[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 41, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 41CFR51-3.3]

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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	3_CENTRAL NONPROFIT AGENCIES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 51-3.3  Assignment of commodity or service.

    (a) The central nonprofit agencies shall determine by mutual 
agreement the assignment to one of them of a commodity or service for 
the purpose of evaluating its potential for possible future addition to 
the Procurement List, except that the Committee shall initially assign a 
commodity to National Industries for the Blind when NISH has expressed 
an interest in the commodity and National Industries for the Blind has 
exercised the blind priority.
    (b) NISH shall provide National Industries for the Blind with 
procurement information necessary for a decision to exercise or waive 
the blind priority when it requests a decision. National Industries for 
the Blind shall normally notify NISH of its decision within 30 days, but 
not later than 60 days after receipt of the procurement information, 
unless the two central nonprofit agencies agree to an extension of time 
for the decision. Disagreements on extensions shall be referred to the 
Committee for resolution.
    (c) If National Industries for the Blind exercises the blind 
priority for a commodity, it shall immediately notify the Committee and 
NISH and shall submit to the Committee a proposal to add the commodity 
to the Procurement List within nine months of the notification, unless 
the Committee extends the assignment period because of delays beyond the 
control of National Industries for the Blind. Upon expiration of the 
assignment period, the Committee shall reassign the commodity to NISH.
    (d) The central nonprofit agency assigned a commodity shall obtain a 
decision from Federal Prison Industries on the exercise or waiver of its 
priority and shall submit the procurement information required by 
Federal Prison Industries when it requests the decision. Federal Prison 
Industries shall normally notify the central nonprofit agency of its 
decision within 30 days, but not later than 60 days after receipt of the 
procurement information, unless it agrees with the central nonprofit 
agency on an extension of time for the decision. The central nonprofit 
agency shall refer a disagreement over an extension to the Committee for 
resolution with Federal Prison Industries.
    (e) The central nonprofit agency shall provide the Committee the 
decision of Federal Prison Industries on the waiver or exercise of its 
priority when it requests the addition of the commodity to the 
Procurement List. NISH shall also provide the decision of National 
Industries for the Blind waiving its priority.

[59 FR 59342, Nov. 16, 1994]