[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 188 (Tuesday, September 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51962-51963]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26058]
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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
Office of Federal Procurement Policy
Proposed Collection, Comment Request Entitled Small Business
Competitiveness Demonstration Program
AGENCY: Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), Office of
Management and Budget (OMB).
ACTION: Notice of request for public comment regarding the
reinstatement, with changes, of a previously approved collection (OMB
Clearance 9000-0100) for which approval is now being requested by OFPP.
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), OFPP is notifying the public concerning a
request to reinstate, with changes, a previously approved information
collection requirement concerning the Small Business Competitiveness
Demonstration Program.
DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before November 30, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda G. Williams, Deputy Associate
Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy, 202-395-3302.
ADDRESSES: Comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect
of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing
this burden, should be submitted to the Administrator, Office of
Federal Procurement Policy, Room 352, OEOB, Washington, DC 20503.
Please cite the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
The Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program Act of
1988 (Title VII, Public Law 100-656), as amended, established the Small
Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program (Program). The Program
was established (1) to demonstrate whether or not small businesses in
certain industry groups can compete successfully on an unrestricted
basis for Federal contracts, and (2) to demonstrate whether or not
targeted goaling and management technques can expand Federal contract
opportunities for small businesses in industry categories where such
opportunities historically have been low despite adequate numbers of
small business contractors in the economy. Section 401 of the Small
Business Reauthorization Act of 1997 (Pub. L. 105-135) extends the
Program indefinitely.
Under the current Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), small
businesses are
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required only to represent their status (i.e., whether small, small
disadvantaged, or women-owned small businesses). Section 714(c) of the
Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program Act requires each
participating agency to collect data pertaining to the size as well as
the status of the small business concern receiving any award for
services in the four designated industry groups and products or
services in the agencies' ten targeted industry categories. The size of
the small businesses is collected in terms of the number of employees
or dollar volume of sales. The number of employees is based on the
average of the pay periods for the last twelve months. The volume of
sales is based on the average annual gross revenue for the last three
fiscal years (see FAR 19.101). The size information is collected during
the solicitation process as part of the representation requirement.
This data will be used to evaluate the small business impact of the
Program.
The former information collection requirements set forth in section
714(b) of the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program Act,
pertaining to the simplified system to collect data on the
participation of small business concerns as subcontractors under prime
contracts for architectural and engineering (A&E) services, expired on
September 30, 1997. Accordingly, this proposed reinstatement excludes
that data collection requirement.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
Public reporting burden for this collection of information is
estimated to average five minutes per response, including the time to
gather the information and complete the solicitation provision. The
annual reporting burden is estimated as follows: Respondents, 603,524;
responses per respondent, 1; total annual responses, 603,524;
preparation hours per response, .08333, and total response burden
hours, 50,273.
Obtaining Copies of Proposals
A copy of the Paperwork justification is available from the Office
of Federal Procurement Policy, Room 352, OEOB, Washington, DC 20503.
Please cite the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program in
all correspondence.
Deidre A. Lee,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 98-26058 Filed 9-28-98; 8:45 am]
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