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Walke, (202) 416–0847, Cable Services

Bureau.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is

Public Notice, DA 95–665, in Common

Carrier Docket 87–266: Telephone

Company-Cable Television CrossOwnership Rules, Sections 63.54–63.58,

released April 3, 1995. The complete

text of this Public Notice is available for

inspection and copying, Monday

through Friday, 9:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m., in

the FCC Reference Room (Room 239),

1919 M Street NW., Washington, D.C.

20554. The complete text of the Public

Notice may also be purchased from the

Commission’s copy contractor,

International Transcription Services,

2100 M Street NW., Suite 140,

Washington D.C. 20037, (202) 857–3800.

Supplemental Comments Sought on

Possible Grant of Blanket Section 214

Authorization

Released: April 3, 1995.

As announced on March 17, 1995, any

telephone company against whom the

Commission is not enforcing the cable

television/telephone company crossownership ban need not obtain a waiver

of the ban from the Commission in order

to construct or acquire a cable television

system within its local service area. See

Public Notice, DA 95–520, March 17,

1995; and Correction, DA 95–722, April

3, 1995. See also 47 U.S.C. 533(b). A

telephone company must, however,

continue to obtain from the Commission

a certificate of public convenience and

necessity under Section 214 of the

Communications Act before

constructing or acquiring a cable

television system within its local service

area. See C.F.R. §§ 63.01, 63.08, and

63.09. See generally General Telephone

Company of the Southwest v. United

States, 449 F.2d 846 (5th Cir. 1971).

This Public Notice seeks

supplemental comments to assist the

Commission in reviewing the record in

response to the Fourth Further Notice of

Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 95–20, CC

Docket No. 87–266 (released January 20,

1995) (60 FR 8996, February 16, 1995).

By this Public Notice, the Common

Carrier Bureau and the Cable Services

Bureau seek supplemental comment on

whether any telephone company against

whom the Commission is not enforcing

the cable television/telephone company

cross-ownership ban should be granted

blanket Section 214 authorization to

construct or acquire a cable television

system within its local service area, and,

if so, how the relevant rules should be

amended. The Bureaus also seek

supplemental comment on whether

such blanket Section 214 authorization

should apply both when the cable

television facility is used also to provide

telephone services, and when the

facility is used to provide only cable

television services. Furthermore,

comment is sought on what, if any,

other circumstances warrant granting

consideration of such blanket Section

214 authorization when a telephone

company provides video programming

in its service area, on any other methods

for streamlining the Section 214

applications process, and on how the

relevant rules should be amended. See,

e.g., Blanket Section 214 Authorization

for Provision by a Telephone Common

Carrier of Lines for its Cable Television

and Other Non-Common Carrier

Services Outside its Telephone Service

Area, 49 FR. 21333 (1984). While

comments may already have been filed

on these issues, we believe that the

record would be enhanced by providing

an opportunity for supplemental

comment.

Pursuant to applicable procedures set

forth in Sections 1.415 and 1.419 of the

Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. 1.415 and

1.419, inserted parties may file

comments on or before April 21, 1995

and reply comments on or before May

1, 1995. To file formally in this

proceeding, parties must file an original

and four copies of all comments, reply

comments, and supporting comments.

Parties wanting each Commissioner to

receive a personal copy of their

comments must file an original plus

nine copies. Comments and reply

comments should be sent to the Office

of the Secretary, Federal

Communications Commission,

Washington, D.C. 20554. In addition,

parties should file two copies of any

such pleadings, one with the Policy and

Program Planning Division, Common

Carrier Bureau, Room 544, 1919 M

Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20554,

and the other with the Policy and Rules

Division, Cable Services Bureau, Room

408C, 2033 M Street, N.W., Washington,

D.C. 20554. Parties should also file one

copy of any documents filed in this

docket with the Commission’s copy

contractor, International Transcription

Services, Inc. (ITS, Inc.), 2100 M Street,

N.W., Suite 140, Washington, D.C.

20037 (202/857–3800). Comments and

reply comments will be available for

public inspection regular business hours

in the FCC Reference Center, Room 239,

1919 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

By the Chief, Common Carrier Bureau,

and Chief, Cable Services Bureau.

For further information contact:

Mindy J. Ginsburg (202) 418–1580

(Common Carrier Bureau) or Larry

Walke (202) 416–0800 (Cable Services

Bureau).

