[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR8.701]

[Page 129]
 
            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 8_REQUIRED SOURCES OF SUPPLIES AND SERVICES--Table of Contents
 
Subpart 8.7_Acquisition From Nonprofit Agencies Employing People Who Are 
                       Blind or Severely Disabled
 
Sec.  8.701  Definitions.

    As used in this subpart--
    Allocation, means an action taken by a central nonprofit agency to 
designate the JWOD participating nonprofit agencies that will furnish 
definite quantities of supplies or perform specific services upon 
receipt of orders from ordering offices.
    Central nonprofit agency, means National Industries for the Blind 
(NIB), which has been designated to represent people who are blind; or 
NISH, which has been designated to represent JWOD participating 
nonprofit agencies serving people with severe disabilities other than 
blindness.
    Committee, means the Committee for Purchase from People Who Are 
Blind or Severely Disabled.
    Government or entity of the Government means any entity of the 
legislative or judicial branch, any executive agency, military 
department, Government corporation, or independent establishment, the 
U.S. Postal Service, or any nonappropriated-fund instrumentality of the 
Armed Forces.
    Ordering office means any activity in an entity of the Government 
that places orders for the purchase of supplies or services under the 
JWOD Program.
    Procurement List, means a list of supplies (including military 
resale commodities) and services that the Committee has determined are 
suitable for purchase by the Government under the Javits-Wagner-O'Day 
Act.
    Nonprofit agency serving people who are blind or nonprofit agency 
serving people with other severe disabilities (referred to jointly as 
JWOD participating nonprofit agencies) means a qualified nonprofit 
agency employing people who are blind or have other severe disabilities 
approved by the Committee to furnish a commodity or a service to the 
Government under the Act.

[59 FR 67027, Dec. 28, 1994, as amended at 66 FR 2128, Jan. 10, 2001]