[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 209 (Friday, October 29, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63139-63140]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-24237]


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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED


Procurement List; Proposed Additions and Deletion

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

ACTION: Proposed additions to and deletion from Procurement List.

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SUMMARY: The Committee is proposing to add to the Procurement List 
services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who 
are blind or have other severe disabilities, and to delete a service 
previously furnished by such agencies.
    Comments Must Be Received on or Before: November 28, 2004.

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: Sheryl D. Kennerly, (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 proposed actions.

Additions

    If the Committee approves the proposed additions, the entities of 
the Federal Government identified in this notice for each service will 
be required to procure the services listed below from nonprofit 
agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe 
disabilities.

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification

    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. If approved, 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. If approved, the action will result in authorizing small 
entities to furnish the 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 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.

End of Certification

    The following services are proposed for addition to Procurement 
List for production by the nonprofit agencies listed:

Services

    Service Type/Location: Custodial Services, E. Ross Adair Federal 
Building and U.S. Courthouse, 1300 S. Harrison Street, Fort Wayne, 
Indiana.
    NPA: The Arc of Northeast Indiana, Inc., Fort Wayne, Indiana.
    Contract Activity: GSA, Public Buildings Service-5P, Chicago, 
Illinois.
    Service Type/Location: Document Destruction, Internal Revenue 
Service, (At the following locations for the identified Nonprofit 
Agencies): 101 Park Deville Drive, Columbia, Missouri, 919 Jackson 
Street, Chillicothe, Missouri, 3702 W. Truman Blvd, Jefferson City, 
Missouri.
    NPA: Independence and Blue Springs Industries, Inc., Independence, 
Missouri, 137 S. Broadview, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, 2725 N. Westwood 
Blvd, Poplar Bluff, Missouri.
    NPA: Cape Girardeau Community Sheltered Workshop, Inc., Cape 
Girardeau, Missouri, 12941 I-45 North, Houston, Texas, 8876 Gulf 
Freeway, Houston, Texas, 8701 South Gessner (Alliance Tower), Houston, 
Texas, 1919 Smith Street (G. T. ``Mickey'' Leland Federal Building), 
Houston, Texas, 350 Pine Street (Petroleum Tower), Beaumont, Texas.
    NPA: Austin Task, Inc., Austin, Texas, 4050 Alpha Road, Farmers 
Branch, Texas, 1801 N. Hampton Road (DeSoto State Bank Building), 
DeSoto, Texas, 1100/1114 Commerce Street (Earle Cabell Federal Building 
Complex), Dallas, Texas, 2601 Meacham Blvd (FAA Building), Fort Worth, 
Texas, 819 Taylor Street (U.S. Federal Courthouse), Fort Worth, Texas.
    NPA: Expanco, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, 1800 NW. Loop 821 (Bank 
Building Office Center), Longview, Texas, 909 ESE Loop 323 (Commerce 
Square III), Tyler, Texas.
    NPA: Goodwill Industries--Opportunities in Tyler, Tyler, Texas.
    Contract Activity: IRS-Western Area Procurement Branch--APFW, San 
Francisco, California.

Deletion

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification

    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. If approved, the action may result in additional reporting, 
recordkeeping or other compliance requirements for small entities.
    2. If approved, the action may result in authorizing small entities 
to furnish the service 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 service proposed for deletion from the 
Procurement List.

End of Certification

    The following service is proposed for deletion from the Procurement 
List:

Service

    Service Type/Location: Janitorial/Custodial, DLA Gadsden Depot, 
Gadsden, Alabama.
    NPA: None currently authorized.

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    Contract Activity: Defense Logistics Agency, Fort Belvoir, 
Virginia.

Sheryl D. Kennerly,
Director, Information Management.
[FR Doc. 04-24237 Filed 10-28-04; 8:45 am]
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