[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 24 (Friday, February 4, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 5493]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-2491]


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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED


Procurement List; Additions and Deletions

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

ACTION:  Additions to and Deletions from 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, and deletes from the Procurement List 
commodities and a service previously furnished by such agencies.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  March 6, 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 October 29, November 5, and December 10, 
17, and 27, 1999, the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind 
or Severely Disabled published notices (64 F.R. 58378, 60407, 69225, 
70694 and 72312) of proposed additions to and deletions from the 
Procurement List:

Additions

    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:

Base Supply Center and Operation of Individual Equipment Element 
StoreLangley Air Force Base, Virginia
Grounds Maintenance, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park 
Service, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Fort Mason, San 
Francisco, California
Janitorial/Custodial, U.S. Coast Guard, Vessel Traffic Service San 
Francisco, Yerba Buena Island, Building 278, San Francisco, 
California
Janitorial/Custodial for the following locations in Washington, 
DC:U.S. Customs Service, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW; Interstate 
Commerce Commission, 12th & Constitution Avenue, NW; Departmental 
Auditorium & Connecting Wing, 1201 Constitution Avenue, NW
Janitorial/Custodial, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, New 
York
Mailing Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
National Center for Infectious Diseases, Atlanta, Georgia
Operation of Individual Equipment Element Store, Altus Air Force 
Base, Oklahoma
Operation of Individual Equipment Element Store, Goodfellow Air 
Force Base, Texas

    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.

Deletions

    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 may not result in any additional reporting, 
recordkeeping or other compliance requirements for small entities.
    2. The action will not have a severe economic impact on future 
contractors for the commodities and service.
    3. The action may result in authorizing small entities to furnish 
the commodities and service 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 commodities and service deleted from the 
Procurement List.
    After consideration of the relevant matter presented, the Committee 
has determined that the commodities and service listed below are no 
longer suitable for procurement by the FederalGovernment under 41 
U.S.C. 46-48c and 41 CFR 51-2.4.
    Accordingly, the following commodities and service are hereby 
deleted from the Procurement List:

Commodities

Penetrating Fluid 6850-00-985-7180
    6850-00-508-0076
Water-Displacing Compound
    6850-00-142-9389
    6850-00-142-9409
Cleaning Compound, Rug and Upholstery
    7930-01-393-6760
Detergent, General Purpose
    7930-00-531-9715
    7930-00-531-9716
Dishwashing Compound, Hand
    7930-01-055-6136

Service

Base Supply Center, Fort McClellan, Alabama

Louis R. Bartalot,
Deputy Director (Operations).
[FR Doc. 00-2491 Filed 2-3-00; 8:45 am]
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