[Federal Register: November 7, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 216)]
[Notices]               
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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED

 
Procurement List; Proposed Additions and Deletion

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

ACTION: Proposed Additions to and Deletion 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 
a product previously furnished by such agencies.

COMMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR BEFORE: December 7, 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: 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 
the Procurement List for production by the nonprofit agencies listed:

Products

Product/NSN: Jersey, Flight Deck, Crewman's (The remaining 50% of 
the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia's Requirement)
    8415-00-914-0312
    8415-00-914-0313
    8415-00-914-0314
    8415-00-914-0315
    8415-00-914-0316
    8415-00-914-0317
    8415-00-914-0318
    8415-00-914-0319
    8415-00-914-0321
    8415-00-914-0322
    8415-00-914-0323
    8415-00-914-0324
    8415-00-914-0325
    8415-00-914-0326
    8415-00-914-0327
    8415-00-914-0328
    8415-00-914-0329
    8415-00-914-0331
    8415-00-914-0333
    8415-00-914-0334
    8415-00-914-0335
    8415-00-914-0336
    8415-00-914-0337
    8415-00-914-0338
    8415-00-914-0339
    8415-00-914-0340
    8415-00-914-4143
    8415-00-914-9481
NPA: Bestwork Industries for the Blind, Inc., Runnemede, New Jersey.
NPA: El Paso Lighthouse for the Blind, El Paso, Texas.
NPA: Elizabeth Pierce Olmsted, M.D. Center for the Visually 
Impaired, Buffalo, New York.
NPA: Westmoreland County Blind Association, Greensburg, 
Pennsylvania.
Contract Activity: Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania.
Product/NSN: Type C Pallet, 3990-00-NSH-0002.
NPA: Goodwill Industries of South Texas, Inc., Corpus Christi, 
Texas.
Contract Activity: Corpus Christi Army Depot, Texas.

Services

Service Type/Location: Administrative Support Services, USDA, Rural 
Development Agency, Abrams Federal Building, 1520 Market Street, St. 
Louis, Missouri.
NPA: MGI Services Corporation, St. Louis, Missouri.
Contract Activity: USDA, Rural Development Agency, St. Louis, 
Missouri.
Service Type/Location: Base Supply Center, NASA Ames Research 
Center, Moffett Field, California.
NPA: Associated Industries for the Blind, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Contract Activity: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, 
California.
Service Type/Location: Custodial Services, VA Community Based 
Outpatient Clinic North Shore, Lynn, Massachusetts, VA Community 
Based Outpatient Clinic, Haverill, Massachusetts.
NPA: Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries, Boston, Massachusetts.

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Contract Activity: VA Medical Center--Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial, 
Bedford, Massachusetts.

Service Type/Location: Mailing Services, U.S. Mint, Washington, DC.
NPA: ServiceSource, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia.
Contract Activity: Department of the Treasury, U.S. Mint, 
Washington, DC.

Deletion

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.
    2. If approved, 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 deletion from the 
Procurement List.

End of Certification

    The following product is proposed for deletion from the Procurement 
List:

Product

Product/NSN: Scraper, Ice, 7920-01-323-0793.
NPA: L.C. Industries For The Blind, Inc., Durham, North Carolina.
Contract Activity: GSA, Southwest Supply Center, Fort Worth, Texas.


Sheryl D. Kennerly,
Director, Information Management.
[FR Doc. 03-28111 Filed 11-6-03; 8:45 am]

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