[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 174 (Friday, September 6, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 47112]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22778]


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

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 7, 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 May 24, 1996, the Committee for Purchase 
From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled published notices (61 FR 
26266) of proposed addition to the Procurement List. Comments were 
received from the current contractor for the typewriter ribbon in 
response to a request for sales data. The contractor indicated that the 
Government contract for this ribbon represented a significant portion 
of the company's sales, and that loss of the contract would require 
personnel layoffs which would have adverse effects on the small 
community where the contractor is located. In order to mitigate this 
impact, the Committee decided to add only 40 percent of the Government 
requirement for the ribbon to the Procurement List rather than the 100 
percent originally contemplated. The impact of this reduced addition on 
the contractor is below the percentage which the Committee considers to 
be severe adverse impact and should not result in the level of impact 
predicted by the contractor.
    After consideration of the material presented to it concerning 
capability of qualified nonprofit agencies to provide the commodities 
and impact of the addition on the current or most recent contractors, 
the Committee has determined that the commodity 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 commodity to the 
Government.
    2. The action will not have a severe economic impact on current 
contractors for the commodity.
    3. The action will result in authorizing small entities to furnish 
the commodity 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 commodity proposed for addition to the 
Procurement List.
    Accordingly, the following commodity is hereby added to the 
Procurement List:

Ribbon, Typewriter
    7510-01-219-2309
    (40% of the Government's requirement)

    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. 96-22778 Filed 9-5-96; 8:45 am]
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