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–8701 Filed 4–6–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–M

GENERAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

48 CFR Chapter 5

RIN 3090–AF68

Implementation Plan for Section 1555

of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining

Act of 1994; Cooperative Purchasing

AGENCY: Office of Acquisition Policy,

GSA.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The General Services

Administration (GSA) requests

comments on its proposed plan for

implementing Section 1555 of the

Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of

1994 (Pub. L. 103–355) which deals

with Cooperative Purchasing. GSA is

particularly interested in receiving

comments on the level of interest on the

part of State and local governments in

using Federal supply schedules and in

identifying the schedules which are of

greatest interest. Any comments on or

suggestions regarding the determination

not to make FSC 65 I B, Drugs and

pharmaceutical products and FSC 65

VII, Medical equipment and supplies

available for use by non-Federal users or

other aspects of the proposed

implementation plan are also welcome.

Section 1555 amends subsection (b) of

section 201 of the Federal Property and

Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40

U.S.C. 481) to authorize the

Administrator of General Services to

provide for use of Federal supply

schedules of the GSA upon request by

a State, any department or agency of a

State, and any political subdivision of a

State, including a local government, the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the

government of an Indian tribe (as

defined in section 4(e) of the Indian selfdetermined and Education Assistance

Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)). The

Administrator is also authorized to

require the authorized entities to

reimburse the Federal Government for

any administrative costs of using the

schedules.

DATES: Comments on the proposed

implementation plan shall be submitted

June 6, 1995, to be considered in the

formulation of the final implementation

plan.
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ADDRESSES: Interested parties should

submit written comments to Ms.

Marjorie Ashby, General Services

Administration, Office of GSA

Acquisition Policy, 18th and F Streets

N.W., Washington, DC 20405.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Les Davison, Office of GSA

Acquisition Policy, (202) 501–1224.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Proposed Cooperative Purchasing

Program Implementation Plan

1. Purpose. This plan outlines the

General Services Administration’s plan

for implementing Section 1555 of the

Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of

1994 (Pub. L. 103–355) which

authorizes cooperative purchasing.

2. Background. Section 1555 amends

subsection (b) of section 201 of the

Federal Property and Administrative

Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 481) to

authorize the Administrator of General

Services to provide for use of Federal

supply schedules of the GSA upon

request by a State, any department or

agency of a State, and any political

subdivision of a State, including a local

government, the Commonwealth of

Puerto Rico, and the government of an

Indian Tribe (as defined in section 4(e)

of the Indian self-determination and

Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C.

450b(e)). The Administrator is also

authorized to require the authorized

entities to reimburse the Federal

Government for any administrative costs

of using the schedules.

The Federal supply schedule

program, which is directed and

managed by GSA, provides Federal

agencies with a simplified process of

acquiring commonly used supplies and

services in varying quantities while

obtaining discounts associated with

volume buying. Using competitive

procedures, indefinite delivery contracts

are awarded under the program to

commercial firms to provide supplies

and services at stated prices for given

periods of time. The contracting office

makes publications entitled Federal

supply schedules available in either

printed or electronic form. These

schedules contain the information

needed by ordering activities for

obtaining catalogs and price lists from

contractors and placing orders with the

contractors. Contractors publish and

distribute contract pricelists to ordering

activities that contain detailed

marketing information regarding the

products or services offered by the

contractor, ordering information,

service, warranties, etc. Under the

schedules program, ordering activities

issue delivery orders directly to the

contractors, receive shipments, and

provide contract administration on their

individual orders. Although GSA

awards most Federal supply schedule

contracts, GSA may authorize other

agencies to award schedule contracts

and publish schedules; e.g., the

Department of Veterans Affairs awards

schedule contracts for certain medical

and non-perishable subsistence items.

3. Definition. ‘‘Federal supply

schedule’’, as used in this plan, means

both single award and multiple award

schedules awarded by GSA’s Federal

Supply Service and Information

Technology Service as well as schedules

awarded by other Federal agencies

pursuant to a delegation of authority

from GSA (e.g., Department of Veterans

Affairs).

4. Description of various types of

schedules.

a. Single-award schedules. These

schedules cover specific products at

stated prices under contracts with one

supplier for delivery to a geographical

area as defined in the schedule. The

majority of items included in this type

of schedule are commercial items

described by Federal specifications or

Commercial Item Descriptions. Most of

these schedules contain all information

necessary for placing orders. Some

specify that contractors prepare

brochures containing additional

ordering information, usually dealing

with choices of fabric, colors, and

similar variables.

b. Multiple-award schedules. These

schedules cover contracts awarded to

more than one supplier for the same

generic types of supplies or services at

varying prices, terms and conditions for

delivery directly to the ordering activity.

