[Federal Register: December 2, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 231)]
[Notices]
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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 is proposing to add to the Procurement List
products and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing
persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and to delete
products previously furnished by such agencies.
Comments Must be Received on or Before: January 1, 2006.
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 OR TO SUBMIT COMMENTS CONTACT: Sheryl D.
Kennerly, Telephone: (703) 603-7740, Fax: (703) 603-0655, or e-mail
SKennerly@jwod.gov.
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 proposed
actions.
Additions
If the Committee approves the proposed additions, the entities of
the Federal government identified in this notice for each product or
service will be required to procure the products and services listed
below from nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have
other severe disabilities.
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. If approved, 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. If approved, 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.
Comments on this certification are invited. Commenters should
identify the statement(s) underlying the certification on which they
are providing additional information.
End of Certification
The following products and services are proposed for addition to
Procurement List for production by the nonprofit agencies listed:
Products
Paper or Stationer's Shears (GSA Global Supply Only).
NSN: 5110-00-161-6912--9'' Shears have 4\5/8\'' length of cut.
Straight Trimmer's Shears (GSA Global Supply Only).
NSN: 5110-00-293-9199--7'' Shears have 3'' length of cut.
NPA: Winston-Salem Industries for the Blind, Winston-Salem, North
Carolina.
Contracting Activity: GSA, Hardware & Appliance Center, Kansas City,
Missouri.
Services
Service Type/Location: Custodial Services, Cliffside Gas Field
Facility, 15 Miles NW. of Amarillo, Amarillo, Texas.
NPA: World Technical Services, Inc., San Antonio, Texas.
Contracting Activity: Bureau of Land Management, Albuquerque, New
Mexico.
Service Type/Location: Grounds Maintenance, USDA, Agriculture
Research Service, Weslaco Center, 2413 E. Highway 83, Weslaco,
Texas.
NPA: World Technical Services, Inc., San Antonio, Texas.
Contracting Activity: USDA, Agriculture Research Service, College
Station, Texas.
Deletions
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. If approved, the action may result in additional reporting,
recordkeeping or other compliance requirements for small entities.
2. If approved, the action may result in authorizing small entities
to furnish the products to the Government.
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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 proposed for deletion from the
Procurement List.
End of Certification
The following products are proposed for deletion from the
Procurement List:
Products
Gloves, Patient Examining.
NSN: 6515-01-411-4796--Gloves, Patient Examining.
NSN: 6515-01-441-6103--Gloves, Patient Examining.
NSN: 6515-01-373-8306--Gloves, Patient Examining.
NPA: Bosma Industries for the Blind, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Contracting Activity: Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington,
DC.
Sheryl D. Kennerly,
Director, Information Management.
[FR Doc. E5-6754 Filed 12-1-05; 8:45 am]
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