Procurement List; Proposed Additions and Deletions

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 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: July 26, 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 additions, 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:

Food Service

Fort Lee, Virginia

NPA: Goodwill Services, Inc., Richmond, Virginia

Grounds Maintenance

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Western Ecology Division,

Environmental Effects Laboratory, 200 SW 35th Street, Willamette

Research Station, 1350 SE Goodnight Avenue, Corvallis, Oregon

NPA: Willamette Valley Rehabilitation Center, Lebanon, Oregon

Janitorial/Custodial

DLA Gadsden Depot, Gadsden, Alabama

NPA: Darden Rehabilitation Foundation, Gadsden, Alabama

Janitorial/Custodial

U.S. Army Reserve Center, Danbury, Connecticut

NPA: Greater Enfield Allied Rehabilitation Centers, Inc., Enfield,

Connecticut

Janitorial/Custodial

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chamblee and

Lawrenceville, Georgia

NPA: Goodwill Industries of Atlanta, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia

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Janitorial/Custodial

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Wallkill River National Wildlife

Refuge Office, 1547 County Rte 565, Sussex, New Jersey

NPA: SCARC, Inc., Augusta, New Jersey

Janitorial/Custodial

Basewide (excluding Gymnasium), Fort Sam Houston, Texas

NPA: Development Resources, Inc., San Antonio, Texas

Laundry and Dry Cleaning Services

Fort Belvoir, Virginia

NPA: Rappahannock Goodwill Industries, Inc., Fredericksburg,

Virginia

Mailroom Operation

Department of Housing and Urban Development, Russell Federal

Building, Atlanta, Georgia

NPA: Nobis Enterprises, Inc., Marietta, Georgia

Management Services

U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development, 1600 North Broadway,

Santa Ana, California

NPA: Pacific Coast Community Services, Alameda, California

Operation of Postal Service Center

MacDill Air Force Base, Florida

NPA: JobWorks, Inc. St. Petersburg, Florida

Recycling Service

Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona

NPA: Arizona Training Program at Tucson, 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.

The following commodities have been proposed for deletion from the

Procurement List:

Pillowcase, Disposable

6532-01-125-3269

Blanket, Bed/Bath (Flame Resistant)

7210-01-141-2458

Cover, Mattress (Plastic)

7210-00-082-5739

Louis R. Bartalot,

Deputy Director (Operations).

[FR Doc. 99-16212 Filed 6-24-99; 8:45 am]

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