[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 219 (Monday, November 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67714-67715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-29000]


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

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 12, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely 
Disabled, Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800, 1421 Jefferson Davis Highway, 
Arlington, Virginia 22202-3259.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Louis R. Bartalot (703) 603-7740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 25 and September 15, 2000 the 
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled 
published notices (65 FR 51794 and 55938) of proposed additions to the 
Procurement List.

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Additions

    The following comments pertain to Mailroom Operation/Messenger 
Service, Peace Corps, Washington, DC: Comments were received from the 
current contractor for this mail operations service. The contractor 
stated that its staff providing this service are local minority 
persons, most of whom are the sole support of their families. The 
contractor indicated that these persons would probably be laid off, as 
the contractor is uncertain it can replace the work being lost. The 
contractor also indicated that this service and two other contracts 
expiring this year represent a significant portion of its business.
    According to information the contractor gave the Committee, the 
portion of its total sales represented by this service does not reach a 
percentage which the Committee would consider to constitute severe 
adverse impact on a contractor. The contractor has not provided any 
information which would indicate, particularly in the current good 
economy, that the uncertainty of its ability to replace other contracts 
expiring this year should cause the Committee to give more weight to 
the impact this Procurement List addition will have on the contractor. 
Consequently, the Committee does not believe this addition will have a 
severe adverse impact on the contractor.
    The nonprofit agency which will perform this service plans to 
retain approximately half the contractor's current work force. The 
nonprofit agency also plans to employ more workers with severe 
disabilities than contractor workers that will be displaced. Because 
the unemployment rate for people with severe disabilities remains far 
above that of the workers being displaced, the Committee believes the 
contractor workers are more likely to find other employment than the 
people with severe disabilities would find if this service were not 
added to the Procurement List.
    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 
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 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:

Services

Mailroom Operation/Messenger Service
U.S. Peace Corps Headquarters, 1111 20th Street, NW, Washington, DC
Mailroom Operation
New Orleans Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) Site, New Orleans, 
Louisiana
Switchboard Operation
Department of Justice, FBI Academy, Quantico, 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.

Louis R. Bartalot,
Deputy Director (Operations).
[FR Doc. 00-29000 Filed 11-9-00; 8:45 am]
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