[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 126 (Friday, July 1, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-16047]


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[Federal Register: July 1, 1994]


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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED
 

Procurement List Addition

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

ACTION: Addition to the Procurement List.

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SUMMARY: This action adds to the Procurement List a service to be 
furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have 
other severe disabilities.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 25, 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 April 22, 1994, the Committee for 
Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled published 
notice (59 F.R. 19164) of proposed addition to the Procurement List.
    Comments were received from the current contractor for this 
service. The contractor alleged that loss of the contract would have a 
devastating impact on the company by removing a substantial part of its 
sales. The contractor claimed that it is currently a year and a half 
into a contract for this service which, if all options are exercised, 
will last three years. The contractor asked the Committee not to take 
its contract at this point and to take it only through winning a 
competition against the company.
    The percentage of the contractor's sales which this service 
represents and the fact that the contractor has only performed the 
service for 18 months led the Committee to conclude that the addition 
of the service will not have a severe adverse impact on the contractor. 
The addition of the service to the Procurement List will not affect the 
contractor's current contract. However, the Committee has been informed 
by the contracting activity that the contract does not have option 
provisions allowing it to be extended for a total period of three 
years, so the contract will expire at the end of the current contract 
period regardless of whether or not the Committee adds the service to 
the Procurement List.
    The purpose of the Committee's program is to create employment for 
people with severe disabilities by requiring Government agencies to go 
to nonprofit agencies employing these people when they purchase certain 
commodities and services. Once these items are added to the Procurement 
List, the commenting contractor and others are not able to compete 
against the nonprofit agencies. There is no requirement that the 
nonprofit agency win a competition against the current contractor 
before a commodity or service can be added to the Procurement List.
    After consideration of the material presented to it concerning 
capability of qualified nonprofit agencies to provide the service, fair 
market price, and impact of the addition on the current or most recent 
contractors, the Committee has determined that the service 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 service to the 
Government.
    2. The action does not appear to have a severe economic impact on 
current contractors for the service.
    3. The action will result in authorizing small entities to furnish 
the service 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 service proposed for addition to the 
Procurement List.
    Accordingly, the following service is hereby added to the 
Procurement List:

Janitorial/Custodial, Federal Building, 100 Bluestone Road, Mount Hope, 
West Virginia.

    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. 94-16047 Filed 6-30-94; 8:45 am]
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