[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 78 (Friday, April 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19976-19977]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10274]


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

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 24, 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 November 30, 1998, January 15, February 
26, and March 12, 1999, the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are 
Blind or Severely Disabled published notices (63 FR 65746,64 FR 2623, 
9470 and 12284) of proposed additions to the Procurement List.
    The following comments pertain to Janitorial/Custodial, Federal 
Building #4, 4401 Suitland Road, Suitland, Maryland.
    Comments were received from the current contractor for this 
service. The contractor claimed that losing this contract, together 
with a 1994 loss of another contract to the Committee's program (from 
which it says it has ``never recovered)'', would have a severe impact 
on the company.
    The contractor has only an interim contract for the building in 
question, and that contract began within the past three months. 
Although the contractor believes it has an excellent chance of 
obtaining the next full contract for the service, the fact is that no 
contractor is guaranteed a contract under the competitive bidding 
system. Therefore, the Committee is using the value of the interim 
contract as the measure of loss for calculating impact of adding the 
service to the Procurement List on the contractor. This figure, 
considered as a percentage of the contractor's total sales, is well 
below the level which the Committee normally considers to constitute 
severe adverse impact on a contractor. In addition, the fact that the 
contractor has only held the contract for a few months eliminates the 
possibility that the firm has any long-term dependence on that 
contract's revenues.
    The contractor stated that it has not recovered from the impact of 
a 1994 Procurement List addition where it had been the current 
contractor. However, the Committee's records reflect a statement by the 
President of the firm that it was losing money on the contract added to 
the Procurement List in 1994, and that it did not want the option to be 
exercised. To avoid having its option exercised and to protect another 
contract under consideration for addition to the Procurement List, the 
firm suggested that the Committee discontinue its consideration of 
another

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contract and add the contract in question to the Procurement List. The 
Committee proceeded as suggested, and the 1994 addition actually 
benefitted rather than harmed the contractor. Consequently, the 
Committee does not believe the 1994 addition ever had a significant 
adverse impact on the contractor, nor does it believe the current and 
1994 additions together constitute severe adverse impact on the 
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 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. 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 will not 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:

Base Supply Center and Operation of Individual Equipment Element 
Store
    Moody Air Force Base, Georgia

Duplicating Service
    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore, Maryland

Janitorial/Custodial
    Federal Building #4, 4401 Suitland Road, Suitland, 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.
Beverly L. Milkman,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 99-10274 Filed 4-22-99; 8:45 am]
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