[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 63 (Friday, April 1, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-7862]
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[Federal Register: April 1, 1994]
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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.
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SUMMARY: This action adds to the Procurement List commodities to be
furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have
other severe disabilities.
EFFECTIVE DATE: May 2, 1994.
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 November 29, 1993, the Committee for
Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled published
notice (58 FR 62646) of proposed additions to the Procurement List.
Comments were received from one of the current contractors during
the development phase of the proposal to add the fasteners to the
Procurement List. The commenter stated that the two fasteners it makes
for the Government represent a sizeable minority of its business, and
loss of this business would cause a severe adverse impact on the
company. The commenter indicated that its future would be in jeopardy
if it were deprived of the opportunity to bid on the fasteners, and
that loss of the contracts would deprive it of the opportunity to hire
extra people from the local work force.
The Committee is only proposing to add one of the fasteners the
commenter makes to the Procurement List. This fastener represents a
small part of the commenter's sales. The Committee does not normally
consider loss of the opportunity to bid on a Government contract by
itself to constitute severe adverse impact on a contractor because no
company is guaranteed a contract under the competitive bidding system.
As the commenter admits, it lost the bidding for this fastener in 1992.
Given this contracting history, the commenter cannot be said to be
unusually dependent on the contract as it has not been a continuous
supplier. Consequently, loss of its contract for this fastener and the
opportunity to bid on future contracts for it would not constitute
severe adverse impact on the commenter.
While the commenter has indicated that without the Government
contracts it would not be able to hire extra people, it has not shown
that it would be required to discharge workers if it cannot obtain a
contract for the one fastener it makes which the Committee is adding to
the Procurement List. Even if it could, the Committee believes that the
creation of jobs for people with severe disabilities, who have very
high unemployment rates, outweighs the possible loss of employment for
workers with lower unemployment rates.
After consideration of the material presented to it concerning
capability of qualified nonprofit agencies to provide the commodities,
fair market price, and impact of the addition on the current or most
recent contractors, the Committee has determined that the commodities
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 to the
Government.
2. The action does not appear to have a severe economic impact on
current contractors for the commodities.
3. The action will result in authorizing small entities to furnish
the commodities 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 proposed for addition to the
Procurement List.
Accordingly, the following commodities are hereby added to the
Procurement List:
Fastener, Paper
7510-00-161-4284
7510-00-223-6813
7510-00-223-6814
7510-00-223-6815
7510-00-291-0140
7510-00-634-2463
This action does not affect current contracts awarded prior to the
effective date of this addition or options exercised under those
contracts.
Beverly L. Milkman,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 94-7862 Filed 3-31-94; 8:45 am]
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