[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 43 (Friday, March 3, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11546-11547]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-5205]


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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 a commodity 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: April 3, 2000.

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: Louis R. Bartalot (703) 603-7740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 22, November 5, and December 27, 
1999 and January 7, 14, and 21, 2000, the Committee for Purchase From 
People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled published notices (64 FR 
57031, 60407 and 72312, and 65 FR 2373, 2374, and 3416) of proposed 
additions to and deletions from the Procurement List:

Additions

    The following comments pertain to Holder, Card, 7510-00-155-5174: 
Comments were received from the current contractor for the card holder. 
The contractor claimed that it had given up many items to the 
Committee's Procurement List and asked the Committee not to take this 
one as well. The contractor also claimed that the card holder would 
create little labor for people with severe disabilities and would cause 
the contractor to lose its investment in tooling for the project, as 
the contractor claimed there is little demand for the card holder in 
the commercial market.
    As the contractor noted, it has a partnership with a nonprofit 
agency producing items now on the Procurement List which the contractor 
formerly produced for the Government. This partnership permits the 
contractor to supply materials for the items to the nonprofit agency, 
thus essentially negating the impact of that Procurement List addition 
on the contractor. The only other item being produced by the contractor 
for the Government which the Committee has added to the Procurement 
List in recent years, a tape dispenser, represented only a very small 
percentage of the contractor's total sales, as does the card holder now 
at issue. The contractor has not given the Committee information to 
indicate that loss of use of the card holder tooling would severely 
impact the company. Addition of the card holder to the Procurement List 
will generate nearly two work years of employment for blind workers, 
whose unemployment rate far exceeds that of workers without severe 
disabilities. Taking all these factors into account, the Committee has 
concluded that it is very unlikely that the contractor will suffer a 
severe adverse impact as a result of adding the card holder to the 
Procurement List.
    The following comments pertain to Cutting and Assembly of FTESFB 
System for P-3 Aircraft, 1560-00-NSH-0001, Department of the Navy, 
Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Jacksonville, Florida: Comments 
were received from the last contractor for this service telling the 
Committee it had to assess impact on the contractor. The contracting 
activity indicated its intent to procure this service through the Small 
Business Administration's 8(a) Program if the service is not added to 
the Procurement List. Because the commenting contractor has graduated 
from the 8(a) Program, it would not be eligible to receive a contract 
for this service. Consequently, addition of this service to the 
Procurement List will not be the cause of any impact this contractor 
may experience from not receiving a contract for this service.
    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 
commodity and services and impact of the additions on the current or 
most recent contractors, the Committee has determined that the 
commodity 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 commodity and 
services to the Government.
    2. The action will not have a severe economic impact on current 
contractors for the commodity and services.
    3. The action will result in authorizing small entities to furnish 
the commodity 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

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connection with the commodity and services proposed for addition to the 
Procurement List.
    Accordingly, the following commodity and services are hereby added 
to the Procurement List:

Commodity

    Holder, Card, 7510-00-155-5174.

Services

    Base Supply Center, Detroit Arsenal, Warren, Michigan.
    Commissary Shelf Stocking, Custodial and Warehousing, Hanscom Air 
Force Base, Massachusetts.
    Cutting and Assembly of FTESFB System for P-3 Aircraft, 1560-00-
NSH-0001, Department of the Navy, Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, 
Jacksonville, Florida.
    Grounds Maintenance, U.S. Army Reserve Center, 682 Main Street, 
Keene, New Hampshire.
    Grounds Maintenance at the following locations: U.S. Army Reserve 
Center, 70 Rochester Hill Road, Rochester, New Hampshire, U.S. Army 
Reserve Center, 125 Cottage Street, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
    Telephone Switchboard Operations, Department of Veterans Affairs 
Medical Center, 50 Irving Street, NW, Washington, DC.
    Warehouse Operation, 2031 Idorek Street, Building 783 S and T, 
McClellan AFB, 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:

Pen, Twist Action, Blue and Black Ink

M.R. 040 (Black Ink)
M.R. 041 (Blue Ink)

Bag, Tote, Canvas

M.R. 511
M.R. 512
M.R. 513

Sweatshirt and Sweatpants, Private Label

M.R. 630 (Sweatshirt)
M.R. 631 (Sweatpants)
M.R. 632 (Sweatshirt)
M.R. 633 (Sweatpants)

Sweatshirt and Sweatpants, Recruit, USMC

M.R. 640 (Sweatshirt)
M.R. 641 (Sweatshirt)
M.R. 642 (Sweatshirt)
M.R. 643 (Sweatshirt)
M.R. 644 (Sweatshirt)
M.R. 645 (Sweatpants)
M.R. 646 (Sweatpants)
M.R. 647 (Sweatpants)
M.R. 648 (Sweatpants)
M.R. 649 (Sweatpants)

Sweatsuit, Recruit, Marine Corps

M.R. 650 (Sweatshirt)
M.R. 651 (Sweatshirt)
M.R. 652 (Sweatshirt)
M.R. 653 (Sweatshirt)
M.R. 654 (Sweatshirt)
M.R. 655 (Sweatpants)
M.R. 656 (Sweatpants)
M.R. 657 (Sweatpants)
M.R. 658 (Sweatpants)
M.R. 659 (Sweatpants)

Desk, Lap

M.R. 750

Mitt, Barbecue

M.R. 891

Mop, Stick, Rayon Head, Wet

M.R. 927

Broom, Fiber

M.R. 952

Broom, Patio

M.R. 954

Filter, Air Conditioning

4130-00-951-1208

Aerosol Paint, Lacquer

8010-00-598-5455

Enamel, Lacquer

8010-00-133-5901
8010-00-702-1053
8010-00-181-7791
8010-00-664-1914
8010-00-851-5525

Aerosol Paint, Lacquer

8010-00-958-8150
8010-00-721-9750
8010-00-721-9753
8010-00-141-2951
8010-00-883-5329
8010-00-515-2487
8010-00-965-2391
8010-00-721-9749
8010-00-721-9754
8010-00-721-9748
8010-00-835-7215
8010-00-965-2390
8010-00-141-2958
8010-00-079-2756
8010-00-721-9746
8010-00-721-9745
8010-00-079-2754
8010-00-958-8151

Enamel

8010-01-060-6461
8010-00-935-7156
8010-01-332-3735
8010-01-336-5064
8010-01-332-3740
8010-01-331-6118
8010-01-336-5065
8010-01-333-1441
8010-01-336-3979
8010-01-336-5059
8010-01-336-3977
8010-01-336-5058
8010-01-336-5060
8010-01-332-3746
8010-01-332-3738
8010-01-332-3737
8010-01-332-3741
8010-01-332-3736
8010-01-363-3374
8010-01-363-3373

Enamel, Aerosol, Waterbase

8010-01-350-5259
8010-01-350-5256
8010-01-350-6258
8010-01-350-4757
8010-01-350-4749
8010-01-350-5261
8010-01-350-5253
8010-01-350-4750
8010-01-350-4751
8010-01-350-4756
8010-01-350-4758
8010-01-350-4764
8010-01-350-5246
8010-01-350-5250
8010-01-350-5252
8010-01-350-6257
8010-01-350-5260
8010-01-350-4763
8010-01-363-1631
8010-01-363-1633

Louis R. Bartalot,
Deputy Director (Operations).
[FR Doc. 00-5205 Filed 3-2-00; 8:45 am]
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