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1, and 1364WH. These forms are used
to obtain information for offer
evaluation and lease award purposes
regarding property being offered for
lease to house Federal agencies. This
includes financial aspects of offers for
analysis and negotiation, such as real
estate taxes, adjustments for vacant
space, and offeror construction
overhead fees.
A total of seven lease contract models
have been developed to meet the needs
of the national leased portfolio. Three of
these lease models require offerors to
complete a GSA Form 1364 and two
require a GSA Form 1217. The GSA
Form 1364 versions require the
submission of information specifically
aligned with certain leasing models and
avoids mandating submission of
information that is not required for use
in evaluation and award under each
model. The GSA Form 1217 requires the
submission of information specific to
the services and utilities of a building in
support of the pricing detailed under
GSA Form 1364. The forms relate to
individual lease procurements and no
duplication exists.
The Global Lease model uses the GSA
Form 1364. The 1364 captures all rental
components, including the pricing for
the initial tenant improvements. The
global nature of the 1364 provides
flexibility in capturing tenant
improvement pricing based on either
allowance or turnkey pricing, as
required by the solicitation.
The Simplified Lease Model uses the
GSA Forms 1364A and 1364A–1. This
model obtains a firm, fixed price for
rent, which includes the cost of tenant
improvement construction. Therefore,
leases using the Simplified model do
not include post-award tenant
improvement cost information on the
form. The 1364A includes rental rate
components and cost data that becomes
part of the lease contract and that is
necessary to satisfy GSA pricing policy
requirements.
The 1364A–1 is a checklist that
addresses technical requirements as
referenced in the Request for Lease
Proposals. The 1364A–1 is separate
from the proposal itself and is
maintained in the lease file; it does not
become an exhibit to the lease. The
1364A–1 may contain proprietary
offeror information that cannot be
released under the Freedom of
Information Act.
The Warehouse Lease Model uses
GSA Form 1364WH. This model is
specifically designed to accommodate
the special characteristics of warehouse
space and is optimized for space whose
predominant use is for storage,
distribution, or manufacturing. The
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1364WH captures building
characteristics unique to warehouse
facilities and allows for evaluation of
offers based on either area or volume
calculations.
The Global and Warehouse Lease
Models use the GSA Form 1217. GSA
Form 1217 captures the estimated
annual cost of services and utilities and
the estimated costs of ownership,
exclusive of capital charges. These costs
are listed for both the entire building
and the area proposed for lease to the
Government, broken down into specific
categories.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
Respondents: 505.
Responses per Respondent: 3.36
(weighted average).
Total Responses: 1,732.
Hours per Response: 4.11 (weighted
average).
Total Burden Hours: 7,150.
C. Public Comments
A 60-day notice published in the
Federal Register at 87 FR 51423 on
August 22, 2022. No comments were
received.
Obtaining Copies of Proposals:
Requesters may obtain a copy of the
information collection documents from
the GSA Regulatory Secretariat Division,
by calling 202–501–4755 or emailing
GSARegSec@gsa.gov. Please cite OMB
Control No. 3090–0086, Proposal to
Lease Space, GSA Form 1364 and
Lessor’s Annual Cost Statement, GSA
Form 1217, in all correspondence.
Jeffrey A. Koses,
Senior Procurement Executive, Office of
Acquisition Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy.
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Submission for OMB Review; General
Services Administration Acquisition
Regulation; Federal Supply Schedule
Pricing Disclosures and Sales
Reporting
Office of Acquisition Policy,
General Services Administration (GSA).
ACTION: Notice of request for comments
regarding an extension to an existing
OMB clearance.
AGENCY:
Under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act, the
Regulatory Secretariat Division is
submitting a request to the Office of
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Management and Budget (OMB) to
review and approve an extension of a
previously approved information
collection requirement regarding OMB
Control No. 3090–0235, Federal Supply
Schedule Pricing Disclosures and Sales
Reporting.
