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2. The action will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

service to the Government.

3. 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.

Comments on this certification are

invited. Commenters should identify the

statement(s) underlying the certification

on which they are providing additional

information.

The following service has been

proposed for addition to Procurement

List for production by the nonprofit

agency listed:

Janitorial/Custodial

USARC #1

East Point, Georgia

NPA: WORKTEC, Jonesboro, Georgia

Beverly L. Milkman,

Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 97–9404 Filed 4–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR

SEVERELY DISABLED

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 a service to be

furnished by nonprofit agencies

employing persons who are blind or

have other severe disabilities.

COMMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR

BEFORE: May 12, 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 service

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 service to the

Government.

2. The action does not appear to have

a severe economic impact on current

contractors for the commodities and

service.

3. The action will 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-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in

connection with the commodities and

service 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

service have been proposed for addition

to Procurement List for production by

the nonprofit agencies listed:

Commodities

Pen, Cushion Grip, Transparent

7520–01–424–4866

7520–01–424–4872

7520–01–424–4884

7520–01–424–4875

7520–01–424–4847

7520–01–424–4859

NPA: Alphapointe Association for the

Blind, Kansas City, Missouri.

Service

Administrative Services

Department of Health and Human

Services, Region 8

Denver, Colorado

NPA: Bayaud Industries, Inc., Denver,

Colorado

Beverly L. Milkman,

Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 97–9405 Filed 4–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR

SEVERELY DISABLED

Procurement List Addition

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From

People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled.

ACTION: Addition to the procurement

list.

SUMMARY: This action adds to the

Procurement List a service to be

furnished by nonprofit agencies

employing persons who are blind or

have other severe disabilities.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 12, 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: On August

23, 1996, the Committee for Purchase

From People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled published notice (61 F.R.

43523) of proposed addition to the

Procurement List. Comments were

received from a contractor whose

contract to perform this service was

terminated for default on March 19,

1997. The contractor suggested that loss

of this contract would have a severe

impact on its sales. The contractor also

asserted that this service was not

appropriate for people with severe

disabilities because the buildings are

not accessible to them, some of the work

involves high climbing and use of

hazardous materials, and the facility

experiences daily unscheduled

evacuations and venting of hazardous

substances. The contractor attached

letters from eight persons familiar with

the facility to support its contentions.

The contractor claimed that addition of

this service to the Procurement List

would put a lot of people with families

out of jobs, and that many of these

people are from socially disadvantaged

groups.

The contractor was terminated for

default after it informed the Government

contracting activity that it was

terminating its employees immediately,

having failed to pay them because the

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is

enforcing a levy for long-term failure by

the contractor to pay employment taxes.

IRS has also seized the vehicles the

contractor used to perform the service.

A debarment of the contractor for

Service Contract Act violations is

pending final review at the Department

of Labor. The Government contracting
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activity determined the contractor

nonresponsible for extensions of its

contract to perform the service, shortly

before the contractor’s actions made the

default termination necessary.

By its own actions, the contractor lost

its contract to perform this janitorial

service and has excluded itself from

future contracts. Consequently, the

Committee has concluded that the

addition of the service to the

Procurement List will not be the cause

of any severe adverse impact on the

contractor. Similarly, loss of jobs for the

contractor’s employees has occurred

because of the contractor’s actions, not

the Committee’s.

Most of the concerns over capability

of people with severe disabilities to

perform the janitorial service relate to

special areas called ‘‘clean rooms,’’

which have been removed from the

contract requirements for the service as

it will be performed by the nonprofit

agency. In addition, the nonprofit

agency is experienced in performing

services at the same and a neighboring

Government installation, in buildings

which are no more accessible to people

with severe disabilities than those

involved in this janitorial service. Many

people with severe disabilities have the

agility and other abilities required to

work safely on this service.

Accordingly, the Committee has

concluded that the nonprofit agency is

capable of performing the service.

After consideration of the material

presented to it concerning capability of

qualified nonprofit agencies to provide

the service and impact of the addition

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

Cape Canaveral Air Station and

Annexes

Cape Canaveral, 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.

Beverly L. Milkman,

Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 97–9406 Filed 4–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P

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.

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: May 12, 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: On

January 31, February 14 and 21, 1997

the Committee for Purchase From

People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled published notices (62 F.R.

4721, 6946 and 8003) of proposed

additions 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-WagnerO’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:

Janitorial/Custodial, Naval Reserve

Center, Kearny, New Jersey

Janitorial/Guard Service, VA Outpatient

Clinic, Brighton, New York

Switchboard Operation, Holloman Air

Force Base, New Mexico

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. 97–9407 Filed 4–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR

SEVERELY DISABLED

Procurement List Addition

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From

People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled.

ACTION: Addition to the Procurement

List.

SUMMARY: This action adds to the

Procurement List a commodity to be

furnished by nonprofit agencies

employing persons who are blind or

have other severe disabilities.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 12, 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: On

February 7, 1997, the Committee for

Purchase From People Who Are Blind

or Severely Disabled published notice

(62 FR 5797) of proposed addition to the

Procurement List. Comments were

received from the most recent

contractor, whose contract was awarded

in 1994. The contractor indicated that it