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 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. 99-6810 Filed 3-19-99; 8:45 am]

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