[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 150 (Friday, August 2, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40394-40395]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19699]


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


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EFFECTIVE DATE: September 3, 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 January 26 and May 10, 1996, the 
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled 
published notices (61 FR 2494 and 21444) of proposed additions to the 
Procurement List.
    Comments were received from the company which is the current 
contractor for these proposed additions to the Procurement List. The 
contractor listed its current contracts, and noted that two thirds of 
them, including the two affected by the Committee's proposals, will 
expire in 1998 if all options are exercised. The contractor claimed 
that loss of all these contracts would reduce its total revenues 
substantially.
    According to information available to the Committee, the contracts 
for these two services represent only a fifth of the total revenue loss 
which the contractor predicted to occur in 1998, and even a smaller 
percentage of the contractor's total sales. The contractor admitted to 
the Committee staff that it would not be precluded from bidding on the 
successor contracts to those expiring in 1998, other than for the two 
services being added to the Procurement List, and that the company 
could seek other business as well.
    Under these circumstances, the Committee does not believe that 
adding these two services to the Procurement List would have a severe 
adverse impact on the contractor. The sales loss is below the level 
which the Committee considers to cause severe adverse impact, the 
contractor has opportunities to mitigate the loss, and the length of 
time until the contracts expire will give the contractor both motive 
and opportunity to find replacement business for the contracts being 
added to the Procurement List.
    After consideration of the material presented to it concerning 
capability of qualified nonprofit agencies to provide the services and 
impact of the additions on the current or most recent contractors, the 
Committee has determined that the 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 services to the 
Government.
    2. The action will not have a severe economic impact on current 
contractors for the services.
    3. The action will result in authorizing small entities to furnish 
the 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 services proposed for addition to the 
Procurement List.
    Accordingly, the following services are hereby added to the 
Procurement List:

Switchboard Operation, Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, Tinker 
Air Force Base, Oklahoma
Unclassified Technical Order & Decal Distribution, Oklahoma City Air 
Logistics Center, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma

    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.
Beverly L. Milkman,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 96-19699 Filed 8-01-96; 8:45 am]
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