DATES: Submit comments on or before:
December 2, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for this information
collection should be sent within 30 days
of publication of this notice to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information
collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under
Review—Open for Public Comments’’;
or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Thomas O’Linn, Procurement Analyst,
General Services Acquisition Policy
Division, GSA, 202–445–0390 or email
gsarpolicy@gsa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
This information collection is for GSA
Federal Supply Schedules (FSS) offerors
and contractors subject to certain
pricing disclosures and sales reporting
requirements. These pricing disclosures
and sales reporting requirements are
found within the basic version of
General Services Administration
Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) clause
552.238–80, Industrial Funding Fee and
Sales Reporting, and GSAR 515.408(b)
and (c). Alternate I of GSAR clause
552.216–70, Economic Price
Adjustment—FSS Multiple Award
Schedule Contracts; basic version of
GSAR clause 552.238–81, Price
Reductions; 552.238–83 Examination of
Records by GSA; and 552.238–85,
Contractor’s Billing Responsibilities, are
additional GSAR clauses directly
associated with FSS contracts subject to
these requirements. This information
collection does not apply to GSA FSS
offerors and contractors subject to
Transactional Data Reporting (TDR)
requirements. The burden associated
with TDR requirements is covered
under information collection OMB
control number 3090–0306,
Transactional Data Reporting.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
The total estimated annual public cost
burden for this information collection is
estimated to be $117,802,204.70 The
total estimated annual public burden
hours resulting from this information
collection is 1,452,326.36 hours. These
numbers are calculated by adding up
the total estimated annual burden cost/
hour for each of the following GSAR
sections/clauses covered by this
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information collection: GSAR section
515.408(b) and (c); basic version of
552.238–80, Industrial Funding Fee and
Sales Reporting; Alternate I of 552.216–
70, Economic Price Adjustment—FSS
Multiple Award Schedule Contracts;
basic version of 552.238–81, Price
Reductions; 552.238–83 Examination of
Records by GSA; and 552.238–85,
Contractor’s Billing Responsibilities.
The calculation for some of these
numbers account for the variation of
burden associated with compliance with
a given clause/form/instruction
requirement. For example, for some of
the calculations GSA is calculating the
burden based on the difference between
a ‘‘heavier lift’’ contract and a ‘‘lighter
lift’’ contract. Contracts with heavier
lifts are those with the characteristics
leading to increased burden, such as
higher sales volume, higher number of
offerings, complexity of their offerings,
higher transactions, complexity of
transactions, and/or intricate business
structures. For the purpose of
determining ‘‘lift’’, GSA is utilizing the
Pareto principle, or ‘‘80/20 rule,’’ which
states 80 percent of effects come from 20
percent of the population. Accordingly,
GSA is categorizing contracts with a
heavier lift as 20 percent and those with
a lighter lift as those representing 80
percent.
Burden Cost/Hour Calculation
Total estimated burden hour/cost for
the basic version of 552.238–80,
Industrial Funding Fee and Sales
Reporting.
The two primary activities associated
with the basic version of 552.238–80,
Industrial Funding Fee and Sales
Reporting are initial setup and quarterly
reporting. The below provides the basis
for calculating the burden associated
with these two activities. The burden
associated with these two activities is
then used to calculate the overall
burden for this clause.
Initial Setup
Æ Estimated hourly rate & job position
equivalency. The estimated hourly cost
associated with this task is based on the
task being accomplished by personnel
equivalent to a GS–14, Step 5 employee.
A GS–14, Step 5 employee hourly rate
for 2022 is $82.51 (‘‘Rest of U.S.’’
locality using OPM Salary Table 2022–
GS, Effective January 2022).
Æ Estimated hours by system for
initial set-up. A contractor complying
with these requirements will absorb a
one-time setup burden for purposes of
establishing a reporting system (i.e.,
automated reporting system vs. manual
reporting system). The estimated setup
time varies between automated and
manual reporting systems. GSA
estimates the average one-time initial
setup burden is 8 hours for a manual
system and 40 hours for an automated
system.
