[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 78 (Friday, April 23, 1999)] [Notices] [Pages 19975-19976] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-10273] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 a commodity 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: May 24, 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 commodity 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 commodity and services to the Government. 2. The action will result in authorizing small entities to furnish the commodity 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 commodity 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 commodity and services have been proposed for addition to Procurement List for production by the nonprofit agencies listed:
Commodity
Towbar Assembly 3920-01-000-0559
NPA: Mississippi Industries for the Blind Jackson, Mississippi at its facility in Meridian, Mississippi
Services
Base Supply Center and Operation of Individual Equipment Element Store Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming
NPA: Envision, Inc. Wichita, Kansas
Carwash Service USDI, Bureau of Land Management, 1661 South Fourth Street, El Centro, California NPA: Association for Retarded Citizens--Imperial Valley, El Centro, California
Janitorial/Custodial Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center, 30 Woodward Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut
NPA: CW Resources, Inc., New Britain, Connecticut Janitorial/Custodial Three Child Care Centers, Headquarters III Corps and Fort Hood, Fort Hood, Texas NPA: World Technical Services, Inc., San Antonio, Texas
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 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:
Fly Tent, Nylon, Polyurethane Coated 8340-00-102-6370 8340-01-185-5512 Beverly L. Milkman, Executive Director. [FR Doc. 99-10273 Filed 4-22-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6353-01-P