval of a previously approved contract novation;
Annual Responses: 2,754. information collection requirement • Within thirty days in the case of a
Hours per Response: .25. regarding small business size re- merger or acquisition, where contract
Total Burden Hours: 689. representation. novation is not required; or
• Within 120 days prior to the end of
C. Public Comments DATES: Submit comments on or before: the fifth year of a contract, and no more
Public comments are particularly May 14, 2018. than 120 days prior to the exercise of
invited on: Whether this collection of ADDRESSES: Submit comments any option thereafter.
information is necessary for the proper identified by Information Collection The implementation of SBA’s
performance of functions of the FAR, 9000–0163, Small Business Size Re- regulation in FAR 19.301 and the FAR
and whether it will have practical representation, by any of the following clause at 52.219–28 require that
utility; whether our estimate of the methods: contractors re-represent size status by
public burden of this collection of • Regulations.gov: http:// updating their representations at the
information is accurate, and based on www.regulations.gov. Submit comments prime contract level in the
valid assumptions and methodology; via the Federal eRulemaking portal by Representations and Certifications
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and searching the OMB Control number section of the System for Award
clarity of the information to be 9000–0163. Select the link ‘‘Comment Management (SAM) and notifying the
collected; and ways in which we can Now’’ that corresponds with contracting officer that it has made the
minimize the burden of the collection of ‘‘Information Collection 9000–0163, required update.
information on those who are to Small Business Size Re-representation’’. The purpose of implementing small
respond, through the use of appropriate Follow the instructions provided on the business re-representations in the FAR
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technological collection techniques or screen. Please include your name, is to ensure that small business size
other forms of information technology. company name (if any), and status is accurately represented and
Obtaining Copies of Proposals: ‘‘Information Collection 9000–0163, reported over the life of long-term
Requesters may obtain a copy of the Small Business Size Re-representation’’ contracts. The FAR also provides for
information collection documents from on your attached document. provisions designed to ensure more
the General Services Administration, • Mail: General Services accurate reporting of size status for
Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB), Administration, Regulatory Secretariat contracts that are novated, or performed
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by small businesses that have merged DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND health services, as well as access to such
with or been acquired by another HUMAN SERVICES services, by establishing a broad base of
business. This information is used by scientific research and promoting
the SBA, Congress, Federal agencies and Agency for Healthcare Research and clinical and health systems practice
the general public for various reasons Quality improvements. The legislation also
such as determining if agencies are directed AHRQ to ‘‘conduct and support
Agency Information Collection research, evaluations, and training,
meeting statutory goals, set-aside
Activities: Proposed Collection; support demonstration projects,
determinations, and market research. Comment Request research networks, and
B. Annual Reporting Burden AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research multidisciplinary centers, provide
and Quality, HHS. technical assistance, and disseminate
An upward adjustment is being made information on health care and on
to the estimated annual reporting ACTION: Notice.
systems for the delivery of such care,
burden since the last notice regarding an including activities with respect to
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
extension for this clearance published intention of the Agency for Healthcare health statistics, surveys, database
on May 4, 2015 in the Federal Register Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request development, and epidemiology.’’ 42
at 80 FR 25293. Based on fiscal year that the Office of Management and U.S.C. 299a(a)(8).
2017 re-representation modification Budget (OMB) approve the proposed Shortly after Congress enacted this
data from the Federal Procurement Data information collection project legislation, the Institute of Medicine
System (FPDS), the number of annual ‘‘Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on (IOM) published ‘‘To Err is Human,’’ a
respondents has increased from 1,700 to Patient Safety Culture Database.’’ seminal report on medical errors that
2,200. connected the dots between errors and
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
workplace culture. In it, the IOM called
Respondents: 2,200. received by May 14, 2018. for health care organizations to develop
Responses per Respondent: 1. ADDRESSES: Written comments should a ‘‘culture of safety’’ such that staffing
Total Number of Responses: 2,200. be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz, and system processes are aligned to
Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by improve the reliability and safety of
Hours per Response: 0.5. email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov. patient care. This appeal for safety
Total Burden Hours: 1,100. Copies of the proposed collection culture improvements directly relates to
plans, data collection instruments, and AHRQ’s legislative directive and
C. Public Comments specific details on the estimated burden mission (i.e., ‘‘to produce evidence to
Public comments are particularly can be obtained from the AHRQ Reports make health care safer, higher quality,
invited on: Whether this collection of Clearance Officer. more accessible, equitable, and
information is necessary for the proper FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: affordable, and to work within the U.S.
performance of functions of the FAR, Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports Department of Health and Human
Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by Services and with other partners to
and whether it will have practical
email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov. make sure that the evidence is
utility; whether our estimate of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: understood and used’’). Given its
public burden of this collection of legislatively mandated role, AHRQ is
information is accurate, and based on Proposed Project uniquely positioned to support data
valid assumptions and methodology; collection and analyses that will help
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on
Patient Safety Culture Database fuel ASC patient safety culture
clarity of the information to be improvements.
collected; and ways in which we can In accordance with the Paperwork The expanding volume and scope of
minimize the burden of the collection of Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3521, ASC services, the growing attention of
information on those who are to the Agency for Healthcare Research and federal regulators on patient safety
respond, through the use of appropriate Quality (AHRQ) invites the public to within ASCs, and the resultant
technological collection techniques or comment on this proposed information implications for public health has
other forms of information technology. collection. Ambulatory surgery centers prompted AHRQ to present this
(ASCs) are a fast-growing health care application to the Office of Management
Obtaining Copies of Proposals: setting, demonstrating tremendous and Budget (OMB). In this request,
Requesters may obtain a copy of the growth both in the volume and AHRQ seeks OMB approval to expand
information collection documents from complexity of procedures being its Surveys on Patient Safety CultureTM
the General Services Administration, performed. ASCs provide surgical (SOPSTM) program by creating an ASC
Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB), services to patients who are not SOPS Database to capture and report on
1800 F Street NW, Washington, DC expected to need an inpatient stay ASC SOPS data voluntarily submitted
20405, telephone 202–501–4755. following surgery. The Centers for by ASCs that have administered the
Please cite OMB Control No. 9000– Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) ASC SOPS. This is the newest database
0163, Small Business Size Re- defines ASCs as distinct entities that for the SOPS program and would be
representation, in all correspondence. operate exclusively to provide surgical modeled after four other SOPS
services to patients who do not require databases developed by AHRQ: Hospital
Dated: March 7, 2018.
hospitalization and are not expected to SOPS [OMB NO. 0935–0162; last
daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES
Lorin S. Curit, need to stay in a surgical facility longer approved 10/18/2016]; Medical Office
Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, than 24 hours. SOPS [OMB NO. 0935–0196; last
Office of Governmentwide Acquisition Policy, How AHRQ’s Mission and Directives approved 08/25/15]; Nursing Home
Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of Relate to ASCs. As described in its 1999 SOPS [OMB NO. 0935–0195; last
Governmentwide Policy. reauthorizing legislation, Congress approved 09/30/15]; and Community
[FR Doc. 2018–05066 Filed 3–13–18; 8:45 am] directed AHRQ to enhance the quality, Pharmacy SOPS [OMB NO. 0935–0218;
BILLING CODE 6820–EP–P appropriateness, and effectiveness of last approved 06/26/17].
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| Collection | Federal Register | |
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| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Notice of request for public comments regarding an extension to an existing OMB clearance. | |
| Dates | Submit comments on or before: May 14, 2018. | |
| Contact | Ms. Janet Fry, Procurement Analyst, Office of Government-wide Policy, contact via telephone 703-605-3167 or email [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 83 FR 11202 |
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