[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: 41CFR51-5.2]

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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 51-5--CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 51-5.2  Mandatory source requirement.

    (a) Nonprofit agencies designated by the Committee are mandatory 
sources of supply for all entities of the Government for commodities and 
services included on the Procurement List, as provided in Sec. 51-1.2 of 
this chapter.
    (b) Purchases of commodities on the Procurement List by entities of 
the Government shall be made from sources authorized by the Committee. 
These sources may include nonprofit agencies, central nonprofit 
agencies, Government central supply agencies such as the Defense 
Logistics Agency and the General Services Administration, and certain 
commercial distributors. Identification of the authorized sources for a 
particular commodity may be obtained from the central nonprofit agencies 
at the addresses noted in Sec. 51-6.2 of this chapter.
    (c) Contracting activities shall require other persons providing 
commodities which are on the Procurement List to entities of the 
Government by contract to order these commodities from the sources 
authorized by the Committee.
    (d) Procedures for obtaining military resale commodities are 
contained in Sec. 51-6.4 of this chapter.
    (e) Contracting activities procuring services which have included 
within them services on the Procurement List shall require their 
contractors for the larger service requirement to procure the included 
Procurement List services from nonprofit agencies designated by the 
Committee.

[56 FR 48981, Sept. 26, l991; 56 FR 64002, Dec. 6, 1991, as amended at 
59 FR 59343, Nov. 16, 1994; 60 FR 54200, Oct. 20, 1995; 63 FR 16439, 
Apr. 3, 1998]

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