Quarterly Reporting
Æ Estimated hourly rate & job position
equivalency. The estimated hourly cost
associated with this task is based on the
task being accomplished by personnel
equivalent to a GS–12, Step 5 employee.
A GS–12, Step 5 employee hourly rate
for 2022 is $58.72 (i.e., using ‘‘Rest of
U.S.’’ locality within the OPM Salary
Table for 2022–GS, Effective January
2022).
Æ Categorization of contractors by
sales revenue. GSA estimates the
likelihood of contractors with lower to
no reportable sales will spend relatively
little time on reporting. In contrast,
contractors with more reportable sales
will face a higher reporting burden. To
account for this difference, GSA is using
the below sale revenue categories:
Category 1: No sales activity/revenue
(i.e., $0.00).
Category 2: Sales between $0.01 and
$25,000.00.
Category 3: Sales between $25,000.01
and $250,000.00.
Category 4: Sales between
$250,000.01 and $1 million.
Category 5: Sales over $1 million.
The below table shows the estimated
number of FSS contractors by sales
revenue category:
FSS CONTRACTORS BY SALES
REVENUE CATEGORY
FSS
Category
Category
Category
Category
Category
1
2
3
4
5
......................................
......................................
......................................
......................................
......................................
6,292
1,160
2,987
1,828
2,762
Total .........................................
15,029
Æ Automated system vs. manual
reporting system. GSA estimates the
likelihood of a contractor creating an
automated reporting system increases
with a contractor’s sales revenue. In
contrast, contractors with little to no
sales revenue are unlikely to expend the
effort needed to establish an automated
reporting system. To account for this
difference, GSA is using the below table.
The below table shows by sales revenue
category the estimated percentage of the
likelihood of a contractor using a
manual reporting system vs automated
reporting system:
% OF CONTRACTORS BY TYPE OF REPORTING SYSTEM
[Manual vs. automated]
Manual system
(%)
Sales category
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Category
Category
Category
Category
Category
1
2
3
4
5
...............................................................................................................................................
...............................................................................................................................................
...............................................................................................................................................
...............................................................................................................................................
...............................................................................................................................................
100
100
90
50
10
Automated system
(%)
0
0
10
50
90
The following table show the
estimated number of FSS contractors by
type of reporting system:
ESTIMATED NUMBER OF FSS CONTRACTORS BY TYPE OF REPORTING SYSTEM
[Manual vs. Automated]
Manual system
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ESTIMATED NUMBER OF FSS CONTRACTORS BY TYPE OF REPORTING SYSTEM—Continued
[Manual vs. Automated]
Manual system
Category
Category
Category
Category
2
3
4
5
Automated system
...............................................................................................................................................
...............................................................................................................................................
...............................................................................................................................................
...............................................................................................................................................
1,160
2,688
914
276
0
299
914
2,486
Total ..................................................................................................................................................
11,330
3,699
Æ Estimated quarterly reporting time
(hours)—by reporting system and sales
revenue category. GSA estimates that
the reporting time varies by type of
reporting system (i.e., manual or
automated) and by respective sales
revenue category. The below table
shows GSA’s estimated quarterly
reporting time per sales revenue
category and system type:
QUARTERLY REPORTING TIME—HOURS BY TYPE OF REPORTING SYSTEM AND SALES REVENUE CATEGORY
Manual systems
Category
Category
Category
Category
Category
1
2
3
4
5
...............................................................................................................................................
...............................................................................................................................................
...............................................................................................................................................
...............................................................................................................................................
...............................................................................................................................................
Total estimated burden hour/cost for
the basic version of GSAR clause
552.238–80, Industrial Funding Fee and
Sales Reporting.
Initial Setup
Total estimated annual burden hours:
18,240
Total estimated annual cost burden:
$1,505,037.12
Quarterly Reporting
Total estimated annual burden hours:
85,484
Total estimated annual cost burden:
$5,019,941.05
Total estimated annual burden hour/
cost for GSAR 515.408(b) and (c).
