[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 166 (Friday, August 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46880-46881]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22353]


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

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 27, 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 June 25, July 9 and 16, 1999, the Committee for Purchase From 
People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled published notices (64 FR 
34187, 34188, 37098 and 38408) of proposed additions to the Procurement 
List.

Additions

The following comments pertain to Facilities Management, Federal 
Center, Defense Logistics Information Services (DLIS), 74 North 
Washington Street, Battle Creek, Michigan

    Comments were received from the current contractor in response to a 
request for sales data. The contractor indicated that losing this 
project would be ``a significant loss'' to the company. The percentage 
of the contractor's total sales which its contract for this service 
represents, however, is below the level which the Committee normally 
considers to be severe adverse impact on a contractor.

The following comments pertain to Janitorial/Custodial, Basewide, 
Brooks Air Force Base, Texas and Janitorial/Custodial, Basewide 
(excluding Gymnasium), Fort Sam Houston, Texas

    Identical comments were received from the current contractor and 
four other small disadvantaged businesses. The commenters opposed the 
addition of these services to the Procurement List on the basis of 
impact on the 8(a) Program generally. The commenters claimed that both 
the 8(a) and JWOD Programs exist to serve disadvantaged individuals, so 
it would be a conflict to move a project from one program to the other. 
They also noted that removal of any projects from the 8(a) Program 
would exacerbate the effects of recent changes in the 8(a) contracting 
process

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and contract bundling by Federal agencies. Accordingly, they asked that 
the Committee not add these services or any others performed by 8(a) 
contractors to the Procurement List.
    The Committee adds services performed by 8(a) contractors to the 
Procurement List upon graduation of the contractors from the 8(a) 
Program, in order to avoid having an impact on the contractors while 
they remain eligible to perform services which would continue in the 
8(a) Program after the contractors' graduation if they were not added 
to the Procurement List. For Fiscal Year 1998, the JWOD Program's 
Federal revenues were less than seven percent of the 8(a) Program's 
Federal revenues, so the Committee does not believe that its 
Procurement List additions are having a severe adverse impact on the 
8(a) Program. The changes in 8(a) contracting processes and 
opportunities which the commenters mentioned are the result of actions 
by the Small Business Administration and Federal contracting 
activities, which are beyond the control of the Committee.

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

Sachet Bag Assorted Scents & Oil Crystal Assorted, M.R. 1733 (Sachet 
Bag), M.R. 1779 (Oil)

Services

Facilities Management, Federal Center, Defense Logistics Information 
Services (DLIS), 74 North Washington Street, Battle Creek, Michigan
Family Housing Maintenance, Travis Air Force Base, California
Grounds Maintenance, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Western 
Ecology Division, Environmental Effects Laboratory, 200 SW 35th 
Street, Willamette Research Station, 1350 SE Goodnight Ave, 
Corvallis, Oregon

Janitorial/Custodial

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal Plant Health Inspection 
Services (APHIS), Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ), 214 North 
Andes Avenue, Orlando, Florida

Janitorial/Custodial

U.S. Army Reserve Center, Building 213, Fort Hamilton, New York

Janitorial/Custodial

Basewide, Brooks Air Force Base, Texas

Janitorial/Custodial

Basewide (excluding Gymnasium), Fort Sam Houston, Texas

Janitorial/Custodial

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 
Morgantown, West Virginia
Laundry and Dry Cleaning Service, Fort Belvoir, Virginia,

    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. 99-22353 Filed 8-26-99; 8:45 am]
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