[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 73 (Friday, April 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 20134]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-9353]


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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED


Procurement List; Proposed Additions

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely 
Disabled.

ACTION: Proposed additions to procurement list.

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SUMMARY: The Committee has received proposals to add to the Procurement 
List a commodity and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies 
employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.

COMMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR BEFORE: May 15, 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: This notice is published pursuant to 41 
U.S.C. 47(a)(2) and 41 CFR 51-2.3. Its purpose is to provide interested 
persons an opportunity to submit comments on the possible impact of the 
proposed actions.
    If the Committee approves the proposed additions, all entities of 
the Federal Government (except as otherwise indicated) will be required 
to procure the commodity and services listed below from nonprofit 
agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe 
disabilities.
    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 result in authorizing small entities to furnish 
the commodity and services to the Government.
    3. 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 commodity and services proposed for 
addition to the Procurement List. Comments on this certification are 
invited. Commenters should identify the statement(s) underlying the 
certification on which they are providing additional information.
    The following commodity and services have been proposed for 
addition to Procurement List for production by the nonprofit agencies 
listed:

Commodity

Handle, Jack, 5120-01-032-6042
NPA: Knox County ARC, Knoxville, Tennessee

Services

Distribution/Logistics Service
Defense Supply Center--Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania North 
Central Region
Lansing, Michigan
NPA: Peckham Vocational Industries, Inc., Lansing, Michigan
Medical Courier Services, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4100 West 
3rd Street, Dayton, Ohio
NPA: The Clovernook Center, Opportunities for the Blind, Cincinnati, 
Ohio

    Release of Information Copying Services for the following 
locations:
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 421 North Main Street, Leeds, 
Massachusetts
Springfield Outpatient Clinic, 1550 Main Street, Springfield, 
Massachusetts
NPA: Massachusetts Commission for the Blind Ferguson Industries for the 
Blind, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Leon A. Wilson, Jr.,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 00-9353 Filed 4-13-00; 8:45 am]
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