[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 14 (Friday, January 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 3415]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1485]


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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED


Procurement List Additions

AGENCY:  Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely 
Disabled.

ACTION:  Additions to the Procurement List.

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SUMMARY:  This action adds to the Procurement List services to be 
furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have 
other severe disabilities.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  February 23, 2000.

ADDRESS:  Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely 
Disabled, Crystal Gateway 3, Suite 310, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, 
Arlington, Virginia 22202-4302.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Leon A. Wilson, Jr. (703) 603-7740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    On November 29 and December 10, 1999, the Committee for Purchase 
From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled published notices (64 FR 
69225 and 66611) of proposed additions to the Procurement List.

The Following Comments Pertain to Grounds Maintenance/Vegetation 
Control, Concord Naval Weapons Station, Concord, California

    Comments were received from the current contractor for this service 
in response to a request for sales data. The contractor indicated that 
losing this contract would have a severe adverse impact on the company 
because of the percentage of the company's total sales it represents 
and because the company would be unable to replace the lost revenue 
with a similar contract ``anytime soon.'' The percentage of the 
company's total sales which its contract for this service represents is 
well below the level which the Committee normally considers to 
constitute severe adverse impact on a company which loses a service to 
the Procurement List. In addition, the contractor's uncertainty about 
when it would be able to replace the lost revenue indicates that the 
possibility of mitigating the less than severe impact it will 
experience is not a remote one. Consequently, the Committee believes 
that addition of this service to the Procurement List will not have a 
severe adverse impact on the company.

The Following Material Pertains to the Two Services Being Added to 
the Procurement List:

    After consideration of the material presented to it concerning 
capability of qualified nonprofit agencies to provide the services and 
impact of the additions on the current or most recent contractors, the 
Committee has determined that the services listed below are suitable 
for procurement by the Federal Government under 41 U.S.C. 46-48c and 41 
CFR 51-2.4. I certify that the following action will not have a 
significant impact on a substantial number of small entities. The major 
factors considered for this certification were:
    1. The action will not result in any additional reporting, 
recordkeeping or other compliance requirements for small entities other 
than the small organizations that will furnish the services to the 
Government.
    2. The action will not have a severe economic impact on current 
contractors for the services.
    3. The action will result in authorizing small entities to furnish 
the services to the Government.
    4. There are no known regulatory alternatives which would 
accomplish the objectives of the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act (41 U.S.C. 
46--48c) in connection with the services proposed for addition to the 
Procurement List.
    Accordingly, the following services are hereby added to the 
Procurement List:
    Grounds Maintenance/Vegetation Control, Concord Naval Weapons 
Station, Concord, Calfornia.
    Janitorial/Grounds Maintenance, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory, Fort Pierce, Florida.
    This action does not affect current contracts awarded prior to the 
effective date of this addition or options that may be exercised under 
those contracts.

Louis R. Bartalot,
Deputy Director (Operations).
[FR Doc. 00-1485 Filed 1-20-00; 8:45 am]
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