[Federal Register: December 27, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 249)]
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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED
Procurement List; Additions
AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled.
ACTION: Additions to Procurement List.
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SUMMARY: This action adds to the Procurement List products and services
to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind
or have other severe disabilities.
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 26, 2003.
ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled, Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800, 1421 Jefferson Davis Highway,
Arlington, Virginia 22202-3259.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sheryl D. Kennerly, (703) 603-7740.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 9, 2001, September 13, October 4,
and October 25, 2002, the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are
Blind or Severely Disabled published notice (66 FR 51372, 67 FR 58013,
62224, and 65531) of proposed additions to the Procurement List.
The following comments pertain to Gloves, Surgeon's Sterile
Disposable.
Comments were received from three suppliers of surgical gloves to
the Government, in response to a notice the Committee placed in the
online information service FedBizOpps. One supplier claimed that the
large majority of its sales were of surgical gloves for the Department
of Veterans Affairs (VA). However, a review of these sales disclosed
that a very small percentage of the supplier's sales were surgical
gloves for the VA. Consequently, the addition should not constitute a
severe adverse impact on this supplier.
The second supplier stated that it is a small business which has
been unable to sell to hospitals and the Government previously, but
hoped to do so through a recent contract under the Federal Supply
Schedules. The supplier believes that this Procurement List addition
will cut it off from the Schedules, thus reducing its sales to the
point that it will no longer be able to offer surgical gloves because
it will lose the needed economy of scale. This supplier objected to the
anticipated VA decision to standardize on the surgical gloves being
added to the Procurement List, noting possible physician objections to
standardization as well as the curtailment of the market represented by
standardization on one glove. The supplier noted that the nonprofit
agency designated by the Committee to provide the surgical glove
already provides to the VA the examination glove on which VA
standardized, and that the earlier standardization decision cost it
some VA sales. Finally, the supplier claimed that prices for the
surgical glove will increase inappropriately, as allegedly happened for
the examination glove.
This supplier failed to provide sales data, so the Committee cannot
quantitatively assess the supplier's impact claims. The surgical glove
requirement being added to the Procurement List is limited to the VA
requirement, so the supplier should be able to sell surgical and
examination gloves to other Government agencies through the Schedules.
The Committee is not responsible for VA standardization decisions, so
it cannot consider effects of those decisions in judging whether its
Procurement List additions unfairly impact suppliers. The prices for
both surgical and examination gloves were agreed to through negotiation
between VA and the designated nonprofit agency, and thus represent fair
market prices under the Committee's pricing policies.
The third supplier provided information which allowed the Committee
to estimate the percentage of its sales that will be lost because of
the addition of this surgical glove to the Procurement List. However,
this percentage is below the level which the Committee normally
considers to constitute severe adverse impact on a supplier. The
supplier also claimed that the addition would negatively impact
numerous small businesses providing gloves to the Government, would
prevent domestically manufactured gloves from being sold to the
Government, would unfairly restrict competition and pricing for a
large-value health care item, and would
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threaten the operational readiness of the military and of Federal
civilian agencies in support of homeland security by limiting surgical
glove purchases to one non-commercial source.
This supplier's claims are based on the assumption that the
Committee is adding all Government surgical glove purchases to the
Procurement List, rather than the VA requirement for one type of
surgical glove. The Committee is confident that the designated
nonprofit agency, which is an experienced provider of examination
gloves, will do equally well at fulfilling the limited requirement
which is being added to the Procurement List. This Procurement List
addition should have no significant effect on the ability of other
surgical glove suppliers, including small businesses, to fill the needs
of Government agencies outside VA, including the Department of Defense
and Homeland Security, or on the price of those gloves. Concerning
impact on the domestic manufacture of surgical gloves, it is the
Committee's understanding that these gloves are not manufactured by
anyone in the United States.
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 products and
services and impact of the additions on the current or most recent
contractors, the Committee has determined that the products 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 products and
services to the Government.
2. The action will result in authorizing small entities to furnish
the products 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 products and services proposed for addition
to the Procurement List.
Accordingly, the following products and services are added to the
Procurement List:
Products
Product/NSN: 4 Ply Cut End Mopheads
7920-00-NIB-0430, 12
7920-00-NIB-0431, 16
7920-00-NIB-0432, 24
7920-00-NIB-0434, 20
7920-00-NIB-0435, 32
NPA: New York City Industries for the Blind, Brooklyn, New York.
