[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 28 (Friday, February 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9686-9687]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3386]


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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED


Procurement List; Additions and Deletions

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

ACTION: Additions to and deletions from the Procurement List.

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SUMMARY: This action adds to the Procurement List commodities and 
services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who 
are blind or have other severe disabilities, and deletes from the 
Procurement List a commodity and services previously furnished by such 
agencies.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 12, 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: On December 15 and December 22, 2000 the 
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled 
published notices (65 FR 78466 and 80833) of proposed additions to and 
deletions from the Procurement List:

Additions

The Following Comments Pertain to Uniform Rental Service, National 
Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

    Comments were received from the current contractor in response to a 
request for sales data. The contractor described what it does to 
provide the uniform service, which is basically the same tasks that the 
nonprofit agency designated by the Committee will perform, and noted 
that it had dedicated employees to provide the service. The contractor 
also noted that it uses a nonprofit agency for people with disabilities 
to support its provision of the service. The contractor further noted 
that loss of the service would have a substantial impact on a 
contractor facility and that facility's ability to pay expenses and 
employees. In a second letter, the contractor stated that it had been 
active in supporting blind services in its headquarters city for a 
number of years and had received an award for that support.
    The Committee looks to the total sales of a corporation in 
assessing the severity of impact of a Procurement List addition on that 
corporation. Because of the size of the contractor's corporation, the 
impact of this addition is very small. The contractor has not provided 
data concerning the impact of the addition on the nonprofit agency 
which supports the work of the contractor's facility, nor has the 
nonprofit agency provided such data. Consequently, the Committee 
believes that the impact on the nonprofit agency will not be 
substantial.
    The Committee appreciates the fact that the contractor supports 
blind services in its headquarters city. However, the contractor has 
not indicated that its support will be affected by the Procurement List 
addition, nor otherwise indicated that adverse impact on the blind 
groups it supports will occur if the addition is made. Therefore, the 
Committee does not see this information as relevant to its addition 
decision.

The Following Material Pertains to All of the Items Being Added to the 
Procurement List

    After consideration of the material presented to it concerning 
capability of qualified nonprofit agencies to provide the commodity and 
services and impact of the additions on the current or most recent 
contractors, the Committee has determined that the commodities and 
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 commodities and 
services to the Government.
    2. The action will not have a severe economic 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-Wagner-O'Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46-
48c) in connection with the commodities and services proposed for 
addition to the Procurement List.
    Accordingly, the following commodities and services are hereby 
added to the Procurement List:

Commodities

Kit, Martial Arms Training
    7810-00-NSH-0001
    7810-00-NSH-0002
    7810-00-NSH-0003

Services

Janitorial/Custodial
    Naval & Marine Corps Reserve Center, Peoria, Illinois
Janitorial/Custodial
    Illinois Air National Guard, 182nd Airlift Wing, Peoria, 
Illinois
Janitorial/Custodial
    Naval & Marine Corps Reserve Center, Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania
Mailroom Operation
    McCoy Federal Building, Jackson, Mississippi
Uniform Rental Service
    National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

    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.

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.

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    2. The action will not have a severe economic impact on future 
contractors for the commodity and services.
    3. The action will result in authorizing small entities to furnish 
the commodity and services to the Government.
    4. 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 commodity and services deleted from the 
Procurement List.
    After consideration of the relevant matter presented, the Committee 
has determined that the commodity and services listed below are no 
longer suitable for procurement by the Federal Government under 41 
U.S.C. 46-48c and 41 CFR 51-2.4. Accordingly, the following commodity 
and services are hereby deleted from the Procurement List:

Commodity

Floorboard, Wood
    2510-01-067-2630

Services:

Administrative Services
    Frank Hagel Federal Building, 1221 Nevin Avenue, Richmond, 
California
Grounds Maintenance
    Mare Island Naval Complex and Roosevelt Terrence and Combat 
Systems Technical School Command, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 
Vallejo, California
Janitorial/Custodial
    U.S. Federal Building and Courthouse, 110 S. 4th Street, 
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Parts Sorting
    Kelly Air Force Base, Texas


G. John Heyer,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 01-3386 Filed 2-8-01; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6353-01-P