[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 126 (Friday, July 1, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38098-38099]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-3468]


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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 
products and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing 
persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and to delete 
products previously furnished by such agencies.
    Comments Must be Received on or Before: July 31, 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 email 
[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 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 products 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

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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 
products and services to the Government.
    2. If approved, the action will result in authorizing small 
entities to furnish the products 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 products 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:

Products

Mop, Deck, Cotton, Blue & Refill.
NSN: M.R. 1068--Blue Cotton Deck Mop Refill.
NSN: M.R. 1067--Blue Cotton Deck Mop.
NPA: L.C. Industries For The Blind, Inc., Durham, North Carolina.
Contracting Activity: Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA), Fort Lee, 
Virginia.

Services

Service Type/Location: Base Supply Center, Department of the Army 
Directorate of Public Works, Bldg 2250, Fort Meade, Maryland.
NPA: Blind Industries & Services of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland.
Contracting Activity: Army Contracting Agency, Fort Meade, Maryland.
Service Type/Location: Document Destruction, USDA, Farm Service 
Agency, 4300 Goodfellow Blvd, St. Louis, Missouri.
NPA: Challenge Unlimited, Inc., Alton, Illinois.
Contracting Activity: Department of Agriculture, Farm Service 
Agency, Kansas City, Missouri.
Service Type/Location: Laundry Service, Health & Human Services 
Supply Center, Perry Point, Maryland.
NPA: Rappahannock Goodwill Industries, Inc., Fredericksburg, 
Virginia.
Contracting Activity: Health & Human Services, Program Support 
Center, Perry Point, Maryland.

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 products 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 products proposed for deletion from the 
Procurement List.

End of Certification

    The following products are proposed for deletion from the 
Procurement List:

Products

Pen, Ballpoint, Stealth Writer.
NSN: 7520-01-439-3396--Pen, Ballpoint, Stealth Writer.
NSN: 7520-01-439-3401--Pen, Ballpoint, Stealth Writer.
NSN: 7520-01-439-3402--Pen, Ballpoint, Stealth Writer.
NSN: 7520-01-439-3405--Pen, Ballpoint, Stealth Writer.
NSN: 7520-01-439-3406--Pen, Ballpoint, Stealth Writer.
NSN: 7520-01-439-3395--Pen, Ballpoint, Stealth Writer.
NPA: Industries for the Blind, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Contracting Activity: Office Supplies & Paper Products Acquisition 
Center, New York, New York.

Sheryl D. Kennerly,
Director, Information Management.
[FR Doc. E5-3468 Filed 6-30-05; 8:45 am]
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