[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 29 (Friday, February 12, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 7510]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-02941]


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 COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED


Procurement List Addition

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

ACTION: Addition to the procurement list.

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SUMMARY: This action adds a service to the Procurement List that will 
be provided by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or 
have other severe disabilities.

DATES: Effective Date: 2/29/2016.

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely 
Disabled, 1401 S. Clark Street, Suite 715, 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:

Addition

    On December 18, 2015 (80 FR 79031-79032), the Committee for 
Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled published 
notice of proposed additions to the Procurement List.
    After consideration of the material presented to it concerning 
capability of qualified nonprofit agencies to furnish the service and 
impact of the additions on the current or most recent contractors, the 
Committee has determined that the service listed below is 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 organizations that will provide the service to the 
Government.
    2. The action will result in authorizing small entities to provide 
the 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. 
8501-8506) in connection with the service proposed for addition to the 
Procurement List.

End of Certification

    Accordingly, the following service is added to the Procurement 
List:

Service

Service Type: Help Desk Support Service
Service is Mandatory For: U.S. Army, Army Training Support Center, 
Combined Arms Center for Training, 3306 Wilson Avenue, Joint Base 
Langley-Eustis, VA
Mandatory Source(s) of Supply: ServiceSource, Inc., Alexandria, VA, 
Orion Career Works, Auburn, WA
Contracting Activity: Dept of the Army, W6QM MICC-FDO Ft Eustis, 
Fort Eustis, VA

Additional Information

    The Committee finds good cause to dispense with the 30-day delay in 
the effective date normally required by the Administrative Procedure 
Act. 5 U.S.C. 553(d). This addition to the Committee's Procurement List 
is a reaction to the expiration of the U.S. Army help desk support 
services contract. The Federal customer contacted, and has worked with 
the AbilityOne Program since April 2015 to fulfill this service need 
under the AbilityOne Program. To avoid performance disruption, and the 
possibility that the U.S. Army will have no viable alternative but to 
procure this service, this addition must be effective on February 29, 
2016, ensuring timely execution for a March 1, 2016, start date while 
still allowing 18 days for comment. Pursuant to its own regulation 41 
CFR 51-2.4, the Committee has been in contact with one of the affected 
parties, the incumbent of the expiring contract, since May 2015 and 
determined that no severe adverse impact exists. The Committee also 
published a notice of proposed Procurement List addition in the Federal 
Register on December 18, 2015, and did not receive any comments from 
any interested persons, including from the incumbent contractor. This 
addition will not create a public hardship and has limited effect on 
the public at large, but rather will create new jobs for other affected 
parties--people with severe disabilities in the AbilityOne program who 
otherwise face challenges locating employment and will enable Federal 
customer operations to continue without interruption.

Barry S. Lineback,
Director, Business Operations.
[FR Doc. 2016-02941 Filed 2-11-16; 8:45 am]
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