[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 84 (Friday, May 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24151-24152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11628]


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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED


Procurement List; Additions and deletions

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely 
Disabled.

ACTION: Additions to and Deletions from 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, and deletes from the Procurement List 
commodities and services previously furnished by such agencies.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 1, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely 
Disabled, Crystal Gateway 3, Suite 310, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, 
Arlington, Virginia 22202-4302.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beverly Milkman (703) 603-7740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 27, March 6 and 13, 1998, the 
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled 
published notices (63 FR 9999, 11207 and 12438) of proposed additions 
to and deletions from the Procurement List:
    The following comments pertain to Janitorial/Custodial, Buildings 
300 and 301, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia.
    Comments were received from the current contractor for the 
janitorial service. The contractor indicated that the addition of the 
service to the Procurement List would cause harm to his firm, which is 
a small disadvantaged business, and asked the Committee not to add the 
service to the Procurement List. The contractor said that if the 
janitorial services in the two buildings were not retained as part of 
the larger janitorial contract which his firm would be bidding on, it 
would hurt the company, which was trying to stay competitive in an 
overcrowded industry.
    The Committee noted that its action would only affect approximately 
one-third of the value of the contractor's current contract, providing 
the contractor with the opportunity to continue competing for a 
significant amount of janitorial work at Robins Air Force Base. The 
Committee also noted that the percentage of the firm's sales that would 
be lost by the addition action was below the level that the Committee 
normally considers to be severe adverse impact.

Additions

    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.

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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 does not appear to 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:

Janitorial/Custodial

VA Outpatient Clinic, Mobile, Alabama

Janitorial/Custodial

Marine Corps Base including Fallbrook Naval Ordinance Center, Camp 
Pendleton, California

Janitorial/Custodial

Buildings 300 and 301, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia

Janitorial/Custodial

Walnut Creek National Wildlife Refuge, 9981 Pacific Street, Prairie 
City, Iowa

    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.

Deletions

    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.
    2. The action will not have a severe economic impact on future 
contractors for the commodities and services.
    3. The action will result in authorizing small entities to furnish 
the commodities and 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 commodities and services deleted from the 
Procurement List.
    After consideration of the relevant matter presented, the Committee 
has determined that the commodities and services listed below are no 
longer suitable for procurement by the Federal Government under 41 
U.S.C. 46-48c and 41 CFR 51-2.4.
    Accordingly, the following commodities and services are hereby 
deleted from the Procurement List.

Commodities

Door Knob Conversion Kit

5340-01-392-6940
5340-01-392-6941
5340-01-392-6944
5340-01-392-6945
5340-01-394-3872
5340-01-392-6943
5340-01-392-6942
5340-01-392-6949
5340-01-395-2928
5340-01-392-6951
5340-01-392-6946
5340-01-392-6950
5340-01-392-6948
5340-01-392-6947
5340-01-392-6954
5340-01-392-6955
5340-01-392-6953
5340-01-392-6958
5340-01-392-6952
5340-01-392-6956
5340-01-392-6959
5340-01-392-6957
5340-01-392-6960
5340-01-392-6962
5340-01-392-6963
5340-01-392-6961
5340-01-394-3873
5340-01-392-6967
5340-01-393-8586
5340-01-393-8585
5340-01-393-8587
5340-01-393-8588
5340-01-393-8589
5340-01-393-8590
5340-01-393-8591
5340-01-394-0238
5340-01-394-0239
5340-01-394-0237
5340-01-394-0240
5340-01-394-3874
5340-01-394-0241
5340-01-394-0242
5340-01-394-0244
5340-01-394-0243
5340-01-391-3805
5340-01-391-8170
5340-01-394-0246
5340-01-394-0247
5340-01-394-7991
5340-01-394-7992
5340-01-394-7994
5340-01-394-7996
5340-01-394-7993
5340-01-394-7995
5340-01-395-1173
5340-01-394-0245

Services

Commissary Shelf Stocking & Custodial

Fort Hamilton, New York

Grounds Maintenance

Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center, Dayton, Ohio

Janitorial/Custodial

Valley Grove AMSA, Valley Grove, West Virginia
Beverly L. Milkman,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 98-11628 Filed 4-30-98; 8:45 am]
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