Contract Activity: Office Supplies & Paper Products Acquisition
Center, New York, New York.
Product/NSN: Gloves, Surgeon's, Sterile Disposable
Glove, Surgeon, Encore, Size 5.5/6515-00-NIB-0121
Glove, Surgeon, Encore, Size 6.0/6515-00-NIB-0122
Glove, Surgeon, Encore, Size 6.5/6515-00-NIB-0123
Glove, Surgeon, Encore, Size 7.0/6515-00-NIB-0124
Glove, Surgeon, Encore, Size 7.5/6515-00-NIB-0125
Glove, Surgeon, Encore, Size 8.0/6515-00-NIB-0126
Glove, Surgeon, Encore, Size 8.5/6515-00-NIB-0127
Glove, Surgeon, Encore, Size 9.0/6515-00-NIB-0128
Glove, Surgeon, Derma Prene, Size 5.5/6515-00-NIB-0129
Glove, Surgeon, Derma Prene, Size 6.0/6515-00-NIB-0130
Glove, Surgeon, Derma Prene, Size 6.5/6515-00-NIB-0131
Glove, Surgeon, Derma Prene, Size 7.0/6515-00-NIB-0132
Glove, Surgeon, Derma Prene, Size 7.5/6515-00-NIB-0133
Glove, Surgeon, Derma Prene, Size 8.0/6515-00-NIB-0134
Glove, Surgeon, Derma Prene, Size 8.5/6515-00-NIB-0135
Glove, Surgeon, Derma Prene, Size 9.0/6515-00-NIB-0136
Glove, Surgeon, Encore Ultra-thick Orthopedic, Size 6.0/6515-00-
NIB-0145
Glove, Surgeon, Encore Ultra-thick Orthopedic, Size 6.6/6515-00-
NIB-0146
Glove, Surgeon, Encore Ultra-thick Orthopedic, Size 7.0/6515-00-
NIB-0147
Glove, Surgeon, Encore Ultra-thick Orthopedic, Size 7.5/6515-00-
NIB-0148
Glove, Surgeon, Encore Ultra-thick Orthopedic, Size 8.0/6515-00-
NIB-0149
Glove, Surgeon, Encore Ultra-thick Orthopedic, Size 8.5/6515-00-
NIB-0150
Glove, Surgeon, Encore Ultra-thick Orthopedic, Size 9.0/6515-00-
NIB-0151
Glove, Surgeon, Encore MicrOptic, Size 5.5/6515-00-NIB-0152
Glove, Surgeon, Encore MicrOptic, Size 6.0/6515-00-NIB-0153
Glove, Surgeon, Encore MicrOptic, Size 6.5/6515-00-NIB-0154
Glove, Surgeon, Encore MicrOptic, Size 7.0/6515-00-NIB-0155
Glove, Surgeon, Encore MicrOptic, Size 7.5/6515-00-NIB-0156
Glove, Surgeon, Encore MicrOptic, Size 8.0/6515-00-NIB-0157
Glove, Surgeon, Encore MicrOptic, Size 8.5/6515-00-NIB-0158
Glove, Surgeon, Encore MicrOptic, Size 9.0/6515-00-NIB-0159
Glove, Surgeon, Encore Acclaim, Size 5.5/6515-00-NIB-0160
Glove, Surgeon, Encore Acclaim, Size 6.0/6515-00-NIB-0161
Glove, Surgeon, Encore Acclaim, Size 6.5/6515-00-NIB-0162
Glove, Surgeon, Encore Acclaim, Size 7.0/6515-00-NIB-0163
Glove, Surgeon, Encore Acclaim, Size 7.5/6515-00-NIB-0164
Glove, Surgeon, Encore Acclaim, Size 8.0/6515-00-NIB-0165
Glove, Surgeon, Encore Acclaim, Size 8.5/6515-00-NIB-0166
Glove, Surgeon, Encore Acclaim, Size 9.0/6515-00-NIB-0167
Glove, Surgeon, Biogel, Size 5.5/6515-00-NIB-0168
Glove, Surgeon, Biogel, Size 6.0/6515-00-NIB-0169
Glove, Surgeon, Biogel, Size 6.5/6515-00-NIB-0170
Glove, Surgeon, Biogel, Size 7.0/6515-00-NIB-0171
Glove, Surgeon, Biogel, Size 7.5/6515-00-NIB-0172
Glove, Surgeon, Biogel, Size 8.0/6515-00-NIB-0173
Glove, Surgeon, Biogel, Size 8.5/6515-00-NIB-0174
