[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 31 (Friday, February 14, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8576-8577]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-02980]


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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED


Procurement List; Addition

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

ACTION: Addition to the Procurement List.

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SUMMARY: This action adds a service to the Procurement List that will 
be provided by a nonprofit agency employing persons who are blind or 
have other severe disabilities.

DATES: Date added to the Procurement List: March 5, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely 
Disabled, 1401 S Clark Street, Suite 715, Arlington, Virginia 22202-
4149.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy B. Jensen, Telephone: (703) 603-
7740, Fax: (703) 603-0655, or email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published pursuant to 41 
U.S.C. 8503(a)(2) and 41 CFR 51-2.3. Its purpose is to provide 
interested persons an opportunity to submit comments on the proposed 
actions.

Addition

    On 6/22/2019, the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind 
or Severely Disabled published notice of proposed additions to 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 material presented to it concerning 
capability of qualified nonprofit agencies to provide the service and 
impact of the addition on the current or most recent contractors, the 
Committee has determined that the service listed below is 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 to the 
Government.
    2. The action will result in authorizing small entities to furnish 
the service 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 proposed for addition to the 
Procurement List.
    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 Defense Threat 
Reduction Agency's (DTRA) Administrative Support Service, contract. The 
Federal customer 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 DTRA will refer 
its business elsewhere, this addition must be effective on March 5, 
2020, ensuring timely execution for a March 6, 2020 start date while 
still allowing 21 days for comments. Pursuant to its own regulation 41 
CFR 51-2.4, the Committee has been in contact with one of the affected 
parties, the incumbent of the expiring contract since June 2019, and 
determined that no severe adverse impact exists. The Committee also 
published a notice of proposed Procurement List addition in the Federal 
Register on November 22, 2019, and did not receive comments from the 
incumbent contractor. This addition will not create a public hardship 
and has limited effect on the public at large, but, rather, 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 will enable Federal 
customer operations to continue without interruption.

End of Certification

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

Service

Service Type: Administrative Support Service
Mandatory for: Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), DTRA 
Headquarters, Fort Belvoir, VA
Mandatory Source of Supply: Melwood Horticultural Training Center, 
Inc., Upper Marlboro, MD
Contracting Activity: DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY (DTRA), 
DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION

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AGENCY

Patricia Briscoe,
Deputy Director, Business Operations (Pricing and Information 
Management).
[FR Doc. 2020-02980 Filed 2-13-20; 8:45 am]
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