[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 63 (Friday, April 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15955-15956]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8234]


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COMMITTEE PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED


Procurement List; Additions

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

ACTION: Additions to the procurement list.

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SUMMARY: This action adds to the Procurement List commodities and 
services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who 
are blind or have other severe disabilities.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 3, 1999.

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 December 11, 1998, January 15 and 29, and 
February 19, 1999, the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind 
or Severely Disabled published notices (63 F.R. 68428, 64 F.R. 2623, 
4638, and 8291) of proposed additions to the Procurement List.

The Following Comments Pertain to Strap, Webbing

    Comments were received from one of the current contractors in 
response to a Committee request for corporate sales data. The 
contractor indicated that it is a small company with a significant 
portion of its business coming from Government sales of webbing straps. 
It noted that the nonprofit agency which will produce the straps being 
added to the Procurement List also produces other straps which the 
Government formerly procured competitively. The contractor requested 
that the Committee not take these webbing straps or any more out of the 
competitive procurement arena.
    In making a decision to add a commodity to the Procurement List, 
the Committee assesses the impact of its decision on the current 
contractor for the commodity. The straps at issue here represent only a 
small part of the contractor's sales, well below the level which the 
Committee normally considers to be severe adverse impact. In addition, 
the commenting contractor was not the current contractor for any of the 
other straps mentioned when they were added to the Procurement List. As 
no contractor is guaranteed a contract under the competitive 
procurement system, the Committee does not consider the loss of a 
chance to bid on contracts, by itself, to constitute severe adverse 
impact on a potential bidder. Consequently, the Committee does not 
believe that addition of the straps at issue to the Procurement List 
will have a severe adverse impact on the commenting contractor.

The following Material Pertains to All of the Items Being Added to 
the Procurement List

    After consideration of the material presented to it concerning 
capability of qualified nonprofit agencies to provide the commodities 
and services and impact of the additions on the current or most recent 
contractors, the Committee has determined that the commodities and 
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. 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 commodities and 
services to the Government.
    2. The action will not have a severe economic impact on current 
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 proposed for 
addition to the Procurement List.
    Accordingly, the following commodities and services are hereby 
added to the Procurement List:

Commodities

Strap, Webbing

5340-00-753-3740
5340-00-543-3271
5340-00-543-3398
5340-00-052-9481
5340-00-664-0364
5340-00-543-7110
5340-00-543-3173
5340-00-479-2949
5340-00-751-9013
5340-00-543-3557
5340-00-403-7674
5340-00-664-0365
5340-00-001-4837
5340-00-854-6737

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5340-00-020-5067
5340-00-034-4835
5340-00-454-5967
5340-00-454-5969

SuperDisk Drive

7045-01-454-8199

Cup, Paper, Disposable, Hot

7350-00-205-1182
7350-00-290-0588
7350-00-988-6498

Paper, Tabulating Machine

7530-00-800-0996

(Requirements of Burlington, New Jersey only)

Services

Mail and Messenger Service

Security Assistance Management Directorate (SAMD), Buildings 7611, 7612 
and 7613, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.

Mailroom Operation

U.S. Coast Guard Yard, 2401 Hawkins Point Road, Baltimore, Maryland.
    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.
Louis R. Bartalot,
Deputy Director (Operations).
[FR Doc. 99-8234 Filed 4-2-99; 8:45 am]
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