Schedule users are provided the

opportunity to fill their requirements

with the item having the features which

meet their needs and that represents the

best value at the lowest overall cost.

Many of the schedules are established

for a multi-year period. All multiple

award schedule contractors are required

to prepare and distribute catalogs/price

lists which must be used with the

schedule when preparing orders.

Multiple award schedules are

awarded in accordance with the

Competition in Contracting Act and are

competitive in that participation in the

program has been open to all

responsible sources. Orders are placed

under contracts using procedures

designed to result in the acquisition of

the lowest overall cost alternative to

meet the users needs.

5. Supplies and services available

through Federal supply schedule

program. A wide variety of commercial

items are available on Federal supply

schedules. Federal agencies place

approximately 1.9 million orders valued

at approximately $5.4 billion under

approximately 7,000 schedule contracts

each year. While many of the largest

corporations hold schedule contracts, 75

percent of the schedule contracts are

with small business concerns. Exhibit 1

provides a listing which identifies

current Federal supply schedules and

states whether the schedule is a single

or multiple award schedule.

6. Policy. The General Services

Administration intends to make

schedules (except FSC 65 I B, Drugs and

pharmaceutical products and FSC 65

VII, Medical equipment and supplies—

invitro diagnostic substances, reagents,

test kits and sets) available for use by a

State, any department or agency of a

State, and any political subdivision of a

State, including a local government, the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the

government of an Indian tribe (as

defined in section 4(e) of the Indian

Self-Determination and Education

Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)) upon

their request unless a determination is

made by the Contracting Officer

responsible for the applicable schedule

that it is not appropriate to do so.

Schedule contracts will only be

established to meet the needs of Federal

agencies. To the extent that eligible nonFederal users have a need for the same

items or services, they will be

authorized to use the schedule

contracts. Individual schedule

contractors will be able to elect whether

or not to make the products or services

on schedule available to non-Federal

users such as State and local

governments.

The Administrator of General Services

has made a determination that it would

not be in the interest of the Federal

Government to make FSC 65 I B, Drugs

and pharmaceutical products and FSC

65 VII, Medical equipment and

supplies—invitro diagnostic substances,

reagents, test kits and sets, available for

use by non-Federal users. Certain

unique statutory requirements (Pub. L.

102–585, Veterans Health Care Act of

1992) impacting the pricing and

availability of products apply to FSC 65

I B and FSC 65 VII. These unique

statutory requirements when combined

with the cooperative purchasing

provisions would have the unintended

effect of increasing costs to the Federal

users of the schedules. Therefore, these

schedules will not be made available to

non-Federal users.

7. Procedure for requesting

authorization to use Federal supply

schedules. GSA will ask each State and

the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to

establish a point of contact for local
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governments to work through in

requesting authorization to use schedule

contracts. This contact will serve as a

clearinghouse to verify that the entity

making the request is indeed either a

department or agency of the State or

Commonwealth or a political

subdivision of the State (including local

governments) or Commonwealth. GSA

will use the list of entities recognized

and eligible for funding and services

from the Bureau of Indian Affairs which

is published pursuant to 25 CFR part 83

to confirm eligibility of Indian tribes for

purposes of providing authorization to

use schedule contracts. (See 58 FR

54364–54369, October 21, 1993, for the

list of entities.)

8. Conditions for use of Federal

supply schedules. Organizations that are

authorized to use schedule contracts

will be required to agree to comply with

all terms and conditions of the

applicable schedule contract.

9. Ordering. Initially, authorized

ordering activities will place orders

directly with schedule contractors in

accordance with ordering instructions

provided in the schedule. In the future

(within the next 3–5 years), GSA

envisions all ordering activities,

including State and local governments,

placing orders electronically through an

on-line system that will provide an

electronic catalog of available products

and prices and permit schedule users to

actually place orders once they have

selected the item(s) to be acquired. GSA

will then electronically transmit the

orders to schedule contracts with direct

delivery of the items to the ordering

activity.

