[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 238 (Friday, December 11, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68427-68428]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33000]
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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 to the Procurement List a service to be
furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have
other severe disabilities.
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 11, 1999.
ADDRESS: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled, Crystal Gateway 3, Suite 310, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway,
Arlington, Virginia 22202-4302.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beverly Milkman (703) 603-7740.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 9, 1998, the Committee for
Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled published a
notice (63 FR 54436) of proposed addition to the Procurement List.
The Following Comments Pertain to Janitorial/Custodial, U.S. Couthouse
and Annex, Tallahassee, Florida
Comments were received from the current contractor for this
janitorial service. The contractor noted that a number of its Federal
janitorial projects had been lost to the Committee's Javits-Wagner-
O'Day (JWOD) Program or the Small Business Administration's 8(a)
Program over the past several years. The contractor also noted changes
in its gross revenues over the past five years as evidence of the
impact of these project losses.
Those projects lost by the contractor which were added to the JWOD
Program, with the exception of the instant one and two others, were
added between October 1989 and January 1992. In assessing the severity
of impact on a contractor of the addition of a project to the JWOD
Program, the Committee concentrates on the cumulative impact of its
actions over the most recent three years unless there is compelling
evidence of the continuing effects of prior impacts. The reason for
this is that contractors which are still in existence are generally
assumed to have recovered from previous impacts. This contractor's
sales increased throughout the period of the earlier previous impacts.
While the contractor's estimated revenues for the current fiscal year
are below those of five years ago, it should be noted that
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the contractor's revenues by its own figures continued to increase
until last year. Consequently, the Committee has concluded that these
earlier impacts, each of which represented a very small percentage of
the contractor's sales, do not have a continuing impact on the
contractor.
The project currently being added to the JWOD Program, along with
another added this year and a project which was added in 1997, in
combination represent a very small percentage of the contractor's
estimated total revenues for this year. This percentage is well below
the level which the Committee considers possible severe adverse impact.
Considering the way the contractor's total sales have moved over the
past few years, the Committee does not believe that adding in the
contractor's alleged losses to the 8(a) Program would result in a
finding of severe adverse impact on this contractor.
After consideration of the material presented to it concerning
capability of qualified nonprofit agencies to provide the service and
impact of the addition 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. 46-48c and 41 CFR
51-2.4. 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 service to the
Government.
2. The action will not have a severe economic impact on current
contractors for the service.
3. The action will result in authorizing small entities to furnish
the service to the Government.
4. 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 service proposed for addition to the
Procurement List.
Accordingly, the following service is hereby added to the
Procurement List:
Janitorial/Custodial, U.S. Courthouse and Annex, Tallahassee,
Floridia
This action does not affect current contracts awarded prior to the
effective date of this addition or options that may be exercised under
those contracts.
Beverly L. Milkman,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 98-33000 Filed 12-10-98; 8:45 am]
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