E6-8978. Procurement List; Proposed Additions and Deletions

AGENCY:

Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled.

ACTION:

Proposed additions to and deletions from Procurement List.

SUMMARY:

The Committee is proposing to add to the Procurement List products and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and to delete products previously furnished by such agencies.

Comments Must be Received on or Before: July 9, 2006.

ADDRESSES:

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800, 1421 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia 22202-3259.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR TO SUBMIT COMMENTS CONTACT:

Sheryl D. Kennerly, Telephone: [phone], Fax: [phone], or e-mail [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

This notice is published pursuant to 41 U.S.C 47(a)(2) and 41 CFR 51-2.3. Its purpose is to provide interested persons an opportunity to submit comments on the proposed actions.

Additions

If the Committee approves the proposed additions, the entities of the Federal Government identified in this notice for each product or service will be required to procure the products and services listed below from nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.

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. If approved, 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 products and services to the Government.

2. If approved, the action will 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. 46-48c) in connection with the products and services proposed for addition to the Procurement List.

Comments on this certification are invited. Commenters should identify the statement(s) underlying the certification on which they are providing additional information.

End of Certification

The following products and services are proposed for addition to Procurement List for production by the nonprofit agencies listed:

Products

Product/NSNS: SKILCRAFT Spritz n' Mop, M.R. 1097—Refill, M.R. 1087—SKILCRAFT Spritz n' Mop.

NPA: Winston-Salem Industries for the Blind, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Contracting Activity: Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA), Fort Lee, Virginia.

Services

Service Type/Location: Custodial Services, Denver Federal Center, Buildings 41, 44, and 48, Denver, Colorado.

NPA: Aspen Diversified Industries, Inc., Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Contracting Activity: GSA, PBS Region 8, Denver, Colorado.

Service Type/Location: Custodial Services, GSA, Federal Courthouse, 1101 Court Street, Lynchburg, Virginia.

NPA: Goodwill Industries of the Valleys, Inc., Roanoke, Virginia.

Contracting Activity: GSA, PBS, Region 3 (3PMT), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Service Type/Location: Grounds/Custodial/Security Services, Lake Okeechobee and Outlying Areas, Army Corps of Engineers, Lake Okeechobee, Florida.

NPA: Gulfstream Goodwill Industries, Inc., West Palm Beach, Florida.

Contracting Activity: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville, Florida.

Service Type/Location: Laundry Service

At the following locations: DiLorenzo Army Health Clinic, Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia, Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Center, Fort Meade, Maryland, Malcolm Grow Medical Center, Andrews AFB, Maryland.

National Naval Medical Center, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Bethesda, Maryland.

Naval Health Clinic, Patuxent River Naval Station, Patuxent River, Maryland.

Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 6900 Georgia Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.

NPA: Rappahannock Goodwill Industries, Inc., Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Contracting Activity: North Atlantic Contracting Office, Washington, DC.

Service Type/Location: Warehousing, National Institute of Environmental Health Science, Research Triangle Park, Durham, North Carolina.

NPA: Employment Source, Inc., Fayetteville, North Carolina.

Contracting Activity: National Institute of Environmental Health Science, Durham, North Carolina.

Deletions

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. If approved, the action may result in additional reporting, recordkeeping or other compliance requirements for small entities.

2. If approved, the action may 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. 46-48c) in connection with the products proposed for deletion from the Procurement List.

End of Certification

The following products are proposed for deletion from the Procurement List:

Products

Product/NSNs: Shampoo, Coal Tar, 6505-00-997-8531—Shampoo, Coal Tar, Shampoo, Medicated, 6505-01-326-0175—Shampoo, Medicated, 6505-00-116-1362—Shampoo, Medicated.

NPA: NYSARC, Inc., Seneca-Cayuga Counties Chapter, Waterloo, New York.

Contracting Activity: Veterans Affairs National Acquisition Center, Hines, Illinois.

Contracting Activity: Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Patrick Rowe,

Deputy Executive Director.