[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 112 (Friday, June 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31538-31539]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-14851]
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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 previously furnished by such agencies.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 12, 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 January 22, March 22, and April 9, 16, 23, and 30, 1999, the
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
published notices (64 F.R. 3483, 13767, 17312, 18877, 19976 and 23267)
of proposed additions to and deletions from the Procurement List:
Additions
The following comments pertain to Towbar Assembly, 3920-01-000-
0559:
Comments were received from the current contractor. The commenter
said the corporate unit which produces the towbar assemblies is a small
business whose main customer is the U.S. Postal Service, and losing
this contract for the Postal Service would have a major effect on
corporate income and employment levels. The commenter did not provide
details on these effects. According to data available to the Committee,
this contract represents a percentage of the contractor's total sales
which is below the level the Committee normally considers to constitute
severe adverse impact on a company. Consequently, the Committee has
concluded that addition of these towbar assemblies to the Procurement
List is not likely to have a severe adverse impact on the contractor.
The addition of the towbar assemblies to the Procurement List will
create employment for people who are blind. The unemployment rate of
such people far exceeds that of people without disabilities. The
Committee believes creating this employment outweighs the possible loss
of jobs for some of the commenter's employees, who could more easily
find other employment.
The following comments pertain to Vegetable Oil, 8945-00-NSH-0001:
Comments were received from one of the current contractors in
response to a Committee request for sales data. The contractor
indicated that it is a small business facing intense competition from
larger businesses, and that the percentage decrease in its sales which
it believed this Procurement List addition would cause would be
devastating to the company.
This contractor is one of two currently supplying the Government's
requirements of this vegetable oil. Its contract represents a somewhat
smaller portion of its total sales than its comments indicated would
cause a devastating impact. In addition, the nonprofit agency which
will supply the vegetable oil after it is added to the Procurement List
will phase in its production over a two year period, during which
Government purchases of the vegetable oil from the commenting
contractor are expected to increase. Consequently, the impact of the
addition on the contractor will be less and more gradual than the
contractor anticipated. Accordingly, the Committee does not believe the
addition of the vegetable oil to the Procurement List will have a
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 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
Towbar Assembly
3920-01-000-0559
Vegetable Oil
8945-00-NSH-0001
(15% of the total Government requirement)
Services
Base Supply Center and Operation of Individual Equipment Element
Store, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho
Base Supply Center and Operation of Individual Equipment Element
Store, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
Carwash Service
USDI, Bureau of Land Management, 1661 South Fourth Street, El
Centro, California
Janitorial/Custodial
INS Detention Center, 1115 N. Imperial Highway, El Centro,
California
Santa Ana Federal Building, 34 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana,
California
U.S. Customhouse, 300 S. Ferry Street, Terminal Island, California
Photocopying Service
GPO Program #C294-S (FHWA Register)
(Requirements for the Government Printing Office, Washington, DC)
Security Services
Air Passenger Terminal, Travis Air Force Base, California
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.
3. The action may result in authorizing small entities to furnish
the commodities 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 deleted from the Procurement
List.
After consideration of the relevant matter presented, the Committee
has determined that the commodities 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 are hereby deleted from the
Procurement List:
Pencil, Mechanical 7520-00-164-8950
7520-0-268-9916
Fly Tent, Nylon, Polyurethane Coated
8340-00-102-6370
8340-01-185-5512
Beverly L. Milkman,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 99-14851 Filed 6-10-99; 8:45 am]
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