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  • 2025-06714 — Procurement List; Proposed Additions and Deletions
    Type:Notice
    Citation:90 FR 16511
    Reading Time:about 14 minutes

    The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled is proposing changes to its Procurement List, which impacts which products and services must be sourced from nonprofit agencies that employ people who are blind or have severe disabilities. They are planning to add a building management service at a U.S. Army location in Texas and remove various products and services, such as a medical transcription service and multiple kitchen and cleaning items. The public has until May 18, 2025, to submit comments on these proposed changes.

    Simple Explanation

    The government is deciding to make a change to a special shopping list for items and services it buys to help people who might need extra help doing jobs, like those who can't see well. They want to add some new services but also take away some things like helping with typing medical notes, cleaning, and making glasses. People can say what they think about these changes until May 18, 2025.

  • 2025-02915 — Procurement List; Proposed Additions and Deletions
    Type:Notice
    Citation:90 FR 10074
    Reading Time:about 17 minutes

    The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled is considering changes to the Procurement List, which involves adding new products supplied by nonprofits that employ people with disabilities, and removing some products and services that are currently provided by such organizations. They propose adding products like medical scopes and accessories, to be supplied by agencies like Alphapointe and BOSMA Enterprises, and plan to remove items like chemical protection clothing and some services. The Committee invites public comments on these changes by March 23, 2025.

    Simple Explanation

    The Committee wants to add some new things to a list that helps blind and disabled people get jobs by making important items, like medical tools. They will also take away other things from the list, like certain clothes used for protection, and they want to hear what people think about these changes.

  • 2021-00901 — Procurement List; Additions and Deletions
    Type:Notice
    Citation:86 FR 4009
    Reading Time:about 4 minutes

    The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled has updated its Procurement List. This update adds new services provided by nonprofit agencies employing people with severe disabilities and removes certain products that were previously provided by such agencies. The changes are intended to support job creation for individuals with significant disabilities and ensure continued operations for federal customers. The additions include custodial services at a courthouse in South Carolina, while the deletions involve items like webbing straps and various container sets. These changes were made following public notice and certification that they will not significantly impact small entities.

    Simple Explanation

    The government has updated a list of jobs and products that help people with disabilities get work. They added some new cleaning jobs and removed some items like straps and containers.

  • 2025-01684 — Procurement List; Deletions
    Type:Notice
    Citation:90 FR 8123
    Reading Time:about 2 minutes

    The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled has announced the removal of certain products and services from the government Procurement List. These items, which were previously provided by nonprofits that employ individuals who are blind or have severe disabilities, will no longer be supplied to the federal government. Products removed include an automatic transmission filter parts kit, and services such as food service at Kirtland Air Force Base and switchboard operation at the VA Central Iowa Health Care System. The changes will take effect on February 23, 2025.

    Simple Explanation

    The government decided that some things, like a car part and some help at a military base and hospital, won't be bought from special groups anymore. These groups help people who can't see or have other big challenges.

  • 2025-03237 — Procurement List; Deletions
    Type:Notice
    Citation:90 FR 10889
    Reading Time:about a minute or two

    The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled has announced that certain services will be removed from the Procurement List. These services include janitorial and custodial tasks at the US Army, USACE Buffalo District Reservation in Buffalo, NY, which were previously provided by Suburban Adult Services, Inc. The Committee has determined that these services are no longer suitable for procurement by the Federal Government. This decision is made in compliance with the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act and will not impose new regulatory burdens on small entities.

    Simple Explanation

    The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled has decided that some cleaning services at a military site in Buffalo, New York, will no longer be provided by a group that hires people with disabilities, because it's not needed by the government anymore.

  • 2024-28569 — Procurement List; Proposed Additions and Deletions and Correction
    Type:Notice
    Citation:89 FR 96948
    Reading Time:about 14 minutes

    The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled is proposing changes to the Procurement List. The proposal includes adding custodial services at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, to be provided by Work Services Corporation, and removing certain products and services, like a removable slant-D ring binder and mail services at Tobyhanna Army Depot, Pennsylvania. Additionally, there was an earlier mistake in listing some Army Combat Uniform coats for removal, which will now stay on the list. Public comments on these changes are invited until January 5, 2025.

    Simple Explanation

    The Committee is planning to change who gets to do certain jobs, like cleaning at an air base in Texas, to help groups that hire people with disabilities, and they made a mistake about taking something off the list so they fixed it. People can say what they think about these changes until early January next year.

  • 2021-01981 — Procurement List; Additions
    Type:Notice
    Citation:86 FR 7545
    Reading Time:about 2 minutes

    The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled has announced updates to the Procurement List. These updates include new products and services that will be provided by nonprofit agencies employing individuals who are blind or have other severe disabilities. Products added include different types of large and extra-large rubber doorstops, while custodial services are added for Cannon Air Force Base in New Mexico. The changes aim to allow more small nonprofit entities to supply these products and services to the Federal Government.

    Simple Explanation

    The government is adding new items and services like big rubber doorstops and cleaning jobs at an Air Force Base to a special shopping list that helps people who have trouble seeing or other disabilities find work. This change means nonprofits can supply the government with these things, making sure that more of these folks have jobs.

  • 2025-03690 — Procurement List; Proposed Deletions
    Type:Notice
    Citation:90 FR 11521
    Reading Time:about 4 minutes

    The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled is proposing to remove certain products and services from the Procurement List. These items and services, which include paper bowls and various medical transcription and switchboard operation services, were previously provided by nonprofit agencies that employ people who are blind or have severe disabilities. The public has until April 6, 2025, to submit comments on this proposed action.

    Simple Explanation

    The committee is thinking about stopping the purchase of certain things like paper bowls and some services like medical typing, which are made by groups that help people who have trouble seeing or are disabled. People can say what they think about this idea until April 6, 2025.

  • 2021-02141 — Procurement List; Additions
    Type:Notice
    Citation:86 FR 7862
    Reading Time:about 3 minutes

    The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled has announced an addition to the Procurement List, which includes a custodial service at Cannon Air Force Base in New Mexico. This service will be provided by ENMRSH, Inc., a nonprofit agency that employs individuals who are blind or have severe disabilities. The addition will take effect on February 15, 2021, and is aimed at creating new job opportunities for people with significant disabilities under the AbilityOne program. This decision follows the expiration of the previous contract, and it ensures that the Air Force's needs are met without interruption.

    Simple Explanation

    The government added a new cleaning job at an Air Force Base in New Mexico to a list of jobs for a nonprofit that helps people who can't see or have other big challenges, so these people have a chance to work.

  • 2021-02433 — Procurement List; Proposed Additions and Deletions
    Type:Notice
    Citation:86 FR 8345
    Reading Time:about 19 minutes

    The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled is considering changes to the Procurement List. They want to add new services that will be provided by nonprofit agencies hiring people who are blind or have severe disabilities. At the same time, they plan to remove certain products and services that were previously supplied by such agencies. People interested in these changes have until March 7, 2021, to submit their comments.

    Simple Explanation

    The Committee is thinking about changing a list of jobs and items that people with special needs help make or do. They want to add new jobs, but they might stop making some old things or doing some old jobs, and they want to know what people think about this.

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