[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 37 (Friday, February 25, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9268-9269]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3680]


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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED


Procurement List; Proposed Additions and Deletions

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

ACTION: Proposed additions to and deletions from Procurement list.

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SUMMARY: The Committee is proposing to add to the Procurement List a 
product and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing 
persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and to delete 
services previously furnished by such agencies.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before: March 27, 2005.

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 OR TO SUBMIT COMMENTS CONTACT: Sheryl D. 
Kennerly, Telephone: (703) 603-7740, Fax: (703) 603-0655, or e-mail 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published pursuant to 41 
U.S.C 47(a)(2) and 41 CFR 51-2.3. Its purpose

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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 product or 
service will be required to procure the product and 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 
product and services to the Government.
    2. If approved, the action will result in authorizing small 
entities to furnish the product 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 product 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.

End of Certification

    The following products and services are proposed for addition to 
Procurement List for production by the nonprofit agencies listed:
Product
    Product/NSN: Flat Highlighters, Pink, 7520-01-351-9146.
    NPA: Winston-Salem Industries for the Blind, Winston-Salem, North 
Carolina.
    Contracting Activity: Office Supplies & Paper Products Acquisition 
Center, New York, NY.
Services
    Service Type/Location: Administrative Service, Defense Procurement 
and Acquisition Policy Office, Crystal Square 4, Suite 200A, Arlington, 
Virginia.
    NPA: Anchor Mental Health Association (Anchor Services Workshop), 
Washington, DC.
    Contracting Activity: HQ Bolling--11th CONS/LGCO, Bolling AFB, DC.

    Service Type/Location: Custodial Services, National Institute of 
Standards and Technology (NIST), Boulder Laboratories, Boulder, 
Colorado.
    NPA: Bayaud Industries, Inc., Denver, Colorado.
    Contracting Activity: National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, Boulder, Colorado.

Deletions

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 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 deletion from the 
Procurement List.

End of Certification

    The following services are proposed for deletion from the 
Procurement List:
Services
    Service Type/Location: Janitorial/Custodial, Internal Revenue 
Service, Pendleton Trade Center, Indianapolis, Indiana.
    NPA: GW Commercial Services, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
    Contracting Activity: GSA, PBS.
    Service Type/Location: Janitorial/Custodial, Iowa Air National 
Guard, 185th Air National Guard Base, Sioux City, Iowa.
    NPA: Goodwill Community Rehabilitation Services, Inc., Sioux City, 
Iowa.
    Contracting Activity: Department of the Air Force.

    Service Type/Location: Janitorial/Custodial, Paul B. Dunbar 
Building, Cincinnati, Ohio.
    NPA: Ohio Valley Goodwill Industries Rehabilitation Center, Inc., 
Cincinnati, Ohio.
    Contracting Activity: General Services Administration.

    Service Type/Location: Sorting of Aperture Cards, EDCARS System 
Management Office, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
    NPA: Clark County Board of Mental Retardation & Developmental 
Disabilities, Springfield, Ohio.
    Contracting Activity: Department of the Air Force.

Sheryl D. Kennerly,
Director, Information Management.
[FR Doc. 05-3680 Filed 2-24-05; 8:45 am]
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