Information Collection Requirement; Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS); Construction and Architect-Engineer Contracts, 60886 [2024-16575]

Agencies

• Defense Acquisition Regulations System
• DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 145 (Monday, July 29, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 60886]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16575]



[[Page 60886]]

=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Defense Acquisition Regulations System

[Docket Number DARS-2024-0016; OMB Control Number 0704-0255]


Information Collection Requirement; Defense Federal Acquisition 
Regulation Supplement (DFARS); Construction and Architect-Engineer 
Contracts

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 
28, 2024.

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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tucker Lucas, 571-372-7574, or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title and OMB Number: Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation 
Supplement (DFARS) Part 236, Construction and Architect-Engineer 
Contracts, and related clauses at 252.236; OMB Control Number 0704-
0255.
    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: 1,477.
    Responses per Respondent: Approximately 5.53.
    Annual Responses: 8,169.
    Average Burden per Response: Approximately 11.157 hours.
    Annual Burden Hours: 91,143.
    Needs and Uses: DoD contracting officers need this information to 
evaluate contractor proposals for contract modifications; to determine 
that a contractor has removed obstructions to navigation; to review 
contractor requests for payment for mobilization and preparatory work; 
to determine reasonableness of costs allocated to mobilization and 
demobilization; and to determine eligibility for the 20 percent 
evaluation preference for United States firms in the award of some 
overseas construction contracts.
    DFARS 236.570(a) prescribes use of the contract clause at DFARS 
252.236-7000, Modification Proposals--Price Breakdown, in all fixed-
price construction solicitations and contracts. The clause requires the 
contractor to submit a price breakdown with any proposal for a contract 
modification.
    DFARS 236.570(b) prescribes use of the following contract clauses 
in fixed-price construction contracts and solicitations as applicable:
    (1) The clause at DFARS 252.236-7002, Obstruction of Navigable 
Waterways, which requires the contractor to notify the contracting 
officer of obstructions in navigable waterways.
    (2) The clause at DFARS 252.236-7003, Payment for Mobilization and 
Preparatory Work, which requires the contractor to provide supporting 
documentation when submitting requests for payment for mobilization and 
preparatory work.
    (3) The clause at DFARS 252.236-7004, Payment for Mobilization and 
Demobilization, which permits the contracting officer to require the 
contractor to furnish cost data justifying the percentage of the cost 
split between mobilization and demobilization, if the contracting 
officer believes that the proposed percentages do not bear a reasonable 
relation to the cost of the work.
    DFARS 236.570(c) prescribes use of the following solicitation 
provisions in solicitations for military construction contracts that 
are funded with military construction appropriations and are estimated 
to exceed $1,000,000:
    (1) The provision at DFARS 252.236-7010, Overseas Military 
Construction--Preference for United States Firms, which requires an 
offeror to specify whether or not it is a United States firm when 
contract performance will be in a United States outlying area in the 
Pacific or in a country bordering the Arabian Gulf.
    (2) The provision at DFARS 252.236-7012, Military Construction on 
Kwajalein Atoll--Evaluation Preference, requires an offeror to specify 
whether it is a United States firm, or on Kwajalein Atoll, status as a 
Marshallese firm, when contract performance is expected to exceed $1 
million and will be on Kwajalein Atoll.
    DoD Clearance Officer: Mr. Tucker Lucas. Requests for copies of the 
information collection proposal should be sent to Mr. Lucas at [email protected].

Jennifer D. Johnson,
Editor/Publisher, Defense Acquisition Regulations System.
[FR Doc. 2024-16575 Filed 7-26-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6001-FR-P