Information Collection Requirement; Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Subcontracting Policies and Procedures
The Defense Acquisition Regulations System has submitted to OMB for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reductio...
[Docket Number DARS-2026-0202; OMB Control Number 0704-0253]
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 proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
DATES:
Consideration will be given to all comments received by August 31, 2026.
ADDRESSES:
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function.
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.
Title and OMB Number:
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) Part 244, Subcontracting Policies and Procedures; OMB Control Number 0704-0253.
Type of Request:
Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public:
Businesses or other for-profit and not-for-profit institutions.
Respondent's Obligation:
Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Frequency:
On Occasion.
Number of Respondents:
10.
Responses per Respondent:
2.
Annual Responses:
20.
Average Burden per Response:
8 hours.
Annual Burden Hours:
160.
Needs and Uses:
Administrative contracting officers use the information in making decisions to approve or
( printed page 48380)
disapprove a contractor's purchasing system. The disapproval of a contractor's purchasing system would necessitate Government consent to individual subcontracts and possibly prompt a financial withhold or other Government rights and remedies. DFARS 244.305, Granting, Withholding, or Withdrawing Approval, provides policy guidance for administrative contracting officers to determine the acceptability of the contractor's purchasing system and approve or disapprove the system, at the completion of the in-plant portion of a contractor purchasing system review, and to pursue correction of any material weaknesses with the contractor. The clause at DFARS 252.244-7001, Contractor Purchasing System Administration, requires the contractor to respond within 30 days to a written initial determination from the contracting officer that identifies material weaknesses in the contractor's purchasing system. The contracting officer will evaluate the contractor's response to this initial determination and notify the contractor in writing of any remaining material weaknesses, the adequacy of any proposed or completed corrective action, and system disapproval if the contracting officer determines that one or more material weaknesses remain. If the contractor receives the contracting officer's final determination of material weaknesses, the contractor has 45 days to either correct the material weaknesses or submit an acceptable corrective action plan. Due to a change in the Government's process, the burden calculation for this information collection has been reduced.