Government Adds and Cuts Items from Disability Procurement List
Published Date: 4/18/2025
Notice
Summary
The government plans to add new services to its special shopping list, all provided by nonprofit groups that hire people who are blind or have serious disabilities. At the same time, some products and services currently on the list will be removed. These changes help support great causes while keeping government buying fresh and fair.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
New Contracts for Disability Nonprofits
If you run or work for a nonprofit that employs people who are blind or have other severe disabilities, the government plans to add new services to the Procurement List that those nonprofits will furnish. These additions mean the Committee is proposing new government purchasing opportunities for such nonprofit agencies.
Removals Reduce Nonprofit Purchases
The Committee will delete certain products and services that were previously furnished by nonprofit agencies employing people who are blind or have other severe disabilities from the Procurement List. If you run or work for such a nonprofit, those deletions could reduce the government purchases of your goods or services.
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