Heavier Lift
Estimated # of responses per year: 499
Estimated burden hours per response: ×
82.96
Total estimated annual burden hours:
41,397.04
Estimated cost per hour: × $82.51
Total estimate annual cost burden:
3,415,793.96
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Lighter Lift
Estimated # of responses per year: 1,996
Estimated burden hours per response: ×
64.82
Total estimated annual burden hours:
129,381.72
Estimated cost per hour: × $82.51
Total estimate annual cost burden:
$10,675,591.35
Total estimated annual burden hour/
cost for Alternate I of 552.216–70,
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Economic Price Adjustment—FSS
Multiple Award Schedule Contracts.
Heavier Lift
Estimated # of responses per year: 420
Estimated burden hours per response: ×
10.45
Total estimated annual burden hours:
4,389
Estimated cost per hour: × $82.51
Total estimate annual cost burden:
$362,149.56
Lighter Lift
Estimated # of responses per year: 1,680
Estimated burden hours per response: ×
9.17
Total estimated annual burden hours:
15,406.60
Estimated cost per hour: × $82.51
Total estimate annual cost burden:
$1,271,162.27
Total estimated annual burden hour/
cost for basic version of GSAR clause
552.238–81, Price Reductions.
The primary activities associated with
this clause are training, compliance
systems, and notification. As a result,
for the purpose of calculating the overall
burden associated with this clause, the
burden was calculated for each of these
activities using first. For some of these
activities the heavier lift and lighter lift
categorization was used.
Training—Heavier Lift
Estimated # of responses per year: 2,620
Estimated burden hours per response: ×
40
Total estimated annual burden hours:
104,800
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Automated systems
0.25
1.00
2.00
4.00
8.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
Estimated cost per hour: × $82.51
Total estimate annual cost burden:
$8,647,362.40
Training—Lighter Lift
Estimated # of responses per year:
10,479
Estimated burden hours per response: ×
20
Total estimated annual burden hours:
209,580
Estimated cost per hour: × $82.51
Total estimate annual cost burden:
$17,293,074.54
Monitoring—Heavier Lift
Estimated # of responses per year: 2,620
Estimated burden hours per response: ×
175
Total estimated annual burden hours:
458,500
Estimated cost per hour: × $82.51
Total estimate annual cost burden:
$37,832,210.50
Monitoring—Lighter Lift
Estimated # of responses per year:
10,479
Estimated burden hours per response: ×
35
Total estimated annual burden hours:
366,765
Estimated cost per hour: × $82.51
Total estimate annual cost burden:
$30,262,880.45
Notification
Estimated # of responses per year: 900
Estimated burden hours per response: ×
4.25
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Total estimated annual burden hours:
3,825
Estimated cost per hour: × $82.51
Total estimate annual cost burden:
$315,612.23
Total estimated annual burden hour/
cost for GSAR clause 552.238–83
Examination of Records by GSA.
Estimated # of respondents per year: 32
Estimated burden hours per respondent:
× 455
Total estimated annual burden hours:
14,560
Estimated cost per hour: × $82.51
Total estimated annual cost burden:
$1,201,389.28
Total estimated annual burden hour/
cost for GSAR clause 552.238–85,
Contractor’s Billing Responsibilities, is
0 burden hours/$0.00 burden cost. The
reason for zero burden being associated
with this clause is because the record
keeping requirement contained in this
clause does not add any additional
burden to what is already captured by
the basic version of GSAR clause
552.238–80, Industrial Funding Fee and
Sales Reporting, which is covered by
this information collection.
C. Public Comments
A 60-day notice published in the
Federal Register at 87 FR 51421 on
August 22, 2022. No comments were
received.
Obtaining Copies of Proposals:
Requesters may obtain a copy of the
information collection documents from
the GSA Regulatory Secretariat Division,
by calling 202–501–4755 or emailing
GSARegSec@gsa.gov. Please cite ‘‘OMB
Control No. 3090–0235, Federal Supply
Schedule Pricing Disclosures and Sales
Reporting’’, in all correspondence.
