[Federal Register: March 2, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 42)]
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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED

 
Procurement List; Proposed Additions and Deletion

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely 
Disabled.

ACTION: Proposed additions to and deletion from Procurement List.

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SUMMARY: The Committee is proposing 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 a commodity 
previously furnished by such agencies.

COMMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR BEFORE: April 2, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely 
Disabled, Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800, 1421 Jefferson Davis Highway, 
Arlington, Virginia 22202-3250.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Louis R. Bartalot (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 addition, 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:

Services

Administrative Services, Health Care Financing Administration, 7500 
Security Blvd., Baltimore, Maryland
NPA: ServiceSource, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia
Administrative Services, U.S. Army Space Command, 1670 N. Newport Road, 
Colorado Springs, Colorado
NPA: Bayaud Industries, Inc., Denver, Colorado
Hospital Housekeeping Services, DeWitt Army Community Hospital, Fort 
Belvior, Virginia
NPA: The Chimes, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland
Janitorial/Custodial, FAA Flight Standards District Office, 9191 Plank 
Road, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
NPA: Louisiana Industries for the Disabled, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Janitorial/Custodial, Social Security Building, Lewiston, Idaho
NPA: Opportunities Unlimited, Inc., Lewiston, Idaho
Janitorial/Custodial, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Bosque del Apache 
NWR, Socorro, New Mexico
NPA: Tresco, Inc., Las Cruces, New Mexico
Janitorial/Custodial, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Santa Ana NWR, 
Alamo, Texas
NPA: Training, Rehabilitation & Development Institute, Inc., San 
Antonio, Texas

    Office Supply Store for the following locations:

Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC
19901 Germantown Road, Germantown, Maryland
80300 Century Blvd, Germantown, Maryland
NPA: Winston-Salem Industries for the Blind, Winston-Salem, North 
Carolina

Deletion

    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 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 proposed for deletion from the 
Procurement List.
    The following commodity has been proposed for deletion from the 
Procurement List:

Commodity:

Pallet, Wood
3990-00-NSH-0001

Louis R. Bartalot,
Deputy Director (Operations).
[FR Doc. 01-5129 Filed 3-2-01; 8:45 am]
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