[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 68 (Friday, April 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17312-17313]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8899]


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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 commodities and 
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: May 10, 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 February 19 and 26, 1999, the Committee 
for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled published 
notices (63 F.R. 8291, 9469 and 9470) of proposed additions to and 
deletions from the Procurement List:

Additions

    The following comments pertain to Grounds Maintenance, Shaw Air 
Force Base, South Carolina: Comments were received from the current 
contractor for this grounds maintenance service. The contractor stated 
that adding the contract to the JWOD Program would have a significantly 
detrimental impact on the company and its ability to be competitive. 
The contractor noted that the firm was a small business and said that 
the contract in question represented a specific amount of its annual 
General and Administrative dollars.
    The Committee noted that the percentage of the contractor's 
estimated annual revenue was below the level the Committee considers to 
represent possible severe adverse impact. Because the contractor 
provided no context for the comment on its General and Administrative 
dollars and the amount itself was not substantial, the Committee was 
not persuaded that losing it would have a significant detrimental 
impact on the firm. The Committee also considered that although several 
other contracts previously held by the contractor have been placed in 
the JWOD Program over the past decade, the contractor's sales have 
risen by almost 50 percent. Even taking into account inflation, this 
level of increase shows that the firm has not been severely adversely 
impacted by past actions.
    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

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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

Aqua Plunger Mop
    M.R. 1026
Soup Spoon Ladle
    M.R. 806

Services

Central Facility Management, U.S. Secret Service Headquarters, 930 H 
Street, NW, Washington, DC
Grounds Maintenance, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina
Janitorial/Custodial, Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, 25 N. 32nd 
Street, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
Janitorial/Custodial, U.S. Army Reserve Center, Fort Jackson, South 
Carolina

    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 may 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 may 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

Kit, Shaving Surgical Preparation
    6530-00-676-7372
Surgical Dressing Set
    6530-00-105-5826
Box, Filing
    7520-00-139-3734

Services

Administrative Services, Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida
Assembly, Living Kit, Basic and Supplemental, Commissary 
Warehousing, Homestead Air Force Base, Florida
Corrosion Control of Fuel Pipelines, Manchester Naval Fuel 
Department, Manchester, Washington
Disposal Support Services, Defense Reutilization and Marketing 
Office, Agana, Guam
Fast Pack/Carton Recycling and Pallet Repair, Sacramento Army Depot, 
Sacramento, California
Food Service Attendant, Naval Air Station Cecil Field, Florida
Food Service Attendant, Homestead Air Force Base, Florida,
Food Service Attendant, Naval Security Group Activity,
Homestead Air Force Base, Florida
Grounds Maintenance, Andersonville National Historic Site, Route 1, 
Box 85, Andersonville, Georgia
Grounds Maintenance, U.S. Postal Service, 1088 Nandino Boulevard, 
Lexington, Kentucky
Grounds Maintenance, Camp Bonneville, Camp Bonneville, Washington
Grounds Maintenance, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, 2725 Montlake 
Boulevard East, Seattle, Washington
Janitorial/Custodial, Naval Station, Mobile, Alabama
Janitorial/Custodial, Riverside National Cemetery, 22495 Van Buren 
Blvd., Riverside, California
Janitorial/Custodial, Federal Building, 100 North Warren, Saginaw, 
Michigan
Janitorial/Custodial, Lewistown Flight Service Station, Lewistown, 
Montana
Janitorial/Custodial, BEQ Naval Station, Staten Island, New York
Janitorial/Custodial, Newark Air Force Base, Ohio,
Janitorial/Custodial, Bonneville Power Administration, 11743 NE 
Sumner Street, Portland, Oregon
Janitorial/Custodial, Tennessee Air National Guard, Nashville Metro 
Airport, Nashville, Tennessee
Janitorial/Grounds Maintenance, Naval Industrial Reserve Ordnance 
Plant, Rochester, New York
Laundry Service, Military Entrance Processing Station, 1222 Spruce 
Street, St. Louis, Missouri
Microfilm/Microfiche Reproduction, Newark Air Force Station, Ohio
Operation of Tool Crib, Kelly Air Force Base, Texas
Planting and Transplanting Horticultural Materials, USFS, Bend Pine 
Nursery Market, 63095 Deschutes Market Road, Bend, Oregon
Reproduction Service, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Clarendon 
Square Office Building, 3033 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia
Tray Delivery Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical 
Center, 3601 South 6th Avenue, Tucson, Arizona
Beverly L. Milkman,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 99-8899 Filed 4-8-99; 8:45 am]
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