[Federal Register: May 21, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 98)] [Notices] [Page 27752-27753] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr21my99-33] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 a service previously furnished by such agencies. EFFECTIVE DATE: June 21, 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 (703) 603-7740. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 6, 1996, August 7, 1998 and February 12, April 2, and 9, 1999, the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled published notices (61 FR 64666, 63 FR 42365 and 64 FR 7166, 15955 and 17312) of proposed additions to and deletions from the Procurement List: Additions The Following Comments Pertain to Water Bag, Nylon Duck Comments were received from the current contractor for these water bags, a previous contractor, and two Members of Congress on behalf of the previous contractor. The current contractor described the impact on the company which it believed the Procurement List addition would cause. The current contractor has subsequently notified the Committee that it is withdrawing its comments, as the impact is not what was originally anticipated. Consequently, the Committee has concluded that the addition of the bags to the Procurement List will not have a severe adverse impact on the current contractor. The previous contractor and the Members of Congress writing on its behalf expressed concern over the impact of the Procurement List addition on the previous contractor, and the contractor claimed that the addition would increase the costs of the bags to the Government. The previous contractor has not had a contract for these bags since 1994 and, thus, is not dependent on the business they represent. Moreover, under the competitive procurement system, no contractor is guaranteed a Government contract. Consequently, the previous contractor is objecting to losing the possibility of getting a contract in the future. The Committee does not believe that loss of this possibility, by itself, constitutes severe adverse impact on any contractor. As for the price, the amount the Government will pay has been negotiated with the Government contracting agency, which has concluded that it represents a fair market price as required by the Committee's statute. [[Page 27753]] 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 commodities 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, Marine Corps Demolition, Advanced 1375-00-NSH-0001 Water Bag, Nylon Duck 8465-01-321-1678 8465-01-321-1678F Services Administrative Services, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 700 South 19th Street, Birmingham, Alabama Data Entry U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development, Richard B. Russell Federal Building, 75 Spring Street, SW, Atlanta, Georgia Grounds Maintenance at the following locations in El Paso, Texas: Sequra USAR Center, 301 Ascarate Drive, Dyer USAR Center Janitorial/Custodial Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia Janitorial/Custodial Naval Reserve Center, 85 Sea Street, Quincy, Massachusetts Janitorial/Custodial Sequra USAR Center, 301 Ascarate Drive, El Paso, Texas 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 may 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 service. 3. The action may result in authorizing small entities to furnish the commodity and service 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 service deleted from the Procurement List. After consideration of the relevant matter presented, the Committee has determined that the commodity and service 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 service are hereby deleted from the Procurement List: Commodity Clamp, Panel 5450-00-297-5271 Service Janitorial/Custodial Grenier Field U.S. Army Reserve Center, Manchester, New Hampshire Mark J. Benedict, Operations Analyst. [FR Doc. 99-12889 Filed 5-20-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6353-01-P