[Federal Register: April 22, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 77)]
[Notices]               
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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED

 
Procurement List; Addition and Deletions

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely 
Disabled

ACTION: Additions to and deletions from Procurement List.

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SUMMARY: This action adds to the Procurement List a product to be 
furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have 
other severe disabilities, and deletes from the Procurement List 
services previously furnished by such agencies.

DATES: Effective May 22, 2005.

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, telephone: (703) 
603-7740, Fax: (703) 603-0655, or e-mail SKennerly@jwod.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Addition

    On February 4, 2005, the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are 
Blind or Severely Disabled published notice (70 FR 5964) of proposed 
additions to the Procurement List.
    After consideration of the material presented to it concerning 
capability of qualified nonprofit agencies to provide the product and 
impact of the additions on the current or most recent contractors, the 
Committee has determined that the products listed below are suitable 
for procurement by the Federal Government under 41 U.S.C. 46-48c and 41 
CFR 51-2.4.

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification

    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:

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    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 product to the 
Government.
    2. The action will result in authorizing small entities to furnish 
the product 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 product proposed for addition to the 
Procurement List.

End of Certification

    Accordingly, the following product is added to the Procurement 
List:

Product

Product/NSN: Can, Friction Top.
    8110-00-178-8289 (Round, \1/2\ pint cap),
    8110-00-178-8290 (Round, 1 pint cap).
NPA: East Texas Lighthouse for the Blind, Tyler, Texas.
Contracting Activity: Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Deletions

    On February 25, 2005, the Committee for Purchase From People Who 
Are Blind or Severely Disabled published notice (70 FR 9269) of 
proposed deletions to the Procurement List. After consideration of the 
relevant matter presented, the Committee has determined that the 
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.

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification

    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 result in additional reporting, recordkeeping or 
other compliance requirements for small entities.
    2. The action may 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 deleted from the Procurement List.

End of Certification

    Accordingly, the following services are deleted from the 
Procurement List:

Services

Service Type/Location: Janitorial/Custodial, Internal Revenue 
Service, Pendleton Trade Center, Indianapolis, Indiana.
NPA: GW Commercial Services, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Contracting Activity: GSA, PBS.
Service Type/Location: Janitorial/Custodial, Iowa Air National 
Guard, 185th Air National Guard Base, Sioux City, Iowa.
NPA: Goodwill Community Rehabilitation Services, Inc., Sioux City, 
Iowa.
Contracting Activity: Department of the Air Force.
Service Type/Location: Janitorial/Custodial, Paul B. Dunbar 
Building, Cincinnati, Ohio.
NPA: Ohio Valley Goodwill Industries Rehabilitation Center, Inc., 
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Contracting Activity: General Services Administration.
Service Type/Location: Sorting of Aperture Cards, EDCARS System 
Management Office, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
NPA: Clark County Board of Mental Retardation & Developmental 
Disabilities, Springfield, OH.
Contracting Activity: Department of the Air Force.

Sheryl D. Kennerly,
Director, Information Management.
[FR Doc. E5-1916 Filed 4-21-05; 8:45 am]

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