[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 68 (Friday, April 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17312-17313]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8899]
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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 to the Procurement List commodities and
services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who
are blind or have other severe disabilities, and deletes from the
Procurement List commodities and services previously furnished by such
agencies.
EFFECTIVE DATE: May 10, 1999.
ADDRESSES: 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 February 19 and 26, 1999, the Committee
for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled published
notices (63 F.R. 8291, 9469 and 9470) of proposed additions to and
deletions from the Procurement List:
Additions
The following comments pertain to Grounds Maintenance, Shaw Air
Force Base, South Carolina: Comments were received from the current
contractor for this grounds maintenance service. The contractor stated
that adding the contract to the JWOD Program would have a significantly
detrimental impact on the company and its ability to be competitive.
The contractor noted that the firm was a small business and said that
the contract in question represented a specific amount of its annual
General and Administrative dollars.
The Committee noted that the percentage of the contractor's
estimated annual revenue was below the level the Committee considers to
represent possible severe adverse impact. Because the contractor
provided no context for the comment on its General and Administrative
dollars and the amount itself was not substantial, the Committee was
not persuaded that losing it would have a significant detrimental
impact on the firm. The Committee also considered that although several
other contracts previously held by the contractor have been placed in
the JWOD Program over the past decade, the contractor's sales have
risen by almost 50 percent. Even taking into account inflation, this
level of increase shows that the firm has not been severely adversely
impacted by past actions.
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 commodities
and services and impact of the additions on the current
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or most recent contractors, the Committee has determined that the
commodities 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.
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 commodities and
services to the Government.
2. The action will not have a severe economic impact on current
contractors for the commodities and services.
3. The action will result in authorizing small entities to furnish
the commodities and services 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 commodities and services proposed for
addition to the Procurement List.
Accordingly, the following commodities and services are hereby
added to the Procurement List:
Commodities
Aqua Plunger Mop
M.R. 1026
Soup Spoon Ladle
M.R. 806
Services
Central Facility Management, U.S. Secret Service Headquarters, 930 H
Street, NW, Washington, DC
Grounds Maintenance, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina
Janitorial/Custodial, Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, 25 N. 32nd
Street, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
Janitorial/Custodial, U.S. Army Reserve Center, Fort Jackson, South
Carolina
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.
Deletions
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 not result in any additional reporting,
recordkeeping or other compliance requirements for small entities.
2. The action will not have a severe economic impact on future
contractors for the commodities and services.
3. The action may result in authorizing small entities to furnish
the commodities and services 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 commodities and services deleted from the
Procurement List.
After consideration of the relevant matter presented, the Committee
has determined that the commodities and 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.
Accordingly, the following commodities and services are hereby
deleted from the Procurement List:
Commodities
Kit, Shaving Surgical Preparation
6530-00-676-7372
Surgical Dressing Set
6530-00-105-5826
Box, Filing
7520-00-139-3734
Services
Administrative Services, Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida
Assembly, Living Kit, Basic and Supplemental, Commissary
Warehousing, Homestead Air Force Base, Florida
Corrosion Control of Fuel Pipelines, Manchester Naval Fuel
Department, Manchester, Washington
Disposal Support Services, Defense Reutilization and Marketing
Office, Agana, Guam
Fast Pack/Carton Recycling and Pallet Repair, Sacramento Army Depot,
Sacramento, California
Food Service Attendant, Naval Air Station Cecil Field, Florida
Food Service Attendant, Homestead Air Force Base, Florida,
Food Service Attendant, Naval Security Group Activity,
Homestead Air Force Base, Florida
Grounds Maintenance, Andersonville National Historic Site, Route 1,
Box 85, Andersonville, Georgia
Grounds Maintenance, U.S. Postal Service, 1088 Nandino Boulevard,
Lexington, Kentucky
Grounds Maintenance, Camp Bonneville, Camp Bonneville, Washington
Grounds Maintenance, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, 2725 Montlake
Boulevard East, Seattle, Washington
Janitorial/Custodial, Naval Station, Mobile, Alabama
Janitorial/Custodial, Riverside National Cemetery, 22495 Van Buren
Blvd., Riverside, California
Janitorial/Custodial, Federal Building, 100 North Warren, Saginaw,
Michigan
Janitorial/Custodial, Lewistown Flight Service Station, Lewistown,
Montana
Janitorial/Custodial, BEQ Naval Station, Staten Island, New York
Janitorial/Custodial, Newark Air Force Base, Ohio,
Janitorial/Custodial, Bonneville Power Administration, 11743 NE
Sumner Street, Portland, Oregon
Janitorial/Custodial, Tennessee Air National Guard, Nashville Metro
Airport, Nashville, Tennessee
Janitorial/Grounds Maintenance, Naval Industrial Reserve Ordnance
Plant, Rochester, New York
Laundry Service, Military Entrance Processing Station, 1222 Spruce
Street, St. Louis, Missouri
Microfilm/Microfiche Reproduction, Newark Air Force Station, Ohio
Operation of Tool Crib, Kelly Air Force Base, Texas
Planting and Transplanting Horticultural Materials, USFS, Bend Pine
Nursery Market, 63095 Deschutes Market Road, Bend, Oregon
Reproduction Service, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Clarendon
Square Office Building, 3033 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia
Tray Delivery Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical
Center, 3601 South 6th Avenue, Tucson, Arizona
Beverly L. Milkman,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 99-8899 Filed 4-8-99; 8:45 am]
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