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  • Type:Notice
    Citation:90 FR 14126
    Reading Time:about 10 minutes

    The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled announced changes to the Procurement List, effective April 27, 2025. New products, including a women's cravat for Space Force, will be added and supplied by designated nonprofits. Meanwhile, certain protective clothing items and services like call center operations and grounds maintenance are being removed due to a lack of government requirements. This decision aims to continue supporting employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities through nonprofit agencies.

    Simple Explanation

    The government is making a list of things they buy to help create jobs for people with disabilities, and they are adding new things like a special scarf for Space Force. They might also stop buying some other stuff like special clothes because they don't need them anymore, which could affect the companies that used to make them.

  • 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.

  • Type:Notice
    Citation:90 FR 9135
    Reading Time:about 2 minutes

    The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled has decided to remove certain products from its Procurement List, which previously included items supplied by nonprofit agencies that employ individuals who are blind or have severe disabilities. This removal will be effective on March 9, 2025. The decision was made after reviewing relevant information and determining that these products are no longer suitable for procurement by the Federal Government under the applicable laws. The listed items include various mahogany wall clocks and a specific type of ballpoint pen.

    Simple Explanation

    Imagine there's a list where the government buys things from special groups that help people who can't see or have other big challenges. The government decided to take some clocks and pens off this list, but they didn't really say why these items aren't needed anymore or what might happen to the people who made them.

  • Type:Notice
    Citation:90 FR 15456
    Reading Time:about 11 minutes

    The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled is suggesting the removal of certain products and services from the Procurement List. These items and services have been provided by nonprofit agencies that employ individuals who are blind or have significant disabilities. The Committee is inviting public comments on these proposed deletions until May 11, 2025. The notice lists specific products, such as laundry detergent and drinking straws, along with certain services, like janitorial and administrative work, that are suggested for removal.

    Simple Explanation

    The government wants to stop buying some things, like soap and straws, from businesses that help people who can't see or have other challenges. They want people to tell them what they think about this change by May 11, 2025.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Type:Notice
    Citation:86 FR 9325
    Reading Time:about 5 minutes

    The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled is proposing changes to the Procurement List. They plan to add new products supplied by nonprofit agencies that employ people with disabilities, and to remove some products and services that were previously supplied by such agencies. Public comments on these proposed changes are invited until March 14, 2021. The aim is to ensure that federal agencies continue to support employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities through these procurements.

    Simple Explanation

    The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled wants to change the list of things the government buys to help people with disabilities get jobs. They're planning to add some new things from special companies and take away some old ones, and they want to know what people think about these changes by March 14, 2021.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Type:Notice
    Citation:90 FR 308
    Reading Time:about 14 minutes

    The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled has decided to remove certain products and services from the Federal Government's Procurement List. These products were previously provided by nonprofit agencies that employ people with visual impairments or other severe disabilities. The removal, effective February 2, 2025, means these products are no longer suitable for government procurement under existing regulations. This decision is not expected to significantly impact small entities, as it does not impose new compliance requirements and may allow them to offer products and services to the government instead.

    Simple Explanation

    The list of things the government buys from special groups that help people who can't see or have big challenges is changing. Some things will be taken off this list soon, so other companies might get a chance to sell those things instead.

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