10. Standard terms and conditions of

Federal supply schedule contracts. GSA

does not intend to establish special

terms and conditions for individual

States or local governments. The terms

and conditions currently used in

schedule contracts will only be revised

to the extent necessary to recognize the

potential for State and local

governments, the Commonwealth of

Puerto Rico and Indian tribes to use the

schedule contracts. Use of schedule

contracts will be optional for eligible

non-Federal users. Interested parties

may obtain a copy of typical terms and

conditions included in schedule

contracts by contacting the Office of

GSA Acquisition Policy on (202) 501–

1224 or submitting a written request to

the address identified above. In

addition, ordering activities should note

that there may be some variations

among the terms and conditions of

different schedule contracts, to address

concerns or issues that are unique to a

particular schedule or an individual

contract.

11. Disputes. All contracts under

GSA’s schedule program are subject to

the Contract Disputes Act of 1978.

Therefore, any disputes regarding orders

placed by non-Federal entities will

ultimately have to be resolved and/or

litigated by the Federal agency awarding

the schedule contract. In order to

promote resolution of disputes early and

without litigation, GSA intends to

include a provision in schedule

contracts that will require authorized

ordering activities to agree to (a) attempt

to use Alternative Dispute Resolution

(ADR) procedures to resolve disputes

with schedule contractors before

referring the matter to the responsible

Schedule Contracting Officer for

issuance of a final decision which may

be appealed to either the GSA Board of

Contract Appeals or the U.S. Court of

Federal Claims, (b) reimburse the GSA

for any payments made on behalf of

authorized users, whether by settlement

agreement or by judgment, and (c) setoff against other Federal funds due to

the non-federal entity to reimburse GSA

for payments made to the permanent

indefinite judgment fund.

Should GSA, for whatever reason,

find itself in a position where a nonFederal entity will not pay GSA, GSA

has additional controls. The first such

control is the right of setoff. GSA would

issue several demand letters to the nonFederal entity. If the entity refuses to

pay GSA after the demand letters GSA

would forward the matter to its finance

office which would determine if GSA

had other assets owing to the nonFederal entity. If so, GSA would offset

the other amounts owed to the entity. If

GSA did not have other funds owing to

the non-Federal entity GSA would

request other Federal entities to offset

the amount owed GSA from the amount,

for example, at the Department of

Transportation (DOT) would owe the

non-Federal entity. If the other agency,

i.e., DOT was not willing to offset such

funds, GSA could request that the

General Accounting Office (GAO) look

into the matter to determine whether

GSA is correct and GAO would direct

the Treasury Department’s Financial

Management Service to reprogram the

funds accordingly.

If setoff is not a viable option, GSA

will require, as a condition of a nonFederal entity’s use of the schedule

program, that the non-Federal entity

agree to reimburse GSA for losses

incurred by the entity or its subordinate

entities. The effect of this agreement

would be that the entity would in effect

‘‘confess judgment’’ for any amounts

found by our Board of Contract Appeals

(or the Court of Federal Claims or a

settlement agreement) to be owing a

contractor, including the cost of

litigation. GSA would then press a

collection action in state court based

upon its agreement with the nonFederal plus the relevant board or court

decision or settlement agreement.

Pursuit of a collection/indemnification

action in the State Claims Court would

be performed by attorneys from the U.S.

Department of Justice, or by GSA

counsel, properly appointed as special

assistants under the authority of 28

U.S.C. 515 and 543.

Both setoff and the ‘‘confessed

judgment’’ arrangement would require

that GSA have an agreement with the

non-Federal entity to reimburse GSA for

any costs incurred by GSA in trying,

settling, or defending a case brought

against GSA for breach of the terms of

the schedule contract (such as payment

of the contractor) caused by the nonFederal entity.

12. Administrative fee for use of

Schedules. The Federal Acquisition

Streamlining Act of 1994 authorizes the

Administrator of GSA to require the

authorized non-federal users of the

schedule contracts reimburse GSA for

any administrative cost for using the

schedules. GSA is in the process of

converting the Federal Supply Schedule

Program which is currently funded

through Congressional appropriations to

an industrially funded operation. GSA

will be converting all schedules to a full

cost recovery program within the next 3

years. As schedules are converted to

industrial funding the contracts will

provide for recovery of an

administrative charge or industrial

funding fee. Schedule contractors price

lists will reflect the administrative fee.

13. Providing information on

Cooperative Purchasing and on use of

Federal supply schedules. GSA will

make information available for State and

local governments interested in

Cooperative Purchasing, and will work

with professional associations to ensure

widespread dissemination of that

information. Training classes at the GSA

Interagency Training Center will be

available for employees of State and

local governments to learn more about

the GSA schedule program.

