[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 41, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 41CFR51-4.4]

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           TITLE 41--PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
 
CHAPTER 51--COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY 
                                DISABLED
 
PART 51-4--NONPROFIT AGENCIES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 51-4.4  Subcontracting.

    (a) Nonprofit agencies shall seek broad competition in the purchase 
of materials and components used in the commodities and services 
furnished to the Government under the JWOD Act. Nonprofit agencies shall 
inform the Committee, through their central nonprofit agency, before 
entering into multiyear contracts for materials or components used in 
the commodities and services furnished to the Government under the JWOD 
Act.
    (b) Each nonprofit agency shall accomplish the maximum amount of 
subcontracting with other nonprofit agencies and small business concerns 
that the nonprofit agency finds to be consistent both with efficient 
performance in furnishing commodities or services under the JWOD Act and 
maximizing employment for persons who are blind or have other severe 
disabilities.
    (c) Nonprofit agencies may subcontract a portion of the process for 
producing a commodity or providing a service on the Procurement List 
provided that the portion of the process retained by the prime nonprofit 
agency generates employment for persons who are blind or have other 
severe disabilities. Subcontracting intended to be a routine part of the 
production of a commodity or provision of a service shall be identified 
to the Committee at the time the commodity or service is proposed for 
addition to the Procurement List and any significant changes in the 
extent of subcontracting must be approved in advance by the Committee.
    (d) A nonprofit agency may not subcontract the entire production 
process for all or a portion of an order without the Committee's prior 
approval.

[56 FR 48980, Sept. 26, l991, as amended at 62 FR 66529, Dec. 19, 1997]