Glove, Surgeon, Biogel, Size 9.0/6515-00-NIB-0175
Glove, Surgeon, Biogel M, Size 5.5/6515-00-NIB-0176
Glove, Surgeon, Biogel M, Size 6.0/6515-00-NIB-0177
Glove, Surgeon, Biogel M, Size 6.5/6515-00-NIB-0178
Glove, Surgeon, Biogel M, Size 7.0/6515-00-NIB-0179
Glove, Surgeon, Biogel M, Size 7.5/6515-00-NIB-0180
Glove, Surgeon, Biogel M, Size 8.0/6515-00-NIB-0181
Glove, Surgeon, Biogel M, Size 8.5/6515-00-NIB-0182
Glove, Surgeon, Biogel M, Size 9.0/6515-00-NIB-0183
Glove, Surgeon, Biogel Orthopedic, Size 5.5/6515-00-NIB-0192
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Glove, Surgeon, Biogel Orthopedic, Size 6.0/6515-00-NIB-0193
Glove, Surgeon, Biogel Orthopedic, Size 6.5/6515-00-NIB-0194
Glove, Surgeon, Biogel Orthopedic, Size 7.0/6515-00-NIB-0195
Glove, Surgeon, Biogel Orthopedic, Size 7.5/6515-00-NIB-0196
Glove, Surgeon, Biogel Orthopedic, Size 8.0/6515-00-NIB-0197
Glove, Surgeon, Biogel Orthopedic, Size 8.5/6515-00-NIB-0198
Glove, Surgeon, Biogel Orthopedic, Size 9.0/6515-00-NIB-0199
Glove, Surgeon, Biogel Indicator, Size 5.5/6515-00-NIB-0200
Glove, Surgeon, Biogel Indicator, Size 6.0/6515-00-NIB-0201
Glove, Surgeon, Biogel Indicator, Size 6.5/6515-00-NIB-0202
Glove, Surgeon, Biogel Indicator, Size 7.0/6515-00-NIB-0203
Glove, Surgeon, Biogel Indicator, Size 7.5/6515-00-NIB-0204
Glove, Surgeon, Biogel Indicator, Size 8.0/6515-00-NIB-0205
Glove, Surgeon, Biogel Indicator, Size 8.5/6515-00-NIB-0206
Glove, Surgeon, Biogel Indicator, Size 9.0/6515-00-NIB-0207
Glove, Surgeon, Biogel Neotech, Size 5.5/6515-00-NIB-0208
Glove, Surgeon, Biogel Neotech, Size 6.0/6515-00-NIB-0209
Glove, Surgeon, Biogel Neotech, Size 6.5/6515-00-NIB-0210
Glove, Surgeon, Biogel Neotech, Size 7.0/6515-00-NIB-0211
Glove, Surgeon, Biogel Neotech, Size 7.5/6515-00-NIB-0212
Glove, Surgeon, Biogel Neotech, Size 8.0/6515-00-NIB-0213
Glove, Surgeon, Biogel Neotech, Size 8.5/6515-00-NIB-0214
Glove, Surgeon, Biogel Neotech, Size 9.0/6515-00-NIB-0215
NPA: Bosma Industries for the Blind, Inc., Indianapolis, IN.
Contract Activity: Veterans Affairs National Acquisition Center,
Hines, IL.
Services
Service Type/Location: Custodial Service, Camp Bullis, Buildings
5000, 6110, and 6201, San Antonio, Texas.
NPA: Professional Contract Services, Inc., Austin, Texas.
Contract Activity: MEDCOM Health Care Acquisition Activity, Fort
Sam Houston, Texas.
Service Type/Location: Janitorial/Custodial, U.S. Army Reserve
Center, Fraser, Michigan.
NPA: Jewish Vocational Service and Community Workshop, Inc.,
Southfield, Michigan.
Contract Activity: HQ, 88th Regional Support Command, Fort
Snelling, Minnesota.
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.
Sheryl D. Kennerly,
Director, Information Management.
[FR Doc. 02-32764 Filed 12-26-02; 8:45 am]
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