[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 140 (Friday, July 21, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 37630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-18018]



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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 brass label holders 
to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind 
or have other severe disabilities.

EFFECTIVE DATES: August 21, 1995.

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 March 3, 1995, the Committee for Purchase 
From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled published notice (60 
F.R. 11958) of proposed addition to the Procurement List.
    Comments were received from the current contractor for the label 
holder. The contractor claimed that it had been producing the holder 
for the Government for a number of years and loss of these sales would 
have a considerable impact on the company. The contractor also noted 
that it had used worked with disabilities in the past to package the 
holders. The contractor questioned whether people with severe 
disabilities could safely and efficiently manufacture the holders, or 
whether manufacturing operations would be subcontracted to a competitor 
of the contractor.
    Projections of Government needs for the holder have declined 
substantially since the contractor last supplied it to the Government. 
Accordingly, the contractor's sales figures have been adjusted to 
account for the newer projections. The resulting level of impact is 
well below the level which the Committee considers severe adverse 
impact, even when the contractor's longtime dependence on sales of the 
holder to the Government is taken into account.
    The contractor is not now using people with disabilities to package 
the holder. Committee inquiries revealed that the contractor had not 
used the disability organization it named for some years. Consequently, 
the Committee does not believe any people with disabilities will be 
displaced by the addition of the holder to the Procurement List.
    The nonprofit agency which will produce the holder will not be 
subcontracting the stamping, which as the contractor noted is largely 
an automated process. The nonprofit agency has experience in using 
people with severe disabilities to perform the types of metal stamping 
functions required to produce the holder. These functions involve the 
use of high-speed, automated equipment. The nonprofit agency's 
successful production of several other items that require the use of 
such equipment demonstrates that people with severe disabilities are 
capable of operating it safely and efficiently.
    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:

Holder, Label, Brass
    9905-02-000-8089
    9905-02-000-8008
    9905-02-000-8698

    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. 95-18018 Filed 7-20-95; 8:45 am]
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