[Federal Register: October 22, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 204)]
[Notices]               
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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 services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons 
who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and to delete 
commodities previously furnished by such agencies.

COMMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR BEFORE: November 22, 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: 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 additions, all entities of 
the Federal Government (except as otherwise indicated) will be required 
to procure the services listed below from nonprofit agencies 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 services to the 
Government.
    2. The action will result in authorizing small entities to furnish 
the 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 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 services have been proposed for addition to 
Procurement List for production by the nonprofit agencies listed:

Base Supply Center, Detroit Arsenal, Warren, Michigan
    NPA: Associated Industries for the Blind, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Base Supply Center, Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina
    NPA: Lions Club Industries, Inc., Durham, North Carolina
Base Supply Center and Operation of Individual Equipment Element 
Store, Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota
    NPA: Envision, Inc., Wichita, Kansas
Grounds Maintenance, Southern Maryland District Courthouse, 6500 
Cherrywood Lane, Greenbelt, Maryland
    NPA: The Arc of Montgomery County, Inc., Rockville, Maryland

Janitorial/Grounds Maintenance

Evo DeConcini Federal Courthouse, 405 West Congress Street, Tucson, 
Arizona
    NPA: Tetra Corporation, Tucson, Arizona
Operation of Individual Equipment Element Store, Lackland Air Force 
Base, Texas
    NPA: San Antonio Lighthouse, San Antonio, Texas
Operation of Individual Equipment Element Store and Hazardous 
Material Pharmacy, Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington
    NPA: Envision, Inc., Wichita, Kansas

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 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 proposed for deletion from the 
Procurement List.
    The following commodities have been proposed for deletion from the 
Procurement List:

Marker, Tube Type, Broad Tip

7520-01-424-4855
7520-01-424-4880
7520-01-424-4849
7520-01-424-4870

Meal Kits

8970-01-E59-0239C
8970-01-E59-0240C
8970-01-E59-0241C
8970-01-E59-0242C

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(100% of the requirement of the Kansas National Guard)

Meal Kits

8970-01-E59-0239C
8970-01-E59-0240C
8970-01-E59-0241C
8970-01-E59-0242C
(100% of the requirement of the USPFO for Louisiana, New Orleans, 
Louisiana)

Meal Kits

8970-01-E59-0239C
8970-01-E59-0240C
8970-01-E59-0241C
8970-01-E59-0242C
(100% of the requirement of the Oklahoma Army National Guard)
Beverly L. Milkman,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 99-27662 Filed 10-21-99; 8:45 am]
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