# Information Collection; GSA Mentor Protégé Program and Preparation, Submission, and Negotiation of Subcontracting Plans
**AGENCY:**
Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration (GSA).
**ACTION:**
Notice of termination regarding an existing OMB clearance.
**SUMMARY:**
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat Division has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to terminate previously approved information collection requirements under OMB Control Number 3090-0252, Preparation, Submission, and Negotiation of Subcontracting Plans.
**DATES:**
Submit comments on or before February 25, 2019.
**ADDRESSES:**
Submit comments regarding the information collection to: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for GSA, Room 10236, NEOB, Washington, DC 20503. Additionally submit a copy to GSA by any of the following methods:
• Submit comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by searching the OMB control number. Select the link “Submit a Comment” that corresponds with “Information Collection; Preparation, Submission, and Negotiation of Subcontracting Plans”. Follow the instructions provided at the “Submit a Comment” screen. Please include your name, company name (if any), and “Information Collection; Preparation, Submission, and Negotiation of Subcontracting Plans” on your attached document.
• *Mail:* General Services Administration, Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20405, ATTN: Ms. Mandell/IC 3090-0286 and IC 3090-0252.
*Instructions:* Please submit comments only and cite “Information Collection; Preparation, Submission, and Negotiation of Subcontracting Plans”, in all correspondence related to this collection. Comments received generally will be posted without change to *http://www.regulations.gov,* including any personal and/or business confidential information provided. To confirm receipt of your comment(s), please check *www.regulations.gov,* approximately two to three days after submission to verify posting (except allow 30 days for posting of comments submitted by mail).
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Ms. Dana Bowman, General Services Acquisition Policy Division, GSA, by phone at 202-357-9652 or by email at *[email protected].*
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
**Purpose**
GSA no longer requires agency supplemental subcontracting plan information, as it is duplicative of the requirements in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clause 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan. Specifically, GSAR Section 519.708, Contract Clauses and associated provisions: 552.219-71, Notice to Offerors of Subcontracting Plan Requirements, 552.219-72, Preparation, Submission, and Negotiation of Subcontracting Plans, and 552.219-73, Goals for Subcontracting Plans have been removed.
Jeffrey A. Koses,
Director, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of Government-wide Policy.