[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 126 (Friday, July 1, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-16047]
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[Federal Register: July 1, 1994]
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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED
Procurement List Addition
AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled.
ACTION: Addition to the Procurement List.
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SUMMARY: This action adds to the Procurement List a service to be
furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have
other severe disabilities.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 25, 1994.
ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled, Crystal Square 3, suite 403, 1735 Jefferson Davis Highway,
Arlington, Virginia 22202-3461.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beverly Milkman, (703) 603-7740.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 22, 1994, the Committee for
Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled published
notice (59 F.R. 19164) of proposed addition to the Procurement List.
Comments were received from the current contractor for this
service. The contractor alleged that loss of the contract would have a
devastating impact on the company by removing a substantial part of its
sales. The contractor claimed that it is currently a year and a half
into a contract for this service which, if all options are exercised,
will last three years. The contractor asked the Committee not to take
its contract at this point and to take it only through winning a
competition against the company.
The percentage of the contractor's sales which this service
represents and the fact that the contractor has only performed the
service for 18 months led the Committee to conclude that the addition
of the service will not have a severe adverse impact on the contractor.
The addition of the service to the Procurement List will not affect the
contractor's current contract. However, the Committee has been informed
by the contracting activity that the contract does not have option
provisions allowing it to be extended for a total period of three
years, so the contract will expire at the end of the current contract
period regardless of whether or not the Committee adds the service to
the Procurement List.
The purpose of the Committee's program is to create employment for
people with severe disabilities by requiring Government agencies to go
to nonprofit agencies employing these people when they purchase certain
commodities and services. Once these items are added to the Procurement
List, the commenting contractor and others are not able to compete
against the nonprofit agencies. There is no requirement that the
nonprofit agency win a competition against the current contractor
before a commodity or service can be added to the Procurement List.
After consideration of the material presented to it concerning
capability of qualified nonprofit agencies to provide the service, fair
market price, and impact of the addition on the current or most recent
contractors, the Committee has determined that the service 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 service to the
Government.
2. The action does not appear to have a severe economic impact on
current contractors for the service.
3. The action will result in authorizing small entities to furnish
the service 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 service proposed for addition to the
Procurement List.
Accordingly, the following service is hereby added to the
Procurement List:
Janitorial/Custodial, Federal Building, 100 Bluestone Road, Mount Hope,
West Virginia.
This action does not affect current contracts awarded prior to the
effective date of this addition or options exercised under those
contracts.
Beverly L. Milkman,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 94-16047 Filed 6-30-94; 8:45 am]
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