Procurement List; Additions and Deletions

On February 19 and 26, 1999, the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled published notices (63 F.R. 8291, 9469 and 9470) of proposed additions to and deletions from the Procurement List:

Additions

The following comments pertain to Grounds Maintenance, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina: Comments were received from the current contractor for this grounds maintenance service. The contractor stated that adding the contract to the JWOD Program would have a significantly detrimental impact on the company and its ability to be competitive. The contractor noted that the firm was a small business and said that the contract in question represented a specific amount of its annual General and Administrative dollars. The Committee noted that the percentage of the contractor's estimated annual revenue was below the level the Committee considers to represent possible severe adverse impact. Because the contractor provided no context for the comment on its General and Administrative dollars and the amount itself was not substantial, the Committee was not persuaded that losing it would have a significant detrimental impact on the firm. The Committee also considered that although several other contracts previously held by the contractor have been placed in the JWOD Program over the past decade, the contractor's sales have risen by almost 50 percent. Even taking into account inflation, this level of increase shows that the firm has not been severely adversely impacted by past actions. 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

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

Aqua Plunger Mop M.R. 1026 Soup Spoon Ladle M.R. 806

Services

Central Facility Management, U.S. Secret Service Headquarters, 930 H Street, NW, Washington, DC Grounds Maintenance, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina Janitorial/Custodial, Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, 25 N. 32nd Street, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania Janitorial/Custodial, U.S. Army Reserve Center, Fort Jackson, South Carolina

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 and services. 3. The action may 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 deleted from the Procurement List. After consideration of the relevant matter presented, the Committee has determined that the commodities and services 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 and services are hereby deleted from the Procurement List:

Commodities

Kit, Shaving Surgical Preparation 6530-00-676-7372 Surgical Dressing Set 6530-00-105-5826 Box, Filing 7520-00-139-3734

Services

Administrative Services, Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida Assembly, Living Kit, Basic and Supplemental, Commissary Warehousing, Homestead Air Force Base, Florida Corrosion Control of Fuel Pipelines, Manchester Naval Fuel Department, Manchester, Washington Disposal Support Services, Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office, Agana, Guam Fast Pack/Carton Recycling and Pallet Repair, Sacramento Army Depot, Sacramento, California Food Service Attendant, Naval Air Station Cecil Field, Florida Food Service Attendant, Homestead Air Force Base, Florida, Food Service Attendant, Naval Security Group Activity, Homestead Air Force Base, Florida Grounds Maintenance, Andersonville National Historic Site, Route 1, Box 85, Andersonville, Georgia Grounds Maintenance, U.S. Postal Service, 1088 Nandino Boulevard, Lexington, Kentucky Grounds Maintenance, Camp Bonneville, Camp Bonneville, Washington Grounds Maintenance, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, 2725 Montlake Boulevard East, Seattle, Washington Janitorial/Custodial, Naval Station, Mobile, Alabama Janitorial/Custodial, Riverside National Cemetery, 22495 Van Buren Blvd., Riverside, California Janitorial/Custodial, Federal Building, 100 North Warren, Saginaw, Michigan Janitorial/Custodial, Lewistown Flight Service Station, Lewistown, Montana Janitorial/Custodial, BEQ Naval Station, Staten Island, New York Janitorial/Custodial, Newark Air Force Base, Ohio, Janitorial/Custodial, Bonneville Power Administration, 11743 NE Sumner Street, Portland, Oregon Janitorial/Custodial, Tennessee Air National Guard, Nashville Metro Airport, Nashville, Tennessee Janitorial/Grounds Maintenance, Naval Industrial Reserve Ordnance Plant, Rochester, New York Laundry Service, Military Entrance Processing Station, 1222 Spruce Street, St. Louis, Missouri Microfilm/Microfiche Reproduction, Newark Air Force Station, Ohio Operation of Tool Crib, Kelly Air Force Base, Texas Planting and Transplanting Horticultural Materials, USFS, Bend Pine Nursery Market, 63095 Deschutes Market Road, Bend, Oregon Reproduction Service, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Clarendon Square Office Building, 3033 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia Tray Delivery Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 3601 South 6th Avenue, Tucson, Arizona Beverly L. Milkman, Executive Director. [FR Doc. 99-8899 Filed 4-8-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6353-01-P