[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 4 (Friday, January 5, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1075-1076]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-352]


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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED


Procurement List; Proposed Additions and Deletion

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

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ACTION: Proposed Additions to and Deletion from Procurement List

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SUMMARY: The Committee is proposing 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, and 
to delete commodity previously furnished by such agencies.
    Comments Must Be Received on or Before: February 5, 2001.

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 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 will result in authorizing small entities to furnish 
the commodities 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 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

Chalkboard
    6910-04-000-4482
    6910-04-000-4485
      NPA: Tuscola County Community Mental Health Services, Caro, 
Michigan
Undershirt, White
    8420-00-543-6645
    8420-00-543-6647
    8420-00-543-6648
    8420-00-543-6649
    8420-00-543-6650
NPA: BESB Industries, West Hartford, Connecticut

Services

Base Supply Center, Fort Buchanan, Fort Buchanan, PR
NPA: Winston-Salem Industries for the Blind, Winston-Salem, North 
Carolina

Janitorial/Custodial

Redstone Arsenal, Basewide, Redstone Arsenal, AL
NPA: Huntsville Rehabilitation Foundation, Huntsville, Alabama

Janitorial/Custodial

Federal Building, 1520 Market Street, St. Louis, Missouri
NPA: MGI Services Corporation, St. Louis, Missouri

Janitorial/Custodial

Lewiston-Queenston and Whirlpool Rapids Bridges, Niagara Falls, New 
York
NPA: Niagara Frontier Vocational Rehab Center, Inc., Buffalo, New 
York

Janitorial/Grounds Maintenance

Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, 55 Broadway, 
Cambridge, Massachusetts
NPA: Work, Incorporated, North Quincy, Massachusetts

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 commodities 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 commodities and services proposed for 
deletion from the Procurement List.
    The following commodity has been proposed for deletion from the 
Procurement List:

Commodities

Kit, Computer Maintenance
7035-01-452-9086
7045-01-315-0850
7045-01-450-8599

Louis R. Bartalot,
Deputy Director (Operations).
[FR Doc. 01-352 Filed 1-4-01; 8:45 am]
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