[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 98 (Friday, May 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27752-27753]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12889]


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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 a commodity and a service previously furnished by such 
agencies.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 21, 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 6, 1996, August 7, 1998 and 
February 12, April 2, and 9, 1999, the Committee for Purchase From 
People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled published notices (61 FR 
64666, 63 FR 42365 and 64 FR 7166, 15955 and 17312) of proposed 
additions to and deletions from the Procurement List:

Additions

The Following Comments Pertain to Water Bag, Nylon Duck

    Comments were received from the current contractor for these water 
bags, a previous contractor, and two Members of Congress on behalf of 
the previous contractor. The current contractor described the impact on 
the company which it believed the Procurement List addition would 
cause. The current contractor has subsequently notified the Committee 
that it is withdrawing its comments, as the impact is not what was 
originally anticipated. Consequently, the Committee has concluded that 
the addition of the bags to the Procurement List will not have a severe 
adverse impact on the current contractor.
    The previous contractor and the Members of Congress writing on its 
behalf expressed concern over the impact of the Procurement List 
addition on the previous contractor, and the contractor claimed that 
the addition would increase the costs of the bags to the Government. 
The previous contractor has not had a contract for these bags since 
1994 and, thus, is not dependent on the business they represent. 
Moreover, under the competitive procurement system, no contractor is 
guaranteed a Government contract. Consequently, the previous contractor 
is objecting to losing the possibility of getting a contract in the 
future. The Committee does not believe that loss of this possibility, 
by itself, constitutes severe adverse impact on any contractor. As for 
the price, the amount the Government will pay has been negotiated with 
the Government contracting agency, which has concluded that it 
represents a fair market price as required by the Committee's statute.

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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

Kit, Marine Corps Demolition, Advanced
1375-00-NSH-0001
Water Bag, Nylon Duck
8465-01-321-1678
8465-01-321-1678F

Services

Administrative Services, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 
700 South 19th Street, Birmingham, Alabama

Data Entry
U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development, Richard B. Russell 
Federal Building, 75 Spring Street, SW, Atlanta, Georgia

Grounds Maintenance at the following locations in El Paso, Texas:
Sequra USAR Center, 301 Ascarate Drive, Dyer USAR Center

Janitorial/Custodial
Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia

Janitorial/Custodial
Naval Reserve Center, 85 Sea Street, Quincy, Massachusetts

Janitorial/Custodial
Sequra USAR Center, 301 Ascarate Drive, El Paso, Texas

    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 commodity and service.
    3. The action may result in authorizing small entities to furnish 
the commodity and 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 commodity and service deleted from the 
Procurement List.
    After consideration of the relevant matter presented, the Committee 
has determined that the commodity and service 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 commodity and service are hereby deleted 
from the Procurement List:

Commodity

Clamp, Panel 5450-00-297-5271

Service

Janitorial/Custodial
Grenier Field U.S. Army Reserve Center, Manchester, New Hampshire
Mark J. Benedict,
Operations Analyst.
[FR Doc. 99-12889 Filed 5-20-99; 8:45 am]
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