Jeffrey A. Koses,
Senior Procurement Executive, Office of
Acquisition Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request for a Modified OGE
Form 201 Request an Individual’s
Ethics Documents
AGENCY:
Office of Government Ethics
(OGE).
Notice of request for agency and
public comments.
ACTION:
After this first round notice
and public comment period, the U.S.
SUMMARY:
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Office of Government Ethics (OGE)
plans to submit a proposed modified
OGE Form 201, Request an Individual’s
Ethics Documents (OGE Form 201) to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval of a
three-year extension under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The
OGE Form 201 is used by persons
requesting access to executive branch
public financial disclosure reports and
other covered records.
DATES: Written comments by the public
and agencies on this proposed extension
are invited and must be received by
January 3, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted to OGE, by any of the
following methods:
Email: usoge@oge.gov. (Include
reference to ‘‘OGE Form 201 Paperwork
Comment’’ in the subject line of the
message.)
Mail, Hand Delivery/Courier: Office of
Government Ethics, 1201 New York
Avenue NW, Suite 500, Attention:
McEvan Baum, Assistant Counsel,
Washington, DC 20005–3917.
Instructions: Comments may be
posted on OGE’s website, www.oge.gov.
Sensitive personal information, such as
account numbers or Social Security
numbers, should not be included.
Comments generally will not be edited
to remove any identifying or contact
information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
McEvan Baum at the U.S. Office of
Government Ethics; telephone: 202–
482–9287; TTY: 800–877–8339; Email:
usoge@oge.gov. An electronic copy of
the OGE Form 201 version used to
manually submit access requests to OGE
or other executive branch agencies by
mail or FAX is available in the Forms
Library section of OGE’s website at
https://www.oge.gov. A paper copy may
also be obtained, without charge, by
contacting Mr. Baum. An automated
version of the OGE Form 201, also
available on OGE’s website, enables the
applicant to electronically fill out,
submit and receive access to copies of
the public financial disclosure reports
certified by the U.S. Office of
Government Ethics.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: OGE Form 201 Request an
Individual’s Ethics Documents.
Agency Form Number: OGE Form
201.
OMB Control Number: 3209–0002.
Type of Information Collection:
Extension with modifications of a
currently approved collection.
Type of Review Request: Regular.
Respondents: Individuals requesting
access to executive branch public
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financial disclosure reports and other
covered records.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 19,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 10
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
3,167 hours.
Abstract: The OGE Form 201 collects
information from, and provides certain
information to, persons who seek access
to OGE Form 278 Public Financial
Disclosure Reports, including OGE
Form 278–T Periodic Transaction
Reports, and other covered records. The
form reflects the requirements of the
Ethics in Government Act, subsequent
amendments pursuant to the STOCK
Act, and OGE’s implementing
regulations that must be met by a person
before access can be granted. These
requirements include the address of the
requester, as well as any other person on
whose behalf a record is sought, and
acknowledgement that the applicant is
aware of the prohibited uses of
executive branch public disclosure
financial reports. See 5 U.S.C. appendix
105(b) and (c) and 402 (b)(1) and 5 CFR
2634.603(c) and (f). Executive branch
departments and agencies are
encouraged to utilize the OGE Form 201
for individuals seeking access to public
financial disclosure reports and other
covered documents. OGE permits
departments and agencies to use or
develop their own forms as long as the
forms collect and provide all of the
required information.
OGE currently has OMB approval for
two versions of the form, a PDF version
and OGE’s online application.
OGE is proposing several changes to
OGE Form 201, with the goals of (1)
making the form more appropriate for
use throughout the executive branch,
and (2) providing applicants with
clarifying information about the use of
the form. The changes were developed
with feedback from agency ethics
officials across the executive branch,
through a listening session and written
comments. To the extent appropriate,
the comments and feedback from agency
ethics officials have been incorporated
into the proposed revised form. The
proposed changes are summarized
below.
