[Federal Register: June 11, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 112)]
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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.

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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 commodities previously furnished by such agencies.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 12, 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 January 22, March 22, and April 9, 16, 23, and 30, 1999, the 
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled 
published notices (64 F.R. 3483, 13767, 17312, 18877, 19976 and 23267) 
of proposed additions to and deletions from the Procurement List:

Additions

    The following comments pertain to Towbar Assembly, 3920-01-000-
0559:
    Comments were received from the current contractor. The commenter 
said the corporate unit which produces the towbar assemblies is a small 
business whose main customer is the U.S. Postal Service, and losing 
this contract for the Postal Service would have a major effect on 
corporate income and employment levels. The commenter did not provide 
details on these effects. According to data available to the Committee, 
this contract represents a percentage of the contractor's total sales 
which is below the level the Committee normally considers to constitute 
severe adverse impact on a company. Consequently, the Committee has 
concluded that addition of these towbar assemblies to the Procurement 
List is not likely to have a severe adverse impact on the contractor.
    The addition of the towbar assemblies to the Procurement List will 
create employment for people who are blind. The unemployment rate of 
such people far exceeds that of people without disabilities. The 
Committee believes creating this employment outweighs the possible loss 
of jobs for some of the commenter's employees, who could more easily 
find other employment.
    The following comments pertain to Vegetable Oil, 8945-00-NSH-0001:
    Comments were received from one of the current contractors in 
response to a Committee request for sales data. The contractor 
indicated that it is a small business facing intense competition from 
larger businesses, and that the percentage decrease in its sales which 
it believed this Procurement List addition would cause would be 
devastating to the company.
    This contractor is one of two currently supplying the Government's 
requirements of this vegetable oil. Its contract represents a somewhat 
smaller portion of its total sales than its comments indicated would 
cause a devastating impact. In addition, the nonprofit agency which 
will supply the vegetable oil after it is added to the Procurement List 
will phase in its production over a two year period, during which 
Government purchases of the vegetable oil from the commenting 
contractor are expected to increase. Consequently, the impact of the 
addition on the contractor will be less and more gradual than the 
contractor anticipated. Accordingly, the Committee does not believe the 
addition of the vegetable oil to the Procurement List will have a 
severe adverse impact on the contractor.
    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

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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

Towbar Assembly
    3920-01-000-0559
Vegetable Oil
    8945-00-NSH-0001

(15% of the total Government requirement)

Services

Base Supply Center and Operation of Individual Equipment Element 
Store, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho
Base Supply Center and Operation of Individual Equipment Element 
Store, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada

Carwash Service

USDI, Bureau of Land Management, 1661 South Fourth Street, El 
Centro, California

Janitorial/Custodial

INS Detention Center, 1115 N. Imperial Highway, El Centro, 
California
Santa Ana Federal Building, 34 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, 
California
U.S. Customhouse, 300 S. Ferry Street, Terminal Island, California

Photocopying Service

GPO Program #C294-S (FHWA Register)

(Requirements for the Government Printing Office, Washington, DC)

Security Services

Air Passenger Terminal, Travis Air Force Base, California

    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 commodities.
    3. The action may result in authorizing small entities to furnish 
the commodities 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 deleted from the Procurement 
List.
    After consideration of the relevant matter presented, the Committee 
has determined that the commodities 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 commodities are hereby deleted from the 
Procurement List:

Pencil, Mechanical 7520-00-164-8950
    7520-0-268-9916
Fly Tent, Nylon, Polyurethane Coated
    8340-00-102-6370
    8340-01-185-5512
Beverly L. Milkman,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 99-14851 Filed 6-10-99; 8:45 am]
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