14. Implementation dates. Necessary

changes in the GSA Acquisition

Regulations (48 CFR Chapter 5)

regarding the award of schedule

contracts will also be made after notice

and public comment. Existing schedule

contracts will only be modified by

mutual agreement of the parties to

permit state and local governments and

other authorized entities to begin

placing orders. The necessary changes

will be made and implementing

regulations will be in place no later than
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October 1, 1995, and may be issued

earlier. GSA is also considering a

phased implementation process which

would bring the newly authorized nonFederal users on in stages. This will

allow GSA to better manage the process

to ensure a smooth transition for both

schedule contractors and for the newly

authorized users. GSA would welcome

comments and/or suggestions on

approaches to phasing the

implementation process.

Dated: February 28, 1995.

Ida M. Ustad,

Associate Administrator for Acquisition

Policy.

EXHIBIT 1

Schedule identification Schedule title Type of schedule

19 I Small craft and marine equipment and floating marine barriers—boats, motors, and accessories ... Multiple Award.

26 II A Pneumatic highway tires, new and retread—passenger, emergency/pursuit, light truck, truck-bus .. Single Award.

32 & 34 Woodworking and metalworking machinery and equipment—electric ................................................ Multiple Award.

36 II Special industry machinery—lithographic printing plates, solutions and masters; printing, duplicating, and book-binding equipment; pulverizing, pulping, and shredding machines.Multiple Award.

36 IV Special Industry Machinery—copying equipment, supplies and services .......................................... Multiple Award.

37 II A Lawn and garden equipment & cattle guards—lawn mowers, shredders, edgers, trimmers,

rototillers, broadcasters, spreaders, sprayers, vacuums, sweepers, tractors, snow blowers/snow

throwers, accessories, cattle guards.

Multiple Award.

38 I A Road maintenance—clearing and cleaning equipment ....................................................................... Multiple Award.

39 II A Material handling equipment—conveyors, hand-lift trucks and carts, warehouse trucks and tractors, pallets and pallet stacking frames.Multiple Award.

39 II B Material handling equipment—forklifts: electric, gasoline, diesel ........................................................ Multiple Award.

42 I B Fire fighting and rescue equipment—urban and wild land ................................................................. Multiple Award.

42 IV Fire fighting vehicles and waste disposal vehicles ............................................................................. Multiple Award.

49 I B Maintenance and repair shop equipment—motor vehicle and miscellaneous maintenance and specialized repair shop equipment.Multiple Award.

49 II Maintenance and repair shop equipment—cleaning equipment ......................................................... Multiple Award.

54 II A Scaffolding, work and service platforms .............................................................................................. Multiple Award.

56 IV A Construction and building materials—stripdoors, wall covering, roof coverings, and storm windows Multiple Award.

58 III B Communications equipment—recording and reproducing video and audio equipment purchase, repair parts and repair service.Multiple Award.

58 V A ADP/telecommunications media supplies—video and audio recording tape, electronic data tape,

magnetic cards, cassettes and cartridges, diskettes, disk packs, and disk cartridges.

Multiple Award.

58 VI & VII Telephone equipment, videoconferencing equipment, facsimile equipment, pagers, non-tactical

two-way radio transmitters, radio receivers and antennas.

Multiple Award.

58 IX Telecommunications equipment—telemetry, underwater sound radar (except airborne), visible and

invisible light communications, signal data, night vision.

Multiple Award.

61 III Batteries—dry cell and heavy duty electric storage, stationary, marine, railway, alkaline, and nickle

cadmium.

Multiple Award.

61 V A Portable generators and generator sets, electrical power and distribution equipment load banks

and load bank accessories.

Multiple Award.

61 V B Power and distribution equipment—non-rotating battery chargers, and surge suppression devices Multiple Award.

62 I Lighting fixtures and lamps—household and quarters use ................................................................. Multiple Award.

62 II Energy efficient products—lighting sensors (switches), solar electric power systems, fluorescent

lighting fixtures, lighting reflectors, lighting louvers, and lighting ballasts.

Multiple Award.

63 I Alarm and signal systems/facility management systems—miscellaneous alarms and systems, facility management/energy management systems.Multiple Award.

65 I B Drugs and Pharmaceutical products ................................................................................................... Multiple Award.

65 I C Antiseptic liquid skin cleansing detergents & soaps ........................................................................... Multiple Award.

65 II B Medical and veterinary equipment—supplies surgical instruments and supplies ............................... Multiple Award.

