Notice2024-20841
Procurement List; Additions and Deletions
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Published
September 13, 2024
Issuing agencies
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
Abstract
This action adds service(s) to the Procurement List that will be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities and deletes product(s) from the Procurement List previously furnished by such agencies.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 178 (Friday, September 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74929-74930]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20841]
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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED
Procurement List; Additions and Deletions
AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled.
ACTION: Additions to and deletions from the Procurement List.
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SUMMARY: This action adds service(s) to the Procurement List that will
be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or
have other severe disabilities and deletes product(s) from the
Procurement List previously furnished by such agencies.
DATES: Date added to and deleted from the Procurement List: October 13,
2024.
ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled, 355 E Street SW, Suite 325, Washington, DC 20024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael R. Jurkowski, Telephone: (703)
785-6404, or email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#04474950414261605661634445666d686d707d4b6a612a636b72"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0d4e4059484b68695f686a4d4c6f6461647974426368236a627b">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Additions
On 6/30/2024, the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind
or Severely Disabled (operating as the U.S. AbilityOne Commission)
published an initial notice of proposed additions to the Procurement
List. (89 FR 53965). The Committee determined that the service listed
below is suitable for procurement by the Federal Government and has
added this service to the Procurement List as a mandatory purchase for
the contracting activity listed. In accordance with 41 CFR 51-5.3(b),
the mandatory purchase requirement is limited to the contracting
activity at location listed, and in accordance with 41 CFR 51-5.2, the
Committee has authorized nonprofit agency listed as the authorized
source of supply.
After consideration of the material presented to it concerning
capability of qualified nonprofit agencies to provide the service(s)
and impact of the additions on the current or most recent contractors,
the Committee has determined that the product(s) and service(s) listed
below are suitable for procurement by the Federal Government under 41
U.S.C. 8501-8506 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 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(s) to the
Government.
2. The action will result in authorizing small entities to furnish
the product(s) and service(s) 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.
8501-8506) in connection with the service(s) proposed for addition to
the Procurement List.
End of Certification
Accordingly, the following service(s) are added to the Procurement
List:
Service(s)
Service Type: Official Mail Center
Mandatory for: US Air Force, Official Mail Center, Little Rock Air
Force Base, AR
Service Type: Operation of a Postal Service Center
Mandatory for: US Air Force, Postal Service Center, Little Rock Air
Force Base, AR
Authorized Source of Supply: VersAbility Resources, Inc., Hampton,
VA
Contracting Activity: DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE, FA4460 19 CONS LGC
The Committee finds good cause to dispense with the 30-day delay in
the effective date normally required by the Administrative Procedure
Act. See 5 U.S.C. 553(d). This addition to the Committee's Procurement
List is effectuated because of the expiration of the Department of the
Air Force, Mail Service, USAF, Official Mail Center and Postal Service
Center, Little Rock AFB, AR contract. The Federal customer contacted
and has worked diligently with the AbilityOne Program to fulfill this
service need under the AbilityOne Program. To avoid performance
disruption, and the possibility that the Air Force will refer its
business elsewhere, this addition must be effective on 9/29/2024,
ensuring timely execution for a 10/1/2024 start date. The Committee
published an initial notice of proposed Procurement List addition in
the Federal Register on 6/28/2024 (89 FR 53965) but did not receive any
comments. This addition will not create a public hardship and has
limited effect on the public at large. Rather, this addition will
create new jobs for other affected parties--people with significant
disabilities in the AbilityOne program who otherwise face challenges
locating employment. Moreover, this addition enables the Federal
customer to continue operations without interruption.
Deletions
On 8/9/2024 (89 FR 53965), the Committee for Purchase From People
Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled published notice of proposed
deletions from the Procurement List. This notice is published pursuant
to 41 U.S.C. 8503 (a)(2) and 41 CFR 51-2.3.
After consideration of the relevant matter presented, the Committee
has determined that the product(s) listed below are no longer suitable
for procurement by the Federal Government under 41 U.S.C. 8501-8506 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 will not result in additional reporting,
recordkeeping or other compliance requirements for small entities.
2. The action may result in authorizing small entities to furnish
the product(s) 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.
8501-8506) in connection with the product(s) deleted from the
Procurement List.
End of Certification
Accordingly, the following product(s) are deleted from the
Procurement List:
Product(s)
NSN(s)--Product Name(s): 7530-01-346-4295--Folder, File, Admin
Record, ``Counselling/Evaluation/Rehabilitation'', Heavy Duty, Kraft
Brown, Letter
Authorized Source of Supply: LC Industries, Inc., Durham, NC
Contracting Activity: Strategic Acquisition Center, Fredericksburg,
VA
NSN(s)--Product Name(s): 7530-01-346-4295--Folder, File, Admin
Record, '' Counselling/Evaluation/Rehabilitation ``, Heavy Duty,
Kraft Brown, Letter
Authorized Source of Supply: Clovernook Center for the Blind and
Visually Impaired, Cincinnati, OH
Contracting Activity: Strategic Acquisition Center, Fredericksburg,
VA
NSN(s)--Product Name(s):
8415-00-NIB-1374--Face Covering/Mask, Universally Sized, Olive
Green, PG/5
8415-00-NIB-1375--Face Covering/Mask, Universally Sized, Brown,
PG/5
8415-00-NIB-1376--Face Covering/Mask, Universally Sized, Tan,
PG/5
8415-00-NIB-1378--Face Covering/Mask, Universally Sized, Camo,
PG/5
8415-00-NIB-1379--Face Covering/Mask, Universally Sized, Black,
PG/5
8415-00-NIB-1380--Face Covering/Mask, Universally Sized, Olive
Green, PG/50
8415-00-NIB-1381--Face Covering/Mask, Universally Sized, Brown,
PG/50
8415-00-NIB-1382--Face Covering/Mask, Universally Sized, Tan,
PG/50
8415-00-NIB-1383--Face Covering/Mask, Universally Sized, Camo,
PG/50
8415-00-NIB-1384--Face Covering/Mask, Universally Sized, Black,
PG/50
Designated Source of Supply: Southeastern Kentucky Rehabilitation
Industries, Inc., Corbin, KY
Designated Source of Supply: Blind Industries & Services of
Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Designated Source of Supply: Alphapointe, Kansas City, MO
Designated Source of Supply: Industries of the Blind, Inc,
Greensboro, NC
Designated Source of Supply: Winston-Salem Industries for the Blind,
Inc, Winston-Salem, NC
Contracting Activity: Committee For Purchase From People Who Are
Blind or Severely Disabled, Arlington, VA
Michael R. Jurkowski,
Director, Business Operations.
[FR Doc. 2024-20841 Filed 9-12-24; 8:45 am]
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