[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 43 (Friday, March 4, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-5002]
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[Federal Register: March 4, 1994]
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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: April 4, 1994.
ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled, Crystal Square 3, suite 403, 1735 Jefferson Davis Highway,
Arlington, Virginia 22202-3461.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beverly Milkman (703) 603-7740.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 1, 1993, the Committee for
Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled published
notices (58 FR 51319) of proposed addition to the Procurement List.
Comments were received from the current contractor in response to a
Committee request for sales data. The contractor claimed that addition
of these services to the Procurement List would have a tremendous
impact on its employees in the Burlington, Vermont area, on its Vermont
operations, and on the company as a whole. It noted that unemployment
is high in the Burlington area, making it unlikely that the displaced
workers would find other employment, and that non-Government-contract
wages are lower. The contractor indicated that the contracts at issue
are a large enough part of its Vermont operations that without them it
would have to close its Vermont office and attempt to service its
contracts in the area from its Massachusetts headquarters. It claimed
that performance on those contracts would likely be impaired, and that
performance problems would limit its ability to obtain Government
contracts, which constitute the great majority of its business.
The contracts for the services proposed to be added to the
Procurement List are only a very small portion of the contractor's
total sales. Accordingly, loss of these contracts would not cause a
severe adverse impact on the contractor's sales.
People with severe disabilities generally have unemployment rates
exceeding 65 percent, considerably higher than the unemployment rate
for people without disabilities in the Burlington, Vermont area.
Consequently, the Committee believes that any potential loss of
employment for the contractor's workers is outweighed by the actual
creation of jobs for people with severe disabilities, who would have a
much harder time finding other employment than the contractor's
workers.
The Committee has taken into account the contractor's claims
concerning the possible closing of its Vermont office and the effects
this might have on its ability to perform its Government contracts and
acquire others. However, the Committee, noting the speculative nature
of these claims, does not believe they increase the impact of the small
loss in sales which addition of these services to the Procurement List
would have on the contractor sufficiently to constitute severe adverse
impact on the contractor. After consideration of the material presented
to it concerning capability of qualified nonprofit agencies to provide
the service, fair market price, 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 does not appear to 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 for the following locations:
Federal Building, 11 Elmwood Avenue, Burlington, Vermont
Federal Building, 11 Lincoln Street, Essex Junction, Vermont
Social Security Administration Building, 58 Pearl Street,
Burlington, Vermont
This action does not affect current contracts awarded prior to the
effective date of this addition or options exercised under those
contracts.
E.R. Alley, Jr.,
Deputy Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 94-5002 Filed 3-3-94; 8:45 am]
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