[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 209 (Friday, October 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 64420]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-27682]


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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED


Procurement List; Proposed Additions and Deletions

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

ACTION: Proposed additions to and deletions from Procurement List.

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SUMMARY: The Committee has received proposal(s) to add to the 
Procurement List services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies 
employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and 
to delete commodities previously furnished by such agencies.

COMMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR BEFORE:  November 27, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely 
Disabled, Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800, 1421 Jefferson Davis Highway, 
Arlington, Virginia 22202-3259.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Louis R. Bartalot (703) 603-7740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published pursuant to 41 
U.S.C. 47(a)(2) and 41 CFR 51-2.3. Its purpose is to provide interested 
persons an opportunity to submit comments on the possible impact of the 
proposed actions.

Additions

    If the Committee approves the proposed addition, all entities of 
the Federal Government (except as otherwise indicated) will be required 
to procure the services listed below from nonprofit agencies employing 
persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
    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 result in authorizing small entities to furnish 
the services to the Government.
    3. 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. Comments on this certification are invited. 
Commenters should identify the statement(s) underlying the 
certification on which they are providing additional information. The 
following services have been proposed for addition to Procurement List 
for production by the nonprofit agencies listed:

ADA Compliance Investigator, Department of Transportation, Maritime 
Administration Headquarters, 400 7th Street, SW, Washington, DC
NPA: Federal Dispute Resolution Center, Alexandria, Virginia

Administrative Services, General Services Administration, Public 
Building Service Property Development Division, 230 S. Dearborn 
Street, Chicago, Illinois
NPA: The Chicago Lighthouse for People who are Blind or Visually 
Impaired, Chicago, Illinois

Administrative Services, U.S. Department of Commerce, National 
Weather Service NOAA, National Reconditioning Center, Kansas City, 
Missouri
NPA: Alphapointe Association for the Blind, Kansas City, Missouri

General Records Management Support, Corpus Christi Army Depot, 
Corpus Christi, Texas
NPA: South Texas Lighthouse for the Blind, Corpus Christi, Texas

Medical Transcription, Bureau of Prisons, Federal Medical Center, 
Lexington, Kentucky
NPA: The Lighthouse of Houston, Houston, Texas

Temporary Administrative General Support Services, National 
Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
NPA: Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind, Washington, DC

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 will not result in any additional reporting, 
recordkeeping or other compliance requirements for small entities.
    2. The action will result in authorizing small entities to furnish 
the services to the Government.
    3. 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 deletion from the 
Procurement List.
    The following commodities have been proposed for deletion from the 
Procurement List:

Arming Wire Assembly

1325-01-155-9965
1325-01-264-5465
1325-00-947-6698

Arming Wire

1350-00-889-8165

Louis R. Bartalot,
Deputy Director (Operations).
[FR Doc. 00-27682 Filed 10-26-00; 8:45 am]
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