95-18018. Procurement List Additions
[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 140 (Friday, July 21, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 37630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-18018]
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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED
Procurement List Additions
AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled.
ACTION: Additions to the Procurement List.
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SUMMARY: This action adds to the Procurement List brass label holders
to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind
or have other severe disabilities.
EFFECTIVE DATES: August 21, 1995.
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 March 3, 1995, the Committee for Purchase
From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled published notice (60
F.R. 11958) of proposed addition to the Procurement List.
Comments were received from the current contractor for the label
holder. The contractor claimed that it had been producing the holder
for the Government for a number of years and loss of these sales would
have a considerable impact on the company. The contractor also noted
that it had used worked with disabilities in the past to package the
holders. The contractor questioned whether people with severe
disabilities could safely and efficiently manufacture the holders, or
whether manufacturing operations would be subcontracted to a competitor
of the contractor.
Projections of Government needs for the holder have declined
substantially since the contractor last supplied it to the Government.
Accordingly, the contractor's sales figures have been adjusted to
account for the newer projections. The resulting level of impact is
well below the level which the Committee considers severe adverse
impact, even when the contractor's longtime dependence on sales of the
holder to the Government is taken into account.
The contractor is not now using people with disabilities to package
the holder. Committee inquiries revealed that the contractor had not
used the disability organization it named for some years. Consequently,
the Committee does not believe any people with disabilities will be
displaced by the addition of the holder to the Procurement List.
The nonprofit agency which will produce the holder will not be
subcontracting the stamping, which as the contractor noted is largely
an automated process. The nonprofit agency has experience in using
people with severe disabilities to perform the types of metal stamping
functions required to produce the holder. These functions involve the
use of high-speed, automated equipment. The nonprofit agency's
successful production of several other items that require the use of
such equipment demonstrates that people with severe disabilities are
capable of operating it safely and efficiently.
After consideration of the material presented to it concerning
capability of qualified nonprofit agencies to provide the commodities,
fair market price, and impact of the addition on the current or most
recent contractors, the Committee has determined that the commodities
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 to the
Government.
2. The action does not appear to have a severe economic impact on
current contractors for the commodities.
3. The action will result in authorizing small entities to furnish
the commodities 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 proposed for addition to the
Procurement List.
Accordingly, the following commodities are hereby added to the
Procurement List:
Holder, Label, Brass
9905-02-000-8089
9905-02-000-8008
9905-02-000-8698
This action does not affect current contracts awarded prior to the
effective date of this addition or options exercised under those
contracts.
Beverly L. Milkman,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 95-18018 Filed 7-20-95; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6820-33-P
Document Information
- Effective Date:
- 8/21/1995
- Published:
- 07/21/1995
- Department:
- Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
- Entry Type:
- Notice
- Action:
- Additions to the Procurement List.
- Document Number:
- 95-18018
- Dates:
- August 21, 1995.
- Pages:
- 37630-37630 (1 pages)
- PDF File:
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