OGE recently made nonsubstantive
changes to the electronic version of the
Form 201, simplifying the name from
‘‘Request to Inspect or Receive Copies of
Executive Branch Personnel Public
Financial Disclosure Reports or Other
Covered Records’’ to ‘‘Request an
Individual’s Ethics Documents.’’ OGE
now proposes to apply the new name to
the PDF version as well, so that all
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 3090-0235; Docket No. 2022-0001; Sequence No. 13]
Submission for OMB Review; General Services Administration
Acquisition Regulation; Federal Supply Schedule Pricing Disclosures and
Sales Reporting
AGENCY: Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration
(GSA).
ACTION: Notice of request for comments regarding an extension to an
existing OMB clearance.
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the
Regulatory Secretariat Division is submitting a request to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) to review and approve an extension of a
previously approved information collection requirement regarding OMB
Control No. 3090-0235, Federal Supply Schedule Pricing Disclosures and
Sales Reporting.
DATES: Submit comments on or before: December 2, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for this information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information
collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for Public
Comments''; or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Thomas O'Linn, Procurement
Analyst, General Services Acquisition Policy Division, GSA, 202-445-
0390 or email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
This information collection is for GSA Federal Supply Schedules
(FSS) offerors and contractors subject to certain pricing disclosures
and sales reporting requirements. These pricing disclosures and sales
reporting requirements are found within the basic version of General
Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) clause 552.238-
80, Industrial Funding Fee and Sales Reporting, and GSAR 515.408(b) and
(c). Alternate I of GSAR clause 552.216-70, Economic Price Adjustment--
FSS Multiple Award Schedule Contracts; basic version of GSAR clause
552.238-81, Price Reductions; 552.238-83 Examination of Records by GSA;
and 552.238-85, Contractor's Billing Responsibilities, are additional
GSAR clauses directly associated with FSS contracts subject to these
requirements. This information collection does not apply to GSA FSS
offerors and contractors subject to Transactional Data Reporting (TDR)
requirements. The burden associated with TDR requirements is covered
under information collection OMB control number 3090-0306,
Transactional Data Reporting.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
The total estimated annual public cost burden for this information
collection is estimated to be $117,802,204.70 The total estimated
annual public burden hours resulting from this information collection
is 1,452,326.36 hours. These numbers are calculated by adding up the
total estimated annual burden cost/hour for each of the following GSAR
sections/clauses covered by this
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information collection: GSAR section 515.408(b) and (c); basic version
of 552.238-80, Industrial Funding Fee and Sales Reporting; Alternate I
of 552.216-70, Economic Price Adjustment--FSS Multiple Award Schedule
Contracts; basic version of 552.238-81, Price Reductions; 552.238-83
Examination of Records by GSA; and 552.238-85, Contractor's Billing
Responsibilities.
The calculation for some of these numbers account for the variation
of burden associated with compliance with a given clause/form/
instruction requirement. For example, for some of the calculations GSA
is calculating the burden based on the difference between a ``heavier
lift'' contract and a ``lighter lift'' contract. Contracts with heavier
lifts are those with the characteristics leading to increased burden,
such as higher sales volume, higher number of offerings, complexity of
their offerings, higher transactions, complexity of transactions, and/
or intricate business structures. For the purpose of determining
``lift'', GSA is utilizing the Pareto principle, or ``80/20 rule,''
which states 80 percent of effects come from 20 percent of the
population. Accordingly, GSA is categorizing contracts with a heavier
lift as 20 percent and those with a lighter lift as those representing
80 percent.
Burden Cost/Hour Calculation
Total estimated burden hour/cost for the basic version of 552.238-
80, Industrial Funding Fee and Sales Reporting.
The two primary activities associated with the basic version of
552.238-80, Industrial Funding Fee and Sales Reporting are initial
setup and quarterly reporting. The below provides the basis for
calculating the burden associated with these two activities. The burden
associated with these two activities is then used to calculate the
overall burden for this clause.
Initial Setup
[cir] Estimated hourly rate & job position equivalency. The
estimated hourly cost associated with this task is based on the task
being accomplished by personnel equivalent to a GS-14, Step 5 employee.
