[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 87 (Friday, May 5, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26451-26452]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-6836]


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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 
services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who 
are blind or have other severe disabilities, and deletes from the 
Procurement List services previously furnished by such agencies.

DATES: Effective Date: June 4, 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: Mary-Carolyn Bell, Telephone: (703) 
603-7740, Fax: (703) 603-0655, or e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Additions

    On March 10, 2006, the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are 
Blind or Severely Disabled published notice (71 FR 12338) of proposed 
additions to the Procurement List.
    The following comments pertain to Vehicle Maintenance/Operations, 
Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, Tinker Air Force, Oklahoma.
    Comments were received from two small businesses, neither of which 
are the current contractor for the services in question. One firm asked 
that the services be retained for small businesses, in order to keep 
the current employees on the job. The firm stated that vehicle 
maintenance services are much more challenging and complex than grounds 
maintenance or janitorial

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services, which the firm considers more appropriate for people with 
severe disabilities.
    The nonprofit agency which will perform the services will phase 
into the work over an 18-month period, during which many of the current 
employees will retain their jobs for at least part of the period. 
People with severe disabilities, who will be replacing the current 
workers, have unemployment rates as high as 70 percent, well above 
those of people without such disabilities. The process of developing 
this project, including the determination that the people who will be 
performing the work are capable of doing so, was conducted with the 
extensive involvement of the government people at the base in question. 
The Committee has every confidence that people with severe disabilities 
will be able to perform their duties, which will create a sizeable 
number of jobs for them.
    The other firm asked the Committee to work with it to ensure that 
the services in question are set aside for service-disabled veteran-
owned small businesses. The Committee has no authority to do what the 
firm is asking.
    The following material pertains to all of the items being added to 
the Procurement List.
    After consideration of the material presented to it concerning 
capability of qualified nonprofit agencies to provide the product and 
services and impact of the additions on the current or most recent 
contractors, the Committee has determined that the product and services 
listed below are 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 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. 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.

End of Certification

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

Product

Product/NSN: En-Route Care System (ERCS). 6545-00-NSH-0018--En-Route 
Care System (ERCS).
NPA: ServiceSource, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia.
Contracting Activity: Marine Corps Systems Command (MARCORPSYSCOM), 
Quantico, VA.

Services

Service Type/Location: Mailroom Operation, Internal Revenue Service, 
Ponce de Leon Avenue/Stop 27 \1/2\, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.
NPA: The Corporate Source, Inc., New York, New York.
Contracting Activity: U.S. Treasury, IRS Headquarters, Oxon Hill, 
Maryland.

Service Type/Location: Vehicle Maintenance/Operation, Oklahoma City 
Air Logistics Center, Tinker AFB, Oklahoma.
NPA: Professional Contract Services, Inc., Austin, Texas.
Contracting Activity: Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.

Deletions

    On March 10, 2006, the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are 
Blind or Severely Disabled published notice (71 FR 12339) of proposed 
deletions to the Procurement List.
    After consideration of the relevant matter presented, the Committee 
has determined that the services 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 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 deleted from the Procurement List.

End of Certification

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

Services

Service Type/Location: Administrative Services, Great Lakes Naval 
Training Center, Galley 535, 928 and 1128, 2703 Sheridan Road, Great 
Lakes, Illinois.
NPA: Opportunity, Inc., Highland Park, Illinois.
Contracting Activity: Department of the Navy.

Service Type/Location: Grounds Maintenance, Naval Supply Center, SW 
Division & various activities, Naval Station, San Diego, California.
NPA: The ARC of San Diego, San Diego, California.
Contracting Activity: Department of the Navy.

Service Type/Location: Janitorial/Custodial, U.S. Army Reserve 
Center, 1909 Kearsley Park Blvd., Flint, Michigan.
NPA: Michigan Community Services, Inc., Swartz Creek, Michigan.
Contracting Activity: Headquarters, 88th Regional Support Command, 
Fort Snelling, MN.

Patrick Rowe,
Deputy Executive Director.
[FR Doc. E6-6836 Filed 5-4-06; 8:45 am]
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