[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 80 (Friday, April 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20149-20150]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10740]


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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: May 27, 1997.

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 February 7, 1997, the Committee for 
Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled published 
notice (62 FR 5797) of proposed addition to the Procurement List. 
Comments were received from the current contractor for this insignia. 
The contractor indicated that losing the insignia would have a very 
adverse impact on the business. The contractor also questioned the 
ability of blind people to safely operate the Schiffli embroidery 
machinery which creates the insignia.
    The nonprofit agency intends to purchase Schiffli embroidered 
insignias in bulk and finish and package them. As it will not be 
operating Schiffli machines, the contractor's safety concerns will not 
apply to the nonprofit agency's operations.
    The insignia contract represents a small percentage of the 
contractor's sales, and the Committee has directed the nonprofit agency 
to solicit a quotation for bulk embroidered insignias from the 
contractor. Consequently, the Committee has concluded that impact on 
the contractor will not be severe, and will be mitigated even further 
if the nonprofit agency buys its bulk insignias from the contractor.
    After consideration of the material presented to it concerning 
capability of qualified nonprofit agencies to provide the commodity and 
impact of the addition on the current or most recent contractors, the 
Committee has determined that the commodity listed below is suitable 
for procurement by the Federal Government under 41 USC 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

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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 to the Government.
    4. There are no known regulatory alternatives which would 
accomplish the objectives of the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act (41 USC 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:

Insignia, Embroidered, Tab, Shoulder Sleeve, Army
8455-00-121-1315

    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. 97-10740 Filed 4-24-97; 8:45 am]
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