A GS-14, Step 5 employee hourly rate for 2022 is $82.51 (``Rest of
U.S.'' locality using OPM Salary Table 2022-GS, Effective January
2022).
[cir] Estimated hours by system for initial set-up. A contractor
complying with these requirements will absorb a one-time setup burden
for purposes of establishing a reporting system (i.e., automated
reporting system vs. manual reporting system). The estimated setup time
varies between automated and manual reporting systems. GSA estimates
the average one-time initial setup burden is 8 hours for a manual
system and 40 hours for an automated system.
Quarterly Reporting
[cir] Estimated hourly rate & job position equivalency. The
estimated hourly cost associated with this task is based on the task
being accomplished by personnel equivalent to a GS-12, Step 5 employee.
A GS-12, Step 5 employee hourly rate for 2022 is $58.72 (i.e., using
``Rest of U.S.'' locality within the OPM Salary Table for 2022-GS,
Effective January 2022).
[cir] Categorization of contractors by sales revenue. GSA estimates
the likelihood of contractors with lower to no reportable sales will
spend relatively little time on reporting. In contrast, contractors
with more reportable sales will face a higher reporting burden. To
account for this difference, GSA is using the below sale revenue
categories:
Category 1: No sales activity/revenue (i.e., $0.00).
Category 2: Sales between $0.01 and $25,000.00.
Category 3: Sales between $25,000.01 and $250,000.00.
Category 4: Sales between $250,000.01 and $1 million.
Category 5: Sales over $1 million.
The below table shows the estimated number of FSS contractors by
sales revenue category:
FSS Contractors by Sales Revenue Category
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FSS
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Category 1.................................................... 6,292
Category 2.................................................... 1,160
Category 3.................................................... 2,987
Category 4.................................................... 1,828
Category 5.................................................... 2,762
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Total..................................................... 15,029
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[cir] Automated system vs. manual reporting system. GSA estimates
the likelihood of a contractor creating an automated reporting system
increases with a contractor's sales revenue. In contrast, contractors
with little to no sales revenue are unlikely to expend the effort
needed to establish an automated reporting system. To account for this
difference, GSA is using the below table. The below table shows by
sales revenue category the estimated percentage of the likelihood of a
contractor using a manual reporting system vs automated reporting
system:
% of Contractors by Type of Reporting System
[Manual vs. automated]
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Automated system
Sales category Manual system (%) (%)
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Category 1.............................................................. 100 0
Category 2.............................................................. 100 0
Category 3.............................................................. 90 10
Category 4.............................................................. 50 50
Category 5.............................................................. 10 90
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The following table show the estimated number of FSS contractors by
type of reporting system:
Estimated Number of FSS Contractors by Type of Reporting System
[Manual vs. Automated]
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Manual system Automated system
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Category 1.............................................................. 6,292 0
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Category 2.............................................................. 1,160 0
Category 3.............................................................. 2,688 299
Category 4.............................................................. 914 914
Category 5.............................................................. 276 2,486
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Total............................................................... 11,330 3,699
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[cir] Estimated quarterly reporting time (hours)--by reporting
system and sales revenue category. GSA estimates that the reporting
time varies by type of reporting system (i.e., manual or automated) and
by respective sales revenue category. The below table shows GSA's
estimated quarterly reporting time per sales revenue category and
system type:
Quarterly Reporting Time--Hours by Type of Reporting System and Sales Revenue Category
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Manual systems Automated systems
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Category 1.............................................................. 0.25 2.00
Category 2.............................................................. 1.00 2.00
Category 3.............................................................. 2.00 2.00
Category 4.............................................................. 4.00 2.00
Category 5.............................................................. 8.00 2.00
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Total estimated burden hour/cost for the basic version of GSAR
clause 552.238-80, Industrial Funding Fee and Sales Reporting.
Initial Setup
Total estimated annual burden hours: 18,240
Total estimated annual cost burden: $1,505,037.12
Quarterly Reporting
Total estimated annual burden hours: 85,484
Total estimated annual cost burden: $5,019,941.05
Total estimated annual burden hour/cost for GSAR 515.408(b) and
(c).
