[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 238 (Friday, December 11, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68427-68428]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33000]


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

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 11, 1999.

ADDRESS: 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 October 9, 1998, the Committee for 
Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled published a 
notice (63 FR 54436) of proposed addition to the Procurement List.

The Following Comments Pertain to Janitorial/Custodial, U.S. Couthouse 
and Annex, Tallahassee, Florida

    Comments were received from the current contractor for this 
janitorial service. The contractor noted that a number of its Federal 
janitorial projects had been lost to the Committee's Javits-Wagner-
O'Day (JWOD) Program or the Small Business Administration's 8(a) 
Program over the past several years. The contractor also noted changes 
in its gross revenues over the past five years as evidence of the 
impact of these project losses.
    Those projects lost by the contractor which were added to the JWOD 
Program, with the exception of the instant one and two others, were 
added between October 1989 and January 1992. In assessing the severity 
of impact on a contractor of the addition of a project to the JWOD 
Program, the Committee concentrates on the cumulative impact of its 
actions over the most recent three years unless there is compelling 
evidence of the continuing effects of prior impacts. The reason for 
this is that contractors which are still in existence are generally 
assumed to have recovered from previous impacts. This contractor's 
sales increased throughout the period of the earlier previous impacts. 
While the contractor's estimated revenues for the current fiscal year 
are below those of five years ago, it should be noted that

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the contractor's revenues by its own figures continued to increase 
until last year. Consequently, the Committee has concluded that these 
earlier impacts, each of which represented a very small percentage of 
the contractor's sales, do not have a continuing impact on the 
contractor.
    The project currently being added to the JWOD Program, along with 
another added this year and a project which was added in 1997, in 
combination represent a very small percentage of the contractor's 
estimated total revenues for this year. This percentage is well below 
the level which the Committee considers possible severe adverse impact. 
Considering the way the contractor's total sales have moved over the 
past few years, the Committee does not believe that adding in the 
contractor's alleged losses to the 8(a) Program would result in a 
finding of severe adverse impact on this contractor.
    After consideration of the material presented to it concerning 
capability of qualified nonprofit agencies to provide the service and 
impact of the addition on the current or most recent contractors, the 
Committee has determined that the service listed below is 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 service to the 
Government.
    2. The action will not have a severe economic impact on current 
contractors for the service.
    3. The action will result in authorizing small entities to furnish 
the service 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 service proposed for addition to the 
Procurement List.
    Accordingly, the following service is hereby added to the 
Procurement List:

Janitorial/Custodial, U.S. Courthouse and Annex, Tallahassee, 
Floridia

    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. 98-33000 Filed 12-10-98; 8:45 am]
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