[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 186 (Friday, September 25, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51336-51337]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25736]


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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED


Procurement List; Proposed Additions and Deletions

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

ACTION: Proposed additions to and deletions from procurement list

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SUMMARY: The Committee has received proposals to add to the Procurement 
List a commodity and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies 
employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and 
to delete commodities previously furnished by such agencies.

COMMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR BEFORE: October 26, 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: This notice is published pursuant to 41 
U.S.C. 47(a)(2) and 41CFR 51-2.3. Its purpose is to provide interested 
persons an opportunity to submit comments on the possible impact of the 
proposed actions.

Additions

    If the Committee approves the proposed addition, all entities of 
the Federal Government (except as otherwise indicated) will be required 
to procure the commodity and services listed below from nonprofit 
agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe 
disabilities.
    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 and 
services to the Government.
    2. The action will result in authorizing small entities to furnish 
the commodity and services to the Government.
    3. 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 and services proposed for 
addition to the Procurement List. Comments on this certification are 
invited.
    Commenters should identify the statement(s) underlying the 
certification on which they are providing additional information.
    The following commodity and services have been proposed for 
addition to Procurement List for production by the nonprofit agencies 
listed:

Commodity

Gloves, Patient Examining
    6515-01-364-8554
NPA: Bosma Industries for the Blind, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana

Services

Base Supply Center
    Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas
NPA: Beacon Lighthouse, Inc., Wichita Falls, Texas
Janitorial/Custodial, Army Research Laboratory (ARL), Adelphi 
Laboratory Center (ALC), 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, Maryland
NPA: Melwood Horticultural Training Center, Upper Marlboro, Maryland

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.

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    2. The action will result in authorizing small entities to furnish 
the commodity and services to the Government.
    3. 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 and services proposed for 
deletion from the Procurement List.
    The following commodities have been proposed for deletion from the 
Procurement List:

Stool
    P.S. #127-A
    P.S. #127-B
    P.S. #127-C
    P.S. #127-D
Pad, Typewriter 7510-00-849-1137
    7510-00-530-6412
    7510-00-257-2576
Cleaner, Tobacco Pipe
    M.R. 204
Beverly L. Milkman,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 98-25736 Filed 9-24-98; 8:45 am]
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