Procurement list; additions and deletions,

[Federal Register: March 22, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 54)]

[Notices]

[Page 13767-13768]

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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.

SUMMARY: The Committee has received proposals to add to the Procurement List commodities and 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: April 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: 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 commodities and 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 commodities and services to the Government.

2. The action will result in authorizing small entities to furnish the commodities and 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 commodities and 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 commodities and services have been proposed for addition to Procurement List for production by the nonprofit agencies listed:

   Commodities

   Impulse Merchandising Program (IMP) Party Items

   M.R. 1500--2000 Cooking Utensils

   M.R. 1550 Health and Beauty Aids

   M.R. 1600 Cleaning Aids

   M.R. 1650 Pet Items

   M.R. 1700 Baby Items

   M.R. 1750 Children Items

   M.R. 1800 Household Items

   M.R. 1850 NPA: Winston-Salem Industries for the Blind, Winston-Salem, North Carolina Tool, McLeod

   4210-00-203-3512 NPA: Mississippi Industries for the Blind, Jackson, Mississippi at its facility in Meridian, Mississippi Vegetable Oil

   8945-00-NSH-0001 NPA: Advocacy and Resources Corporation (ARC), Cookeville, Tennessee

   Services

   Commissary Shelf Stocking, Custodial and Warehousing Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington NPA: Pre-Vocational Training Center, Spokane, Washington

   Janitorial/Custodial

   MG William Weigel USARC, Edison, New Jersey NPA: Edison Sheltered Workshop, Inc., Edison, New Jersey

   Janitorial/Custodial

   Wheeling Courthouse, 12th and Chaplin Streets, Wheeling, West Virginia NPA: Russell Nesbitt Services, Inc., Wheeling, West Virginia Operation of Postal Service Center, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona NPA: Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

   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.

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   The following commodities have been proposed for deletion from the Procurement List: Starter Rope, Engine 2990-00-961-3692

   2990-00-972-7950 Beverly L. Milkman, Executive Director.

   [FR Doc. 99-6810Filed3-19-99; 8:45 am]

   BILLING CODE 6353-01-P