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41 U.S.C. § 8503 — Duties and powers of the Committee

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41 U.S.C. § 8503 — Duties and powers of the Committee

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**(a) Procurement List.—** (1) **Maintenance of list.—** — The Committee shall maintain and publish in the Federal Register a procurement list. The list shall include the following products and services determined by the Committee to be suitable for the Federal Government to procure pursuant to this chapter: (A) Products produced by a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or by a qualified nonprofit agency for other severely disabled. (B) The services those agencies provide. (2) **Changes to list.—** — The Committee may, by rule made in accordance with the requirements of section 553(b) to (e) of title 5, add to and remove from the procurement list products so produced and services so provided. **(b) Fair Market Price.—** The Committee shall determine the fair market price of products and services contained on the procurement list that are offered for sale to the Federal Government by a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or a qualified nonprofit agency for other severely disabled. The Committee from time to time shall revise its price determinations with respect to those products and services in accordance with changing market conditions. **(c) Central Nonprofit Agency or Agencies.—** The Committee shall designate a central nonprofit agency or agencies to facilitate the distribution, by direct allocation, subcontract, or any other means, of orders of the Federal Government for products and services on the procurement list among qualified nonprofit agencies for the blind or qualified nonprofit agencies for other severely disabled. **(d) Regulations.—** The Committee— (1) may prescribe regulations regarding specifications for products and services on the procurement list, the time of their delivery, and other matters as necessary to carry out this chapter; and (2) shall prescribe regulations providing that when the Federal Government purchases products produced and offered for sale by qualified nonprofit agencies for the blind or qualified nonprofit agencies for other severely disabled, priority shall be given to products produced and offered for sale by qualified nonprofit agencies for the blind. **(e) Study and Evaluation of Activities.—** The Committee shall make a continuing study and evaluation of its activities under this chapter to ensure effective and efficient administration of this chapter. The Committee on its own or in cooperation with other public or nonprofit private agencies may study— (1) problems related to the employment of the blind and other severely disabled individuals; and (2) the development and adaptation of production methods that would enable a greater utilization of the blind and other severely disabled individuals.

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10 U.S.C. § 2461 — Public-private competition required before conversion to contractor performance

**(a) Public-Private Competition.—** (1) No function of the Department of Defense performed by Department of Defense civilian employees may be converted, in whole or in part, to performance by a contractor unless the conversion is based on the results of a public-private competition that— (A) formally compares the cost of performance of the function by Department of Defense civilian employees with the cost of performance by a contractor; (B) creates an agency tender, including a most efficient organization plan, in accordance with Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76, as implemented on May 29, 2003, or any successor circular; (C) includes the issuance of a solicitation; (D) determines whether the submitted offers meet the needs of the Department of Defense with respect to factors other than cost, including quality, reliability, and timeliness; (E) examines the cost of performance of the function by Department of Defense civilian employees and the cost of performance of the function by one or more contractors to demonstrate whether converting to performance by a contractor will result in savings to the Government over the life of the contract, including— (i) the estimated cost to the Government (based on offers received) for performance of the function by a contractor; (ii) the estimated cost to the Government for performance of the function by Department of Defense civilian employees; and (iii) an estimate of all other costs and expenditures that the Government would incur because of the award of such a contract; (F) requires continued performance of the function by Department of Defense civilian employees unless the difference in the cost of performance of the function by a contractor compared to the cost of performance of the

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15 U.S.C. § 644 — Awards or contracts

**(a) Small business procurements** (1) **In general** — For purposes of this chapter, small business concerns shall receive any award or contract if such award or contract is, in the determination of the Administrator and the contracting agency, in the interest of— (A) maintaining or mobilizing the full productive capacity of the United States; (B) war or national defense programs; or (C) assuring that a fair proportion of the total purchases and contracts for goods and services of the Government in each industry category (as defined under paragraph (2)) are awarded to small business concerns. (2) **Industry category defined** (A) *In general* — In this subsection, the term “industry category” means a discrete group of similar goods and services, as determined by the Administrator in accordance with the North American Industry Classification System codes used to establish small business size standards, except that the Administrator shall limit an industry category to a greater extent than provided under the North American Industry Classification System codes if the Administrator receives evidence indicating that further segmentation of the industry category is warranted— (i) due to special capital equipment needs; (ii) due to special labor requirements; (iii) due to special geographic requirements, except as provided in subparagraph (B); (iv) due to unique Federal buying patterns or requirements; or (v) to recognize a new industry. (B) *Exception for geographic requirements* — The Administrator may not further segment an industry category based on geographic requirements unless— (i) the Government typically designates the geographic area where work for contracts for goods or services is to be performed; (ii) Governmen

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31 U.S.C. § 501 — Office of Management and Budget

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40 U.S.C. § 502 — Services for other entities

**(a) Federal Agencies, Mixed-Ownership Government Corporations, and the District of Columbia.—** On request, the Administrator of General Services shall provide, to the extent practicable, any of the services specified in [section 501 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title40-section501&num=0&edition=prelim) to— (1) a federal agency; (2) a mixed-ownership Government corporation (as defined in [section 9101 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section9101&num=0&edition=prelim)); or (3) the District of Columbia. **(b) Qualified Nonprofit Agencies.—** (1) **In general.—** — On request, the Administrator may provide, to the extent practicable, any of the services specified in [section 501 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title40-section501&num=0&edition=prelim) to an agency that is— (A) (i) a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind (as defined in [section 8501(7) of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section8501/7&num=0&edition=prelim)); or (ii) a qualified nonprofit agency for other severely disabled (as defined in [section 8501(6) of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section8501/6&num=0&edition=prelim)); and (B) providing a commodity or service to the Federal Government under chapter 85 of title 41. (2) **Use of services.—** — A nonprofit agency receiving services under this subsection shall use the services directly in making or providing to the Government a commodity or service that has been determined by the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled under [section 8503 of title 41](https://uscode.house.

