Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 45 / Friday, March 7, 1997 / Notices 10519

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

December 30, 1996, the Committee for

Purchase From People Who Are Blind

or Severely Disabled published notice

(61 FR 68706) of proposed addition to

the Procurement List. Comments were

received from counsel for the previous

contractor for this service, which was

the current contractor at the time the

service was proposed for addition to the

Procurement List. The contractor

claimed that loss of the contract was

potentially devastating, and asked that

an impact analysis be done by the

Committee on the basis of the

information the contractor had

submitted.

Until a year ago, the service was

performed by Government personnel.

The contracting activity for this service

has informed the Committee that if the

service is not added to the Procurement

List at this time, it will be placed with

the Small Business Administration

(SBA)’s 8(a) Program. The contracting

office also furnished a letter from the

regional SBA office requesting it to

begin negotiations with a designated

8(a) firm to perform the service. Because

the service will not be competitively

procured in the future regardless of

whether or not the Committee adds it to

the Procurement List, the commenting

contractor will not be eligible to provide

it. Consequently, the Committee has

concluded that addition of the service to

the Procurement List will not be the

cause of any adverse impact the

contractor may suffer.

After consideration of the material

presented to it concerning capability of

qualified nonprofit agencies to provide

the service and impact of the additions

on the current or most recent

contractors, the Committee has

determined that the service listed below

is 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

service to the Government.

2. The action will not have a severe

economic impact on current contractors

for the service.

3. The action will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

service to the Government.

4. There are no known regulatory

alternatives which would accomplish

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in

connection with the service proposed

for addition to the Procurement List.

Accordingly, the following service is

hereby added to the Procurement List:

Janitorial/Custodial, Richmond (Hunter

Holmes McGuire) VAMC, Richmond,

Virginia

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.

Beverly L. Milkman,

Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 97–5688 Filed 3–6–97; 8:45 am]

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Procurement List; Proposed Additions

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From

People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled.

ACTION: Proposed additions to

procurement list.

SUMMARY: The Committee has received

proposals to add to the Procurement List

commodities and services to be

furnished by nonprofit agencies

employing persons who are blind or

have other severe disabilities.

COMMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR

BEFORE: April 7, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase

From People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled, Crystal Square 3, Suite 403,

1735 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, Virginia 22202–3461.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beverly Milkman (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.

If the Committee approves the

proposed additions, all entities of the

Federal Government (except as

otherwise indicated) will be required to

procure the commodities and 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

commodities and services to the

Government.

2. The action does not appear to have

a severe adverse impact on current

contractors for the commodities and

services.

3. The action will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

commodities and services to the

Government.

4. There are no known regulatory

alternatives which would accomplish

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in

connection with the commodities and

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 commodities and

services have been proposed for

addition to Procurement List for

production by the nonprofit agencies

listed:

Commodities

Office and Miscellaneous Supplies

(Requirements for Brooks Air Force Base,

Texas)

NPA: San Antonio Lighthouse, San

Antonio, Texas

Office and Miscellaneous Supplies

(Requirements for the Defense Supply

Service—Washington, Arlington, Virginia at

the following locations: Park Center #4, 4501

Ford Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia; Skyline

#3, 5109 Leesburg Pike, Alexandria, Virginia;

Rosslyn, 1401 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington,

Virginia)

NPA: Virginia Industries for the Blind,

Richmond, Virginia

Cover, Helmet, Reversible

8415–00–NIB–0064

(Requirements for the U.S. Army Soldiers

Systems Command, Natick, Massachusetts)

NPA: Lions Volunteer Blind Industries,

Inc., Morristown, Tennessee

Services

Janitorial/Custodial

Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona

NPA: J. P. Industries, Tucson, Arizona

Janitorial/Custodial

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center,

Greenbelt, Maryland

NPA: Melwood Horticultural Training

Center, Upper Marlboro, Maryland

Beverly L. Milkman,

Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 97–5689 Filed 3–6–97; 8:45 am]

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