94-19739. Procurement List; Addition

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[Federal Register: August 12, 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 commodity to be 
furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have 
other severe disabilities.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 12, 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 [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 6, 1994, the Committee for Purchase 
From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled published notice (59 
F.R. 23700) of proposed addition to the Procurement List.
    Comments were received from the current contractor in response to a 
request for sales data. The commenter indicated that its flexible disk 
contract with the Government represented a substantial part of the its 
total sales. As a result of this comment, the portion of the Government 
requirement for this flexible disk planned to be added to the 
Procurement List was reduced to avoid having a severe adverse impact on 
the contractor. After the comment period announced in the notice of 
proposed rulemaking closed, the contractor requested an extension of 
the comment period to file an objection to the Committee's proposal. An 
extension was granted to the contractor, but no comments were received 
during the extended comment period.
    After consideration of the material presented to it concerning 
capability of qualified nonprofit agencies to provide the commodity, 
fair market price, and impact of the addition on the current or most 
recent contractors, the Committee has determined that the commodity 
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 commodity to the 
Government.
    2. The action does not appear to have a severe economic impact on 
current contractors for the commodity.
    3. The action will result in authorizing small entities to furnish 
the commodity 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 commodity proposed for addition to the 
Procurement List.
    Accordingly, the following commodity is hereby added to the 
Procurement List:

    Disk, Flexible
    7045-01-283-4362
    (15% of the Government's requirement)

    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. 94-19739 Filed 8-11--94; 8:45 am]
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