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41 U.S.C. § 1710 — Public-private competition required before conversion to contractor performance

**(a) Public-private competition.—** (1) **When conversion to contractor performance is allowed.—** — A function of an executive agency performed by 10 or more agency civilian employees may not be converted, in whole or in part, to performance by a contractor unless the conversion is based on the results of a public-private competition that— (A) formally compares the cost of performance of the function by agency civilian employees with the cost of performance by a contractor; (B) creates an agency tender, including a most efficient organization plan, in accordance with Office of Management and Budget Circular A76, as implemented on May 29, 2003, or any successor circular; (C) includes the issuance of a solicitation; (D) determines whether the submitted offers meet the needs of the executive agency with respect to factors other than cost, including quality, reliability, and timeliness; (E) examines the cost of performance of the function by agency civilian employees and the cost of performance of the function by one or more contractors to demonstrate whether converting to performance by a contractor will result in savings to the Federal Government over the life of the contract, including— (i) the estimated cost to the Federal Government (based on offers received) for performance of the function by a contractor; (ii) the estimated cost to the Federal Government for performance of the function by agency civilian employees; and (iii) an estimate of all other costs and expenditures that the Federal Government would incur because of the award of the contract; (F) requires continued performance of the function by agency civilian employees unless the difference in the cost of performance of the function by a contractor compared to the cost of p

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41 U.S.C. § 8501 — Definitions

In this chapter: (1) **Blind.—** — The term “blind” refers to an individual or class of individuals whose central visual acuity does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with correcting lenses or whose visual acuity, if better than 20/200, is accompanied by a limit to the field of vision in the better eye to such a degree that its widest diameter subtends an angle of no greater than 20 degrees. (2) **Committee.—** — The term “Committee” means the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled established under [section 8502 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section8502&num=0&edition=prelim). (3) **Direct labor.—** — The term “direct labor”— (A) includes all work required for preparation, processing, and packing of a product, or work directly relating to the performance of a service; but (B) does not include supervision, administration, inspection, or shipping. (4) **Entity of the federal government and federal government.—** — The terms “entity of the Federal Government” and “Federal Government” include an entity of the legislative or judicial branch, a military department or executive agency (as defined in sections 102 and 105 of title 5, respectively), the United States Postal Service, and a nonappropriated fund instrumentality under the jurisdiction of the Armed Forces. (5) **Other severely disabled.—** — The term “other severely disabled” means an individual or class of individuals under a physical or mental disability, other than blindness, which (according to criteria established by the Committee after consultation with appropriate entities of the Federal Government and taking into account the views of non-Federal Government entities representing the disabled) constitutes a substant

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41 U.S.C. § 8504 — Procurement requirements for the Federal Government

**(a) In General.—** An entity of the Federal Government intending to procure a product or service on the procurement list referred to in [section 8503 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section8503&num=0&edition=prelim) shall procure the product or service from a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or a qualified nonprofit agency for other severely disabled in accordance with regulations of the Committee and at the price the Committee establishes if the product or service is available within the period required by the entity. **(b) Exception.—** This section does not apply to the procurement of a product that is available from an industry established under chapter 307 of title 18 and that is required under [section 4124 of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section4124&num=0&edition=prelim) to be procured from that industry.

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41 U.S.C. § 8503 — Duties and powers of the Committee

Page 209 TITLE 41—PUBLIC CONTRACTS § 8504 301(a)(4)(A) and (C) and (b)(3) of the Department of Edu- cation Organization Act (20:3441(a)(4)(A) and (C) and (b)(3)), the functions and offices of the Department and the functions of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Commissioner of Rehabilitation Services were transferred to the Department or Sec- retary of Education. Section 509 of the Act (20:3508) re- designated the Department and Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare as the Department and Sec- retary of Health and Human Services, respectively, and provided that references to the Department and Sec- retary of Health, Education, and Welfare were deemed to be references to the Department or Secretary of Health and Human Services except to the extent a ref- erence was to a function of the Department or Sec- retary of Education. The reference in 41:46(a)(1) was changed to ‘‘Department of Health and Human Serv- ices’’ but should have been changed to ‘‘Department of Education’’. Furthermore, the regulations of the Com- mittee include the Department of Education in the list of members of the Committee. See 41 CFR 51–2.1. In subsection (c), the text of 41:46(d)(2) and (4) is omitted as obsolete. In subsection (f)(1), the reference to section 5376 of title 5 is substituted for the reference to grade GS–18 of the General Schedule because of section 529 [title I, § 101(c)(1)] of the Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriations Act, 1991 (Public Law 101–509, 104 Stat. 1442, 5 U.S.C. 5376 note). The word ‘‘ac- tual’’ is omitted as unnecessary. The words ‘‘A member is entitled to travel expenses, including a per diem al- lowance instead of subsistence, as provided under sec- tion 5703 of title 5’’ are substituted for 41:

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