Federal contractors will soon have access to a new governmentwide electronic subcontracting report system (eSRS) that will relieve them from having to file paper submissions and standardized forms updating their progress in meeting small business subcontracting goals.  The new reporting system was rolled out to industry representatives June 30 and is expected to be in full use by Oct. 1, 2005, the start of the 2006 fiscal year.  Civilian agency contractors will probably begin using the system this summer while for DOD contractors the goal is to deploy the new system in time for reporting FY 2005 contracts.

The new Web-based system for entering the data is expected to eliminate the numerous subcontracting reports filed manually.  The system will require contractors to file electronically the information they now include on SF 294, Subcontracting Report for Individual Contracts and SF 295, Summary Contract Report.  The new system is expected to appeal to contractors with features such as electronic information input and extraction, electronic interface with current systems, measurements of progress in meeting subcontracting goals, notification regarding failure to file timely reports, links to facilitate reporting of subcontracting data at lower tiers and breakdowns of subcontracting data down to the buying level.  Find information about eSRS at “www.esrs.org .”

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