65 II C Dental equipment and supplies—operator and laboratory .................................................................. Multiple Award.

65 II D Medical equipment and supplies—medical equipment supplies, and replacement parts .................. Multiple Award.

65 II E Mecical equipment—pacemakers and related analyzing systems ..................................................... Multiple Award.

65 II F Medical equipment and supplies—wheel-chairs, manual (including sports) and powered; motorized

three-wheeled scooters.

Multiple Award.

65 III A Medical equipment and supplies—soap, stretcher, and sphygmomanometers ................................. Single Award.

65 V A Medical X-ray equipment supplies—including medical and dental x-ray film ..................................... Multiple Award.

65 VII Medical equipment and supplies—invitro diagnostic substances, reagents, test kits and sets ......... Multiple Award.

65 IX Chemical and chemical products—bulk oxygen ................................................................................. Single Award.

65 II A Laboratory instruments and equipment ............................................................................................... Multiple Award.

66 II B Instruments and laboratory supplies—glass, plastic, ceramic, metal and other laboratory ware;

support apparatus; laboratory distillation and demineralization apparatus, waste solvent recovery systems; tissue culture apparatus.

Multiple Award.

66 II C Clinical and biological equipment—microscopes, centrifuges, PH meters, microtomes, stirrers,

titrators/titration systems.

Multiple Award.

65 II E Instruments and laboratory equipment—laboratory balances, precision scales and accessories ..... Multiple Award.

66 II G Instruments and laboratory equipment—graphic recording instruments ............................................ Multiple Award.

66 II H Instruments and laboratory equipment—electrical and electronic components and test equipment . Multiple Award.

66 II J Instruments and laboratory equipment—electronic signal, communication, and component test and

analysis instruments (oscilloscopes, analyzers, generators, testers, counters, meters and

bridges).

Multiple Award.
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EXHIBIT 1—Continued

Schedule identification Schedule title Type of schedule

66 II L Instruments and laboratory equipment—transducers; transducer amplifiers, and panel meters;

temperature/heat instruments; material and machine (vibration) testing equipment; cable/pipe locators; and accessories.

Multiple Award.

66 II M Instruments and laboratory equipment—spectrophotometers, spectrometers, densito-meters, liquid

scintillation systems, multichannel pulse height analyzers, photo-meter, and polarograph analysis equipment, various options/accessories and maintenance and repair service.

Multiple Award.

66 II N Instruments and laboratory equipment—analyzers, chromatographs, colony counters, blood analysis systems, dilutors, pipettes, electrophoresis equipment, and image analysis systems.Multiple Award.

66 II O Instruments and laboratory equipment—animal cages, bath, dryers (glassware), environmental

and plant growth chambers, freeze drying equipment, fume hoods, furnaces, incubators, membrane bacterial filter, ovens, pumps, refrigerators and freezers, sterilizers, thermoneters, washers.

Multiple Award.

66 II P Laboratory/pharmacy furniture ............................................................................................................. Multiple Award.

66 II Q Instruments and laboratory equipment—environmental analysis equipment, oceanographic, weather and water quality.Multiple Award.

66 II R Instruments and laboratory equipment—environmental analysis, pollution control, air hazard detecting equipment; liquid or gas flow/level and water velocity measuring instruments and accessories.Multiple Award.

66 II T Biological safety cabinets—vertical, laminar airflow cabinetry ............................................................ Multiple Award.

66 III Cost per test—clinical analyzers, laboratory, chemistry, hematology, coagulation urinalysis, microbiology.Multiple Award.

67 II & III Photographic equipment and supplies—camera, projectors, developing and finishing equipment,

rear screen projectors, photographic paper and miscellaneous supplies.

Multiple Award.

67 IV B Microphotograph equipment and supplies—cameras, projectors, and printers, developing and duplicating equipment, and chemicals, film, and paper.Multiple Award.

68 I A Chemical and chemical products—calcium chloride, deicing compounds, sodium chloride and bulk

sodium chloride.

Single Award.

68 III C Chemical and chemical products—dry ice .......................................................................................... Single Award.

68 III D Chemical and chemical products—propane ........................................................................................ Single Award.

68 III E Chemical and chemical products—sulphur hexaflouride .................................................................... Single Award.

68 III F Chemical and chemical products—refrigerant fluorocarbons ............................................................. Single Award.

68 III G Chemical and chemical products—helium .......................................................................................... Single Award.

