[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 242 (Friday, December 15, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78466-78467]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-31987]


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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 15, 2001.

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 June 9, October 20 and October 27, 2000, 
the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely 
Disabled published notices (65 FR 36663, 63057 and 64420) 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 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

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

Services

 Administrative Services

General Services Administration, Public Building Service, Property 
Development Division, 230 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois

Administrative Services

U.S. Department of Commerce, National Weather Service NOAA, National 
Reconditioning Center, Kansas City, Missouri,
Eyewear Prescription Service, VA Outpatient Clinic, Port Richey, 
Florida
General Records Management Support, Corpus Christi Army Depot, 
Corpus Christi, Texas
Grounds Maintenance, Fort McPherson, Fort McPherson, Georgia
Janitorial/Custodial, Ford House Office Building, Washington, DC
Medical Transcription, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Federal Medical 
Center, Lexington, Kentucky
Temporary Administrative General Support Services, National 
Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

    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 will 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 will 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. 46-48 and 51 
CFR 41-2.4. Accordingly, the following commodities are hereby deleted 
from the Procurement List:

Commodities

Arming Wire
    1350-00-889-8165
Arming Wire Assembly
    1325-01-155-9965
    1325-01-264-5465
    1325-00-947-6698
Cleaning Compound
    7930-01-398-0945
Detergent, General Purpose
    7930-01-393-6761
Enamel
    8010-01-332-3739
Stepladder
    5440-00-227-1593
    5440-00-171-9836
    5440-00-227-1594
    5440-00-227-1596
    5440-00-227-1595
    5440-00-227-1592
Stepladder, Fiberglass
    5440-01-415-1238
    5440-01-415-1240
    5440-01-415-1241

Louis R. Bartalot,
Deputy Director (Operations).
[FR Doc. 00-31987 Filed 12-14-00; 8:45 am]
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