[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 72 (Friday, April 14, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19478-19479]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-5585]


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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 Procurement List.

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SUMMARY: This action adds to the Procurement List a product and a 
service to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are 
blind or have other severe disabilities, and deletes from the 
Procurement List products previously furnished by such agencies.

DATES: Effective Date: May 14, 2006.

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, Telephone: (703) 
603-7740, Fax: (703) 603-0655, or e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Additions

    On January 20, and February 17, 2006, the Committee for Purchase 
From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled published notice (71 FR 
3259, and 8565) of proposed additions to the Procurement List.
    After consideration of the material presented to it concerning 
capability of qualified nonprofit agencies to provide the product and 
service and impact of the additions on the current or most recent 
contractors, the Committee has determined that the product and service 
listed below are suitable for procurement by the Federal Government 
under 41 U.S.C. 46-48c and 41 CFR 51-2.4.

The Following Comments Pertain to Filter, Element Coalescer

    Comments were received from the most recent contractor for the 
Filter, Element Coalescer, in response to a request for sales data. The 
contractor stated that it held four contracts for this product in 2004, 
during which the contractor made considerable investments in capital 
equipment. The contractor also indicated intent to make further 
investments to produce the product for future contracts. The contractor 
stated that it makes the product on Native American property, with 
nearly all its employees being Native Americans. According to the 
contractor, loss of the opportunity to produce this product for the 
Government will result in discharge of about twenty people, who will 
have very few employment areas in that depressed area. Government 
records show that the four contracts this contractor cited are the only 
contracts for this product which this contractor

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has held. Furthermore, the value of those contracts was less than ten 
percent of the contractor's total sales. Therefore, the contractor 
cannot be considered dependent on contracts for the product. In 
addition, because the contractor would not be guaranteed to receive 
future contracts if the product remained in the competitive bidding 
system, the contractor's inability to recoup its capital investment is 
not a significant factor in the Committee's impact decision. The 
Government has not purchased this product since 2004. Consequently, it 
is likely that any job loss attributable to the product will have 
already occurred. In view of these facts, the Committee has concluded 
that addition of the product to the Procurement List is not likely to 
have a severe adverse impact on the contractor.
    The following material pertains to all of the items being added to 
the Procurement List.

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. 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 service 
to the Government.
    2. The action will result in authorizing small entities to furnish 
the product and 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 product and service proposed for addition 
to the Procurement List.

End of Certification

    Accordingly, the following product and service are added to the 
Procurement List:

Product

Product/NSN: Filter, Element Coalescer
    4330-00-983-0998--Filter, Element Coalescer
NPA: New Ventures Enterprises, Inc., LaGrange, Georgia

    Contracting Activity: Defense Supply Center Columbus, Columbus, 
Ohio

Service

Service Type/Location: Grounds Maintenance & Snow Removal, Bishop 
Henry Whipple Federal Building, 1 Federal Drive, Fort Snelling, 
Minnesota
NPA: Tasks Unlimited, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Contracting Activity: GSA, Public Buildings Service, Region 5, 
Chicago, Illinois

Deletions

    On February 17, 2006, the Committee for Purchase From People Who 
Are Blind or Severely Disabled published notice (71 FR 8565/8566) of 
proposed deletions to the Procurement List.
    After consideration of the relevant matter presented, the Committee 
has determined that the products listed below are no longer suitable 
for procurement by the Federal Government under 41 U.S.C. 46-48c and 41 
CFR 51-2.4.

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. The action may result in additional reporting, recordkeeping or 
other compliance requirements for small entities.
    2. 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 deleted from the Procurement List.

End of Certification

    Accordingly, the following products are deleted from the 
Procurement List:

Products

Product/NSN: Frame With Handle and Dustmop Head
    7920-00-NIB-0311--Frame With Handle and Dustmop Head
    7920-00-NIB-0252--Frame With Handle and Dustmop Head
    7920-00-NIB-0312--Frame With Handle and Dustmop Head
    7920-00-NIB-0244--Frame With Handle and Dustmop Head
    7920-00-NIB-0309--Frame With Handle and Dustmop Head
    7920-00-NIB-0253--Frame With Handle and Dustmop Head
    7920-00-NIB-0243--Frame With Handle and Dustmop Head
    7920-00-NIB-0304--Frame With Handle and Dustmop Head
    7920-00-NIB-0305--Frame With Handle and Dustmop Head
    7920-00-NIB-0306--Frame With Handle and Dustmop Head
    7920-00-NIB-0307--Frame With Handle and Dustmop Head
    7920-00-NIB-0310--Frame With Handle and Dustmop Head
    7920-00-NIB-0242--Frame With Handle and Dustmop Head
    7920-00-NIB-0254--Frame With Handle and Dustmop Head
    7920-00-NIB-0240--Frame With Handle and Dustmop Head
    7920-00-NIB-0241--Frame With Handle and Dustmop Head
    7920-00-NIB-0313--Frame With Handle and Dustmop Head
    7920-00-NIB-0314--Frame With Handle and Dustmop Head
    7920-00-NIB-0315--Frame With Handle and Dustmop Head
    7920-00-NIB-0316--Frame With Handle and Dustmop Head
    7920-00-NIB-0317--Frame With Handle and Dustmop Head
    7920-00-NIB-0318--Frame With Handle and Dustmop Head
    7920-01-512-2718--Frame With Handle and Dustmop Head
    7920-01-512-2719--Frame With Handle and Dustmop Head
    7920-00-NIB-0308--Frame With Handle and Dustmop Head
NPA: New York City Industries for the Blind, Inc., Brooklyn, New 
York

    Contracting Activity: Veterans Affairs National Acquisition 
Center, Hines, Illinois

Product/NSN: Mop, Dusting, Cotton
    7920-00-205-0484--Mop, Dusting, Cotton
    7920-00-205-0483--Mop, Dusting, Cotton
    7920-00-205-0481--Mop, Dusting, Cotton
NPA: New York City Industries for the Blind, Inc., Brooklyn, New 
York

    Contracting Activity: GSA, Southwest Supply Center, Fort Worth, 
Texas

Product/NSN: Mophead, Dust
    7920-00-NIB-0158--Mophead, Dust
    7920-00-NIB-0157--Mophead, Dust
    7920-00-NIB-0156--Mophead, Dust
    7920-00-NIB-0159--Mophead, Dust
NPA: New York City Industries for the Blind, Inc., Brooklyn, New 
York

    Contracting Activity: Veterans Affairs National Acquisition 
Center, Hines, Illinois

Product/NSN: Mophead, Dusting, Cotton
    7920-00-205-0488--Mophead, Dusting, Cotton
    7920-00-205-0487--Mophead, Dusting, Cotton
    7920-00-205-0485--Mophead, Dusting, Cotton
NPA: New York City Industries for the Blind, Inc., Brooklyn, New 
York

    Contracting Activity: GSA, Southwest Supply Center, Fort Worth, 
Texas

Sheryl D. Kennerly,
Director, Information Management.
 [FR Doc. E6-5585 Filed 4-13-06; 8:45 am]
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