2015-16121. Agency Information on Public Availability of FY 2014 Service Contract Inventory

AGENCY:

Office of Special Counsel (OSC).

ACTION:

First notice.

SUMMARY:

The U.S. Office of Special Counsel, in accordance with section 743(c) of Division C of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (Pub. L. 111-117, 123 Stat. 3034, 3216), is announcing the availability of OSC's service contract inventory for fiscal year (FY) 2014. This inventory provides information on service contract actions that exceeded $25,000 that OSC made in FY 2014.

DATES:

Comments should be received no later than August 31, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Karl Kammann, Director of Finance, at 1730 M St. NW., Suite 300, Washington, DC 20036, or by facsimile at [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

On December 16, 2009, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (Consolidated Appropriations Act), Public Law 111-117, became law. Section 743(a) of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, titled, “Service Contract Inventory Requirement,” requires agencies to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), an annual inventory of service contracts awarded or extended through the exercise of an option on or after April 1, 2010, and describes the contents of the inventory. The contents of the inventory must include:

(A) A description of the services purchased by the executive agency and the role the services played in achieving agency objectives, regardless of whether such a purchase was made through a contract or task order;

(B) The organizational component of the executive agency administering the contract, and the organizational component of the agency whose requirements are being met through contractor performance of the service;

(C) The total dollar amount obligated for services under the contract and the funding source for the contract;

(D) The total dollar amount invoiced for services under the contract;

(E) The contract type and date of award;

(F) The name of the contractor and place of performance;

(G) The number and work location of contractor and subcontractor employees, expressed as full-time equivalents for direct labor, compensated under the contract;

(H) Whether the contract is a personal services contract; and

(I) Whether the contract was awarded on a noncompetitive basis, regardless of date of award.

Section 743(a)(3)(A) through (I) of the Consolidated Appropriations Act. Section 743(c) of the Consolidated Appropriations Act requires agencies to “publish in the Federal Register a notice that the inventory is available to the public.”

Consequently, through this notice, we are announcing that OSC's service contract inventory for FY 2014 is available to the public. The inventory provides information on service contract actions over $25,000 that OSC made in FY 2014. OSC's finance section has posted its inventory, and a summary of the inventory can be found at our homepage at the following link: https://osc.gov/​Pages/​Resources-ReportsAndInfo.aspx.

Dated: June 15, 2015.

Mark P. Cohen,

Principal Deputy Special Counsel.