99-24276. Procurement List; Proposed Additions and Deletions

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 180 (Friday, September 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50484-50485]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24276]


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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED


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.

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SUMMARY: The Committee has received proposals to add to the Procurement 
List a commodity and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies 
employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and 
to delete commodities and services previously furnished by such 
agencies.

COMMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR BEFORE: October 18, 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 [phone].

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 possible 
impact of the proposed actions.

Additions

    If the Committee approves the proposed addition, all entities of 
the Federal Government (except as otherwise indicated) will be required 
to procure the commodity and services listed below from nonprofit 
agencies

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employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
    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 and 
services to the Government.
    2. The action will result in authorizing small entities to furnish 
the commodity 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 commodity 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.
    The following commodity and services have been proposed for 
addition to Procurement List for production by the nonprofit agencies 
listed:

Commodity

Cloth, Cleaning
    7920-00-292-9204
    NPA: East Texas Lighthouse for the Blind, Tyler, Texas

Services

Janitorial/Custodial
    Naval Medical Center (NMC) and Branch Medical and Dental Clinics 
at the following locations:
    North Island Naval Air Station, Naval Station, Naval Amphibious 
Base, Miramar Naval Air Station, Naval Training Center and Marine 
Corp Recruit Depot San Diego, CA
    NPA: Job Options, Inc., San Diego, California

Janitorial/Custodial

    Basewide, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey
    NPA: Occupational Training Center of Morris County, Cedar 
Knolls, New Jersey

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 will not result in any additional reporting, 
recordkeeping or other compliance requirements for small entities.
    2. The action will result in authorizing small entities to furnish 
the commodities 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 commodities and services proposed for 
deletion from the Procurement List.
    The following commodities and services have been proposed for 
deletion from the Procurement List:

Commodities

Table, Office, Steel
    7110-00-149-2045
    7110-00-113-0454
    7110-00-113-0448
    7110-00-149-2044
    7110-00-149-2046
Cleaner, Water Soluble
    7930-01-367-2962
Hood, Anti-Flash, Flame
    Resistant 8415-01-268-3473
Shirt, Sleeping
    8415-00-890-2102
    8415-00-890-2101
    8415-00-935-6855
    8415-00-890-2099
    8415-00-890-2103
    8415-00-890-2100

Services

Bus Service
    Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Outpatient Clinic, Tomah, 
Wisconsin
Document Processing
    U.S. Coast Guard Institute, 5900 SW 64th Street, Oklahoma City, 
Oklahoma
Beverly L. Milkman,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 99-24276 Filed 9-16-99; 8:45 am]
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