68 III K Chemical and chemical products—oxygen: aviator’s breathing ......................................................... Single Award.

68 III L Chemical and chemical products—industrial gases in high pressure cylinders ................................. Single Award.

68 III M Chemical and chemical products—industrial gases, liquid, in bulk and in low-pressure cylinders .... Single Award.

68 III N Chemical and chemical products—industrial gases, chlorine and ammonia ...................................... Single Award.

68 V B & C Chemical and chemical products—water treatment chemicals for heating and cooling systems,

and boiler fuel oil additives.

Multiple Award.

68 VI A Chemical and chemical products—disinfectants ................................................................................. Multiple Award.

68 VI B Chemical and chemical products—deodorants ................................................................................... Multiple Award.

69 Training aids and devices—programmed learning materials .............................................................. Multiple Award.

70 I A General purpose commercial automatic data processing equipment (used primarily on-line) and

software.

Multiple Award.

70 I B & C General purpose commercial automatic data processing equipment, end-user computers (normally

microcomputers) and equipment used primarily off-line, and software.

Multiple Award.

71 I E Household and quarters furniture—upholstered (performance tested) furniture ................................ Multiple Award.

71 I H Household and quarters furniture—wall units, loft groups and unaccompanied personnel furniture . Multiple Award.

71 II E Furniture systems—systems and modular furniture, workstations clusters, leased furniture systems

and clusters.

Multiple Award.

71 III A Miscellaneous furniture—classroom, auditorium and theater seating ................................................ Multiple Award.

71 III B Miscellaneous furniture—library, wood or metal ................................................................................. Multiple Award.

71 III C Miscellaneous furniture—storage cabinets for forms and flammable liquids ...................................... Multiple Award.

71 III D Miscellaneous furniture—mail sorting and distribution equipment, modular storage cabinets, and

molded plastic/corrugated storage bins.

Multiple Award.

71 III E Miscellaneous furniture—safes, vault doors, map and plan files and accessories, COMSEC containers, and special access control containers.Multiple Award.

71 III F Miscellaneous furniture—hospital patient room furniture .................................................................... Multiple Award.

71 III H Miscellaneous furniture—multipurpose seating, rotary ergonomic chairs, clothing lockers, drafting

stools and intensive use task chairs.

Multiple Award.

71 III J Miscellaneous furniture—vertical blue-print filing cabinets, roll drawing files, and high density movable shelf filing cabinet systems.Multiple Award.

71 III L Miscellaneous furniture— cafeteria and food service ......................................................................... Multiple Award.

71 III M Miscellaneous furniture—acoustical partitions, speech privacy partitions, and vertical surface panels.Multiple Award.

71 III N ADP furniture—storage and transportation items ............................................................................... Multiple Award.

71 III T Display and communication boards .................................................................................................... Multiple Award.

71 III Y Special purpose furniture—drafting stools, clothing lockers, and locker benches ............................. Multiple Award.

71 III Z Miscellaneous furniture—partitions ...................................................................................................... Single Award.

71 X Miscellaneous tables—conference room and multi-purpose tables .................................................... Multiple Award.

71 XIV B Industrial furniture—tables, benches, and cabinets ............................................................................ Multiple Award.

72 I A Household and commercial furnishing—carpet, rugs, carpet tiles, and carpet cushions ................... Multiple Award.

72 I B Resilient flooring—vinyl and rubber tile and sheet goods ................................................................... Multiple Award.
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Schedule identification Schedule title Type of schedule

72 I E Household and commercial furnishings—mats and matting (with and without logos) ....................... Multiple Award.

72 V Household and commercial furnishings—draperies, coordinating bedspreads, and drapery hardware, cubical curtains, cubicle hardware, venetian blinds, window shades, and measuring and

installation.

Multiple Award.

72 VIII B Recycling collection containers & specialty waste receptacles .......................................................... Multiple Award.

72 VIII Household and office accessories—wall art, artificial trees, plants, planters, ash urns, and smoking stands.Multiple Award.

73 III Food service, handling, refrigeration and storage equipment—cooking equipment, dish-washing

equipment, food preparation equipment, food service equipment, refrigeration and other miscellaneous items.

Multiple Award.

74 I A Office machines—anti-theft devices, electronic typewriters, visual display preparation devices,

sound reduction enclosures, central dictation systems, rental, repair and maintenance.

Multiple Award.

