[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 65 (Friday, April 4, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18892-18894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-07544]


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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 the Procurement List.

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

DATES: Effective Date: 5/5/2014.

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely 
Disabled, 1401 S. Clark Street, Suite 10800, Arlington, Virginia, 
22202-4149.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barry S. Lineback, Telephone: (703) 
603-7740, Fax: (703) 603-0655, or email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Additions

    On 12/13/2013 (78 FR 75911-75912) and 1/10/2014 (79 FR 1835-1836), 
the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely 
Disabled published notices of proposed additions to the Procurement 
List.
    ``The Committee For Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely 
Disabled (Committee), established by the Javits-Wagner-O'Day (JWOD) 
Act, administers the AbilityOne Program pursuant to statutory (41 
U.S.C. 8501, et seq.) and regulatory (41 CFR Chapter 51) authority. 
Comments from the contractors indicate that each provides similar 
eyewear products to those that are the subject of the PL addition and, 
as service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB), they 
should be given the opportunity to provide these products to the 
Department of Veteran Affairs (VA). The contractors assert that the 
failure to allow them to provide these products to VA will cause them 
severe adverse impact. The commenters also maintain that VA did not 
follow its established internal procedures to add items to the 
AbilityOne PL under VA's Veterans First Initiative as outlined in a VA 
Departmental Information Letter and that adding these products to the 
PL violates a decision by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (Court).
    The Committee fully supports and contributes to employment 
opportunities for veterans and Wounded

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Warriors. The Committee recognizes that there are several statutory 
government contracting preference programs, including set-asides for 
SDVOSB concerns. The AbilityOne Program is also a statutory program 
that creates employment opportunities for people who are blind or 
severely disabled through the Federal procurement system. The 
Presidentially-appointed members of the Committee have a statutory 
responsibility to implement the JWOD Act and related government policy 
to increase employment opportunities for persons who are blind or 
severely disabled through the purchase of goods or services from 
qualified nonprofit agencies employing these individuals.
    Before items are added to the PL and, in accordance with its 
regulations, the Committee must determine the suitability of products 
or services for procurement by the Government. In each instance, the 
Committee considers whether the addition is likely to have a severe 
adverse impact on the current contractor. In this case, none of the 
firms that submitted comments are the current contractor for the 
eyewear products at the locations being considered in this action; 
therefore, there is no severe adverse impact on the contractors for 
this particular PL addition.
    The JWOD Act (41 U.S.C. 8503(a)) grants the Committee exclusive 
authority to establish, maintain and make changes to a procurement list 
of supplies and services provided by qualified nonprofit agencies for 
people who are blind or severely disabled. The Committee's authority is 
not constrained by internal processes and procedures of federal 
agencies regarding which supplies or services will be added to the PL.
    The JWOD Act exists and continues to be implemented by the 
Committee, notwithstanding the VA's implementation of Public Law 109-
461, the Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act 
of 2006. Accordingly, the Committee concludes that it has the statutory 
responsibility to determine which items are suitable to be added to the 
PL and, therefore, disagrees that VA procedures or the Court decision 
cited by the firms precludes them from exercising the authority granted 
by the JWOD Act''.
    After consideration of the material presented to it concerning 
capability of qualified nonprofit agencies to provide the products and 
impact of the additions on the current or most recent contractors, the 
Committee has determined that the products listed below are suitable 
for procurement by the Federal Government under 41 U.S.C. 8501-8506 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 organization that will furnish the products to the 
Government.
    2. The action will 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. 
8501-8506) in connection with the products proposed for addition to the 
Procurement List.

End of Certification

    Accordingly, the following products are added to the Procurement 
List:

Products:

NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0009--Flat Top 28, Bifocal, Single Vision, Plastic, 
Clear
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0010--Flat Top 28, Bifocal, Plastic, Clear
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0011--Flat Top 35, Bifocal, Clear
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0012--Clear Plastic Round 25 and Round 28
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0013--Flat Top 7 x 28, Plastic, Clear
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0014--Flat Top 8 x 35, Plastic, Clear
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0015--Progressives, (VIP, Adaptar, Freedom, Image), 
Plastic, Clear
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0016--Lenticular Aspheric, Single Vision, Plastic, 
Clear
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0017--Flat Top-Round Aspheric Lenticular, Plastic, 
Clear
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0018--Executive Bifocal, Plastic, Clear
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0019--Single Vision, Glass, Clear
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0020--Flat Top 28, Bifocal, Glass, Clear
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0021--Flat Top 35, Bifocal, Glass, Clear
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0022--Flat Top 7 x 28, Trifocal, Glass, Clear
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0023--Flat Top 8 x 35, Trifocal, Glass, Clear
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0024--Progressives, (VIP, Adaptar, Freedom), Glass, 
Clear
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0025--Executive Bifocal, Glass, Clear
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0026--Single Vision, Polycarbonate, Clear
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0027--Flat Top 28, Bifocal, Polycarbonate, Clear
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0028--Flat Top 35, Bifocal, Polycarbonate, Clear
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0029--Flat Top 7 x 28, Trifocal, Polycarbonate, 
Clear
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0030--Flat Top 8 x 35, Trifocal, Polycarbonate, 
Clear
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0031--Progressives (VIP, Adaptar, Freedom, Image), 
Polycarbonate
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0032--Single Vision, Plastic, Clear
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0033--Flat Top 28, Bifocal, Plastic, Clear
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0034--Flat Top 35, Bifocal, Plastic, Clear
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0035--Round 25 and 28, Bifocal, Plastic, Clear
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0036--Flat Top 7 x 28, Trifocal, Plastic, Clear
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0037--Flat Top 8 x 35, Trifocal, Plastic, Clear
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0038--Progressives, Plastic, Clear
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0039--SV, Aspheric, Lenticular, Plastic, Clear
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0040--FT or round aspheric lenticular, Plastic, 
Clear
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0041--Bifocal, Executive, Plastic, Clear
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0042--Single Vision, Glass, Clear
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0043--Flat Top 28, Bifocal, Glass, Clear
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0044--Flat Top 35, Bifocal, Glass, Clear
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0045--Flat Top 7 x 28, Trifocal, Glass, Clear
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0046--Flat Top 8 x 35, Trifocal, Glass, Clear
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0047--Progressives (VIP, Adaptar, Freedom), Glass, 
Clear
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0048--Bifocal, Executive, Glass, Clear
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0049--Single Vision, Polycarbonate, Clear
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0050--Flat Top 28, Polycarbonate, Clear
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0051--Flat Top 35, Bifocal, Polycarbonate, Clear
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0052--Flat Top 7 x 28, Trifocal, Polycarbonate, 
Clear
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0053--Flat Top 8 x 35, Trifocal, Polycarbonate, 
Clear
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0054--Lenses, Progressives (VIP, Adaptar, Freedom, 
Image), Polycarbonate
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0055--Transition, Plastic, CR-39
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0056--Photochromatic/Transition, (Polycarbonate 
Material)
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0057--Photogrey (glass only)
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0058--High Index transition (CR 39)
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0059--Anti-reflective Coating (CR 39 and 
polycarbonate)
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0060--Ultraviolet Coating (CR 39)
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0061--Polarized Lenses (CR 39)
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0062--Slab-off (polycarbonate, CR 39: trifocal and 
bifocal
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0063--High Index (CR-39)
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0064--Prism (up to 6 diopters no charge) > 6 
diopters/diopter
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0065--Diopter + or--9.0 and above
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0066--Lenses, oversize eye, greater than 58, 
excluding progressive.

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NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0067--Hyper 3 drop SV, multifocal (CR 39)
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0068--Add powers over 4.0
NSN: 6650-00-NIB-0069--Plastic or Metal
Contracting Activity: Department Of Veterans Affairs, 248-Network 
Contracting Office 8, Tampa, FL
NPA: Winston-Salem Industries for the Blind, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC
Coverage: C-List for 100% of the requirements of Bay Pines 
Healthcare System, Bay Pines, FL and the James A. Haley Veterans 
Hospital, Tampa, FL as aggregated by Network Contracting Office 8, 
Tampa, FL

Deletions

    On 2/14/2014 (79 FR 8943-8944), 2/21/2014 (79 FR 9893-9894), and 2/
28/2014 (79 FR 11422-11423), the Committee for Purchase From People Who 
Are Blind or Severely Disabled published notices of proposed deletions 
from the Procurement List.
    After consideration of the relevant matter presented, the Committee 
has determined that the products and services listed below are no 
longer suitable for procurement by the Federal Government under 41 USC 
8501-8506 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 additional reporting, 
recordkeeping or other compliance requirements for small entities.
    2. The action may 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. 
8501-8506) in connection with the products and services deleted from 
the Procurement List.

End of Certification

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

Products

Bag, Plastic

NSN: 8105-LL-N77-1370
NSN: 8105-LL-N78-1252
NSN: 8105-LL-N86-0770
NSN: 8105-LL-N86-0771
NSN: 8105-LL-N89-0073
NSN: 8105-LL-N89-0075
NSN: 8105-LL-N91-2391
NSN: 8105-LL-N91-2392
NSN: 8105-LL-N91-2393
NSN: 8105-LL-N91-2394
NPA: UNKNOWN
Contracting Activity: Dept. of the Navy, US Fleet Forces Command, 
Norfolk, VA

Services

Service Type/Locations:
    Grounds Maintenance Service, U.S. Army Reserve Center: Mifflin 
County, 73 Reserve Lane, Lewiston, PA.
    Sgt. Paul Beck AFRC, 987 East Bishop St., Bellefonte, PA.
    U.S. Army Reserve Center, Centre County, 1250 Fox Hollow Rd., 
State College, PA.
    U.S. Army Reserve Center: Buildings 1 and 5, 2997 North Second 
Street, Harrisburg, PA.
    U.S. Army Reserve Center: Lenkalis, 250 Washington Avenue, West 
Hazelton, PA.

Service Type/Location: Janitorial/Custodial Service, U.S. Army 
Reserve Center, 1545 Airport Road, Franklin, PA.
NPA: Unknown.

Contracting Activity: Dept. Of The Army, W40m Natl Region Contract 
Ofc, Fort Belvoir, VA.

Barry S. Lineback,
Director, Business Operations.
[FR Doc. 2014-07544 Filed 4-3-14; 8:45 am]
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