66 FR 28 pgs. 9686-9687 - Procurement List; Additions and Deletions
Type: NOTICEVolume: 66Number: 28Pages: 9686 - 9687
FR document: [FR Doc. 01-3386 Filed 2-8-01; 8:45 am]
Agency: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
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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.
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 a commodity and services previously furnished by such agencies.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
March 12, 2001.
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 CONTACT:
Louis R. Bartalot (703) 603-7740.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
On December 15 and December 22, 2000 the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled published notices (65 FR 78466 and 80833) of proposed additions to and deletions from the Procurement List:
Additions
The Following Comments Pertain to Uniform Rental Service, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
Comments were received from the current contractor in response to a request for sales data. The contractor described what it does to provide the uniform service, which is basically the same tasks that the nonprofit agency designated by the Committee will perform, and noted that it had dedicated employees to provide the service. The contractor also noted that it uses a nonprofit agency for people with disabilities to support its provision of the service. The contractor further noted that loss of the service would have a substantial impact on a contractor facility and that facility's ability to pay expenses and employees. In a second letter, the contractor stated that it had been active in supporting blind services in its headquarters city for a number of years and had received an award for that support.
The Committee looks to the total sales of a corporation in assessing the severity of impact of a Procurement List addition on that corporation. Because of the size of the contractor's corporation, the impact of this addition is very small. The contractor has not provided data concerning the impact of the addition on the nonprofit agency which supports the work of the contractor's facility, nor has the nonprofit agency provided such data. Consequently, the Committee believes that the impact on the nonprofit agency will not be substantial.
The Committee appreciates the fact that the contractor supports blind services in its headquarters city. However, the contractor has not indicated that its support will be affected by the Procurement List addition, nor otherwise indicated that adverse impact on the blind groups it supports will occur if the addition is made. Therefore, the Committee does not see this information as relevant to its addition decision.
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 commodity and services and impact of the additions on the current 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
Kit, Martial Arms Training
7810-00-NSH-0001
7810-00-NSH-0002
7810-00-NSH-0003
Services
Janitorial/Custodial
Naval Marine Corps Reserve Center, Peoria, Illinois
Janitorial/Custodial
Illinois Air National Guard, 182nd Airlift Wing, Peoria, Illinois
Janitorial/Custodial
Naval Marine Corps Reserve Center, Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania
Mailroom Operation
McCoy Federal Building, Jackson, Mississippi
Uniform Rental Service
National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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 will 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 commodity and services.
3. The action will result in authorizing small entities to furnish the commodity 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 commodity and services deleted from the Procurement List.
After consideration of the relevant matter presented, the Committee has determined that the commodity 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 commodity and services are hereby deleted from the Procurement List:
Commodity
Floorboard, Wood
2510-01-067-2630
Services:
Administrative Services
Frank Hagel Federal Building, 1221 Nevin Avenue, Richmond, California
Grounds Maintenance
Mare Island Naval Complex and Roosevelt Terrence and Combat Systems Technical School Command, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California
Janitorial/Custodial
U.S. Federal Building and Courthouse, 110 S. 4th Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Parts Sorting
Kelly Air Force Base, Texas
G. John Heyer,
General Counsel.
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