[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 23 (Friday, February 2, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 3910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2266]



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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 man's brown 
undershirts to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who 
are blind or have other severe disabilities.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 4, 1996.

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 June 23, 1995, the Committee for Purchase 
From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled published notice (60 
F.R. 64421) of proposed addition to the Procurement List. Comments were 
received from the current contractor and from agents of the Puerto 
Rican government opposing the proposed addition to the Procurement 
List. The commenters noted that the addition, together with the 
declining Defense Department buys and the effects of the North American 
Free Trade Agreement, would severely impair the contractor's 
competitive position and the Puerto Rican textile industry, and would 
cause the loss of a substantial number of jobs in an area of high 
unemployment.
    The Defense Personnel Support Center (DPSC), which purchases the 
undershirts for the Government, has informed the Committee that it 
plans to divide future buys between the Committee's program and the 
Federal Prison Industries on the one hand, and commercial industry on 
the other, in approximately equal proportions subject to the statutory 
priorities of Federal Prison Industries and the Committee. DPSC has 
also informed the Committee that it intends to conduct its next 
commercial buys of the undershirt as directed purchases from companies 
other than the current contractor. Consequently, any impact on the 
current contractor which results from DPSC's purchasing decisions would 
occur whether or not the Committee added a portion of the Government 
requirements for the undershirt to the Procurement List. In this 
situation, the Committee has concluded that adding the requirement to 
the Procurement List would not, in itself, constitute a severe adverse 
impact on the contractor, its employees, or the Puerto Rican textile 
industry.
    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 will not 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:

Undershirt, Man's, Brown
8420-01-112-1472
8420-01-112-1473
8420-01-112-1474
8420-01-112-1475
8420-01-112-1476
8420-01-112-1477
8420-01-112-1478
8420-01-112-1479
(Between 1,000,000 and 1,600,000 annually)

    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. 96-2266 Filed 2-1-96; 8:45 am]
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