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  • 2025-06195 — Procurement List; Deletions
    Type:Notice
    Citation:90 FR 15455
    Reading Time:about 4 minutes

    The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled has decided to remove certain products and services from their Procurement List. This means items like paper bowls from The Lighthouse for the Blind in New Orleans, Inc. and services like medical transcription and switchboard operations, often provided by nonprofit agencies, can now be sourced from other suppliers. The removal is effective from May 11, 2025, and is not expected to heavily impact small businesses. This decision allows more variety in who can supply these products and services to government agencies.

    Simple Explanation

    The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled is letting other companies sell certain things, like paper bowls, to the government instead of just nonprofits that help people who are blind or have disabilities. This change starts on May 11, 2025, and it should give more choices for where the government can buy these things.

  • 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.

  • 2024-30423 — Procurement List; Additions and Deletions
    Type:Notice
    Citation:89 FR 104107
    Reading Time:about 11 minutes

    The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled has announced changes to the Procurement List, effective January 19, 2025. This update involves removing certain products and services that were previously provided by nonprofit agencies employing individuals who are blind or have severe disabilities. Products being deleted include various sizes of Army jackets and trousers, a wall clock, and toilet tissue. Additionally, grounds maintenance services at specific army reserve centers and engineers' headquarters will be affected. This decision is made under the provisions of the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act, without significantly impacting small businesses.

    Simple Explanation

    The government is making changes by removing some jackets, trousers, a clock, and toilet paper from a special list of things that people with disabilities make. It also means that these folks might not do some cleaning jobs at army places anymore.

  • 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.

  • 2025-02631 — Procurement List; Proposed Deletions
    Type:Notice
    Citation:90 FR 9620
    Reading Time:about a minute or two

    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 products and services are currently provided by nonprofit agencies that employ individuals who are blind or have other severe disabilities. The public is invited to submit comments on this proposal by March 16, 2025. The affected items include a biodegradable detergent spray and custodial as well as grounds maintenance services at various federal facilities.

    Simple Explanation

    The committee is thinking about taking some jobs and goods off a special list made to help people who can't see well or have other big challenges to find work. People can share what they think about this idea until March 16, 2025.

  • 2024-31243 — Procurement List; Additions and Deletions
    Type:Notice
    Citation:89 FR 106445
    Reading Time:about 7 minutes

    The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled is removing certain products from its Procurement List. These products, including various sizes of Army undergarments, were supplied by nonprofit agencies that employ people with severe disabilities, including blindness. The deletion decision was based on evaluations indicating these products are no longer suitable for government procurement. The committee assures that this action will not significantly impact small entities and could potentially open opportunities for them.

    Simple Explanation

    The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled is taking some special Army clothes off a list because they think the government doesn’t need them anymore. This might mean some small companies could make new things for the Army instead, but the people who made the clothes before might have to find other jobs.

  • 2024-31244 — Procurement List; Proposed Additions and Deletions
    Type:Notice
    Citation:89 FR 106446
    Reading Time:about 2 minutes

    The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled is proposing changes to the Procurement List. They plan to add a new service to be provided by VersAbility Resources, Inc., at the US Air Force's Postal Service Center on Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. At the same time, they intend to remove several products, including wall clocks and pens, that were previously supplied by organizations like Chicago Lighthouse Industries and Alphapointe. The public is invited to submit comments on these proposed actions by January 26, 2025.

    Simple Explanation

    The government wants to hire a special team to help the Air Force with mail at a base, while stopping some other teams from making things like clocks and pens. They are asking people if they think these changes are good or bad.

  • 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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