[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 228 (Monday, November 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66611-66612]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30921]


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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: December 29, 1999.

ADDRESS: 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 September 3 and 24, and October 8 and 15, 
1999, the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely 
Disabled published notices (64 F.R. 48345, 51736, 54862 and 55897) of 
proposed additions to the Procurement List.

The Following Comments Pertain to Bookcase, Steel, Contemporary

    Comments were received from the current contractor in response to a 
request for sales data. The contractor suggested that the previous 
addition to the Procurement List of a portion of the Government 
requirements for the bookcase hastened the demise of a corporate 
predecessor to the contractor. The contractor indicated that current 
Federal sales of the bookcase represent only a very small portion of 
the contractor's total sales, but are important because they use some 
of the company's underutilized productive capacity. The contractor also 
noted its status as a Hubzone Empowerment Contracting Company located 
in an extremely high unemployment area. According to the Committee's 
figures, the previous Procurement List addition the contractor 
mentioned affected a fairly small portion of the sales of the 
contractor's corporate predecessor. As the contractor admitted, the 
current Procurement List addition affects an even smaller part of the 
contractor's current total sales. Persons with severe disabilities have 
an unemployment rate over twice that cited by the contractor for its 
area. The Committee therefore believes that addition of this supply 
requirement for the bookcase will not have a severe adverse impact on 
the contractor, even taking the past Procurement List addition impact 
into consideration, and the jobs to be created for persons with severe 
disabilities outweigh a possible job loss for workers who could more 
easily find replacement jobs.

The Following Comments Pertain to Cup, Paper, Disposable, Hot

    Comments were received from one of the current contractors for this 
cup. The contractor noted that while sales of the cup are a small part 
of the company's total sales, they are a ``rather significant piece of 
business'' for the company's cup sales. The contractor also asked to be 
allowed to be a supplier if the cup were added to the Procurement List.
    The contractor is a very large business, and its sales of this cup 
are well below one percent of its total sales, so the Committee's 
action should have no severe adverse impact on the company or its cup 
production operation, which the company can easily support if needed. 
Addition of the cup to the Procurement List will not bar the contractor 
from serving as a supplier of paper cup stock to the nonprofit agency 
which will produce the cup for the Government.

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.

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    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

Bookcase, Steel, Contemporary
7110-00-601-9821
7110-00-601-9822
7110-01-135-1997
7110-01-135-1998
(Requirements for GSA Zones 2 and 3 only)
Cup, Paper, Disposable, Hot
7350-00-162-3006

Services

Food Service Attendant
Air National Guard Base
New Castle County Airport
New Castle, Delaware

Laundry/Dry Cleaning
Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base
Camp Pendleton, 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.
Beverly L. Milkman,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 99-30921 Filed 11-26-99; 8:45 am]
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