Heavier Lift
Estimated # of responses per year: 499
Estimated burden hours per response: x 82.96
Total estimated annual burden hours: 41,397.04
Estimated cost per hour: x $82.51
Total estimate annual cost burden: 3,415,793.96
Lighter Lift
Estimated # of responses per year: 1,996
Estimated burden hours per response: x 64.82
Total estimated annual burden hours: 129,381.72
Estimated cost per hour: x $82.51
Total estimate annual cost burden: $10,675,591.35
Total estimated annual burden hour/cost for Alternate I of 552.216-
70, Economic Price Adjustment--FSS Multiple Award Schedule Contracts.
Heavier Lift
Estimated # of responses per year: 420
Estimated burden hours per response: x 10.45
Total estimated annual burden hours: 4,389
Estimated cost per hour: x $82.51
Total estimate annual cost burden: $362,149.56
Lighter Lift
Estimated # of responses per year: 1,680
Estimated burden hours per response: x 9.17
Total estimated annual burden hours: 15,406.60
Estimated cost per hour: x $82.51
Total estimate annual cost burden: $1,271,162.27
Total estimated annual burden hour/cost for basic version of GSAR
clause 552.238-81, Price Reductions.
The primary activities associated with this clause are training,
compliance systems, and notification. As a result, for the purpose of
calculating the overall burden associated with this clause, the burden
was calculated for each of these activities using first. For some of
these activities the heavier lift and lighter lift categorization was
used.
Training--Heavier Lift
Estimated # of responses per year: 2,620
Estimated burden hours per response: x 40
Total estimated annual burden hours: 104,800
Estimated cost per hour: x $82.51
Total estimate annual cost burden: $8,647,362.40
Training--Lighter Lift
Estimated # of responses per year: 10,479
Estimated burden hours per response: x 20
Total estimated annual burden hours: 209,580
Estimated cost per hour: x $82.51
Total estimate annual cost burden: $17,293,074.54
Monitoring--Heavier Lift
Estimated # of responses per year: 2,620
Estimated burden hours per response: x 175
Total estimated annual burden hours: 458,500
Estimated cost per hour: x $82.51
Total estimate annual cost burden: $37,832,210.50
Monitoring--Lighter Lift
Estimated # of responses per year: 10,479
Estimated burden hours per response: x 35
Total estimated annual burden hours: 366,765
Estimated cost per hour: x $82.51
Total estimate annual cost burden: $30,262,880.45
Notification
Estimated # of responses per year: 900
Estimated burden hours per response: x 4.25
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Total estimated annual burden hours: 3,825
Estimated cost per hour: x $82.51
Total estimate annual cost burden: $315,612.23
Total estimated annual burden hour/cost for GSAR clause 552.238-83
Examination of Records by GSA.
Estimated # of respondents per year: 32
Estimated burden hours per respondent: x 455
Total estimated annual burden hours: 14,560
Estimated cost per hour: x $82.51
Total estimated annual cost burden: $1,201,389.28
Total estimated annual burden hour/cost for GSAR clause 552.238-85,
Contractor's Billing Responsibilities, is 0 burden hours/$0.00 burden
cost. The reason for zero burden being associated with this clause is
because the record keeping requirement contained in this clause does
not add any additional burden to what is already captured by the basic
version of GSAR clause 552.238-80, Industrial Funding Fee and Sales
Reporting, which is covered by this information collection.
C. Public Comments
A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register at 87 FR 51421 on
August 22, 2022. No comments were received.
Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the
information collection documents from the GSA Regulatory Secretariat
Division, by calling 202-501-4755 or emailing [email protected]. Please
cite ``OMB Control No. 3090-0235, Federal Supply Schedule Pricing
Disclosures and Sales Reporting'', in all correspondence.
Jeffrey A. Koses,
Senior Procurement Executive, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of
Government-wide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2022-23815 Filed 11-1-22; 8:45 am]
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