Procurement List Adds Guam Cleaning, Drops Safety Lighting Kits
Published Date: 3/19/2026
Notice
Summary
The Committee is updating its Procurement List by adding a new custodial service for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Guam, provided by a nonprofit that employs people who are blind or severely disabled. At the same time, several safety lighting kits and a helicopter landing zone kit are being removed from the list. Comments on these changes are open until April 18, 2026, so stakeholders have time to weigh in before the updates take effect.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
New Custodial Contract in Guam
The Committee proposes adding a mandatory custodial service for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at Guam National Wildlife Refuge (Dededo, GU) to the Procurement List, with iCAN Resources, Inc. (Dededo, GU) named as the authorized nonprofit source. Comments on this proposed addition are due April 18, 2026.
Removal of Safety Lighting and Helo Kit Contracts
The Committee proposes deleting several product NSNs (including 6230-01-513-2533; 6230-01-513-1920; 6230-01-513-1924; 6230-01-513-1925; 6230-01-513-1930; 6230-01-513-1933; 6230-01-513-1934; 6230-01-514-0920; 6230-01-514-0921; 6230-01-513-2551) from the Procurement List. These items were previously furnished by The Arc of Bergen and Passaic Counties, Inc. (Hackensack, NJ) as the authorized source for Department of Defense purchases (Defense Logistics Agency, DLA Troop Support). Comments are due April 18, 2026.
Removal of Base and Office Supply Center Services
The Committee proposes deleting Base Supply Center services (Jefferson Plaza #1 and Rosslyn locations in Arlington, VA) and an Office Supply Store service (Hoffman Building II, Alexandria, VA) from the Procurement List; these services were designated to Virginia Industries for the Blind (Charlottesville, VA) as the authorized source for Department of Defense contracting activity. Comments are due April 18, 2026.
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