[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 242 (Friday, December 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70694-70695]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32743]


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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 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: January 18, 2000.

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 October 22 and 29, and November 5, 1999, 
the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely 
Disabled published notices (64 FR 57031, 58378 and 60407) of proposed 
additions to and deletions from the Procurement List:

Additions

    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

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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:

Administrative Services

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, 696 Virginia 
Road, Concord, Massachusetts

Administrative Services

Puget Sound Area, Navy Region Northwest, Bremerton, Washington

Administrative/General Support Services

Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Federal 
Correctional Institution, Cumberland, Maryland
Base Supply Center and Operation of Individual Equipment Element 
Store, Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota

Management Services

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 611 W. Sixth 
Street, Los Angeles, California
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 450 Golden Gate 
Avenue, San Francisco, 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:

Fasteners, Fence Post
    5660-00-148-7251
Stay, Fence
    5660-00-943-9927
    5660-00-904-8023
    5660-00-607-0286
    5660-00-607-0287
Water Bag, Nylon Duck
    8465-01-185-5511
G. John Heyer,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 99-32743 Filed 12-16-99; 8:45 am]
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