74 II & III Office machines—adding, calculating, cash registers, time measuring instruments, and miscellaneous office machines.Multiple Award.

74 IV Visible record equipment—frames for pockets and cards, posting and ledger trays, cabinets and

tub files.

Multiple Award.

75 I D Office supplies—plotting, facsimile, chart, recording paper and supplies .......................................... Multiple Award.

75 II A Office supplies—drawing pencils, label marking and identification tape, chart supplies, desk sorters (plastic and metal), typewriter correction material, price marking equipment, data and loose

leaf binders, computer printout ruler, typist copy holder, adhesive backed note pads and roll,

fine tip markers, printwheels, typing elements, ribbons for: typewriters, computers, word processors, calculators, time recorders, and time stamps, electronic cash registers, ink rolls for electronic calculators and electronic cash registers.

Multiple Award.

75 V Office supplies—envelopes: mailing, printed and plain ...................................................................... Single Award.

75 VIII A Office supplies—cards: tabulating, aperture, and copy ...................................................................... Single Award.

75 XI Office supplies—xerographic paper and thermal copy paper ............................................................. Multiple Award.

76 I Publications—dictionaries, encyclopedias, other reference books and pamphlets, maps, atlases,

charts, and globes.

Multiple Award.

76 II Publications—law books, tax and reporting periodicals, and microfilmed library systems ................. Multiple Award.

77 II N Musical instruments—instruments, amplifiers, accessories, and spare parts .................................... Multiple Award.

77 III Audio and video equipment—televisions, radios, phonographs, and VCR/VCP ................................ Multiple Award.

78 I A Athletic and recreational equipment—outdoor equipment .................................................................. Multiple Award.

78 I C Park and outdoor recreational equipment—outdoor recreational equipment ..................................... Multiple Award.

79 I B Cleaning equipment and supplies—vacuum cleaners, carpet shampooers, floor polishing and

scrubbing machines.

Multiple Award.

79 II A Ware washing compounds and laundry detergent—liquid and powdered dish washing compounds

(contractor’s standard commercial supplies of detergents, rinse additives, and related supplies)

with contractor supplied, installed, and maintained accessory dispensing systems.

Multiple Award.

79 V Sorbents—marine and non-marine ..................................................................................................... Multiple Award.

80 VI A Latex base paint (interior & exterior)—latex paint, gloss, semi-gloss, and flat, tint bases and ready

mixed colors and latex primer sealer.

Multiple Award.

81 I B Shipping, packaging & packing supplies—bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, crates, packaging and

packing bulk materials.

Multiple Award.

84 II B Clothing and furnishings—special purpose clothing ........................................................................... Multiple Award.

84 V A Clothing and footwear—athetic and recreational ................................................................................ Multiple Award.

84 VI A Law enforcement equipment—personal, canine, vehicle, and related items ..................................... Multiple Award.

89 I Subsistence—cereals, cookies, crackers, individual condiments and granola snacks ...................... Multiple Award.

89 II Subsistence—dietary supplement, therapeutic ................................................................................... Multiple Award.

99 IV A Signs—signs, display systems, traffic, road and boundary signs, markers and related components

and fixtures.

Multiple Award.

99 V A Services—recruiting aid promotional material ..................................................................................... Multiple Award.

99 VI A Trophies and awards—trophies, awards, plaques, pins and ribbons ................................................. Multiple Award.

653 Nationwide Government relocation services ....................................................................................... Single Award.

732 I A Factual data reports—consumer and commercial credit .................................................................... Multiple Award.

732 I B Professional debt collection services .................................................................................................. Single Award.

738 X Investigation of discrimination complaints and preparation of investigative reports ........................... Single Award.

751 II Automobiles and light truck vehicles—closed-end lease, without maintenance ................................. Single Award.

751 III Leasing of surveillance and law enforcement vehicles ....................................................................... Single Award.

781 I & II Professional film processing and videotape processing services—motion picture, filmstrips, slides,

audio tapes, and related materials.

Multiple Award.

782 Distribution of audiovisual materials (free loan)—motion picture films, video tapes, cassettes, filmstrips, slides, audio tapes, and related materials.Multiple Award.

823 Services—lending library ..................................................................................................................... Multiple Award.

872 Prepayment audit of Government transportation billing documents ................................................... Single Award.

874 Total quality management implementation—service—consulting services, conducted formal training and training aids and materials for agency training purposes.Multiple Award.

[FR Doc. 95–8473 Filed 4–6–95; 8:45 am]

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