[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 23 (Friday, February 4, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 5964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-2203]


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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 is proposing to add to the Procurement List 
products and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing 
persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and to delete 
services previously furnished by such agencies.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before: March 6, 2005.

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 OR TO SUBMIT COMMENTS CONTACT: Sheryl D. 
Kennerly, telephone: (703) 603-7740, fax: (703) 603-0655, or e-mail 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#20534b454e4e45524c59604a574f440e474f56"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bac9d1dfd4d4dfc8d6c3fad0cdd5de94ddd5cc">[email protected]</span></a>.

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 proposed actions.

Additions

    If the Committee approves the proposed additions, the entities of 
the Federal Government identified in this notice for each product or 
service will be required to procure the products and services listed 
below from nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have 
other severe disabilities.

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification

    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. If approved, 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 
products and services to the Government.
    2. If approved, the action will result in authorizing small 
entities to furnish the products and 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 products 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.

End of Certification

    The following products and services are proposed for addition to 
Procurement List for production by the nonprofit agencies listed:

Products

Product/NSN: Can, Friction Top, 8110-00-178-8289, 8110-00-178-8290.
NPA: East Texas Lighthouse for the Blind, Tyler, Texas.
Contracting Activity: Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Services

Service Type/Location: Base Supply Center, Portsmouth Naval 
Shipyard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
NPA: Central Association for the Blind & Visually Impaired, Utica, 
New York.
Contracting Activity: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, New 
Hampshire.
Service Type/Location: Custodial Services, Howard M. Metzenbaum 
United States Courthouse, 201 West Superior Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio.

NPA: VGS, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Contracting Activity: GSA, PBS-5P, Chicago, Illinois.
Service Type/Location: Custodial Services, Naval Base Ventura 
County, Ventura, California.

NPA: PRIDE Industries, Inc., Roseville, California.
Contracting Activity: ROICC/Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu, 
California.
Service Type/Location: Janitorial/Custodial, Veterans Affairs 
Community Based Outpatient Clinic, 4440 Calle Real, Goleta, 
California.

NPA: Work Training Programs, Inc., Santa Barbara, California.
Contracting Activity: Veteran Integrated Service Network 22, Long 
Beach, California.

Deletions

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification

    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. If approved, the action may result in additional reporting, 
recordkeeping or other compliance requirements for small entities.
    2. If approved, the action may 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.

End of Certification

    The following services are proposed for deletion from the 
Procurement List:

Services

Service Type/Location: Disassembly of Recorders, U.S. Geological 
Survey, Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility, Stennis Space Center, 
Mississippi.
NPA: South Mississippi Regional Center, Long Beach, Mississippi.
Contracting Activity: Department of Interior, USGS, Reston, 
Virginia.
Service Type/Location: Janitorial/Custodial, U.S. Army Reserve 
Center, Hoyt Avenue, Binghamton, New York.
NPA: Sheltered Workshop for the Disabled, Inc., Binghamton, New 
York.
Contracting Activity: Department of the Army, Fort Drum, New York.
Service Type/Location: Rehabilitation of Recorder Covers, U.S. 
Geological Survey, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
NPA: South Mississippi Regional Center, Long Beach, Mississippi.
Contracting Activity: Department of Interior, USGS, Reston, 
Virginia.

G. John Heyer,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 05-2203 Filed 2-3-05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6353-01-P


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