Government to Delete Items from Disability Procurement List
Published Date: 3/7/2025
Notice
Summary
The government plans to remove some products and services from a special list that helps nonprofit groups employing people with blindness or severe disabilities. This means those groups might lose contracts for these items or services soon. If you’re involved, keep an eye out for updates because these changes could affect jobs and budgets.
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Proposed Procurement List Deletions
If you work for or run a nonprofit that employs people who are blind or have severe disabilities, the Committee is proposing to delete products and services from the Procurement List that those nonprofits furnished. Those nonprofits might lose the contracts for those items or services, and these changes could affect jobs and budgets; watch for updates from the Committee.
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