# 2025-11214: Federal Contracts May Go To Nonprofits Employing Blind And Disabled Workers

2025-11214, Procurement List; Proposed Additions, is a Federal Register notice from Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled published 2025-06-18, effective Comments must be received on or before: July 20, 2025.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-03).

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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-11214
- Title: Procurement List; Proposed Additions
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
- Citation: 90 FR 26035
- Published: 2025-06-18
- Effective: Comments must be received on or before: July 20, 2025.
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-03

## In one line

Federal Contracts May Go To Nonprofits Employing Blind And Disabled Workers

## Summary

The government plans to add two new services—scanning support and facility support—to a special list that requires buying from nonprofits employing people who are blind or severely disabled. This affects U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Indianapolis and the U.S. Census Bureau in Bowie. Comments on this plan are open until July 20, 2025, before the changes become official.

## Abstract

The Committee is proposing to add service(s) to the Procurement List that will be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.

## Effects PRIA read

- Scanning Support: Mandatory Buy from Nonprofit: benefit, low. If approved, U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Indianapolis will be required to buy Scanning Support Services from Coleman Professional Services (Kent, OH). This proposal is open for comments until July 20, 2025 and would make Coleman the authorized source for that service at the Major General…
- Facility Support: Census Sites Must Buy from ServiceSource: benefit, medium. If approved, the U.S. Census Bureau will be required to obtain Facility Support Services for the Bowie Computer Center, Franconia Warehouse, Suitland and Bowie MD, and Springfield VA from ServiceSource, Inc. (Oakton, VA). Comments on this proposed mandatory sourcing must be submitted by July 20, 20…
- Janitorial Service: USGS Site Required to Use Skookum: benefit, low. If approved, the United States Geological Survey Western Fisheries Research Center Marrowstone Marine Field Station in Norland, WA will be required to procure Janitorial Service from Skookum Educational Programs (Bremerton, WA). The public comment period for this proposed addition ends July 20, 202…

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- [2026-08392](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-08392): Revising Central Nonprofit Agencies' Requirements To Charge Fees and Clarifying the Permissibility of Subcontracting Within the AbilityOne…, 2026-04-30
- [2026-22099](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22099): Procurement List; Additions and Deletions, 2026-10-29
- [2026-21586](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-21586): Procurement List; Deletions, 2026-10-22
- [2026-21585](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-21585): Procurement List; Proposed Deletions, 2026-10-22
- [2026-21046](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-21046): Procurement List; Deletions, 2026-10-15
- [2026-21048](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-21048): Procurement List; Proposed Additions and Deletions, 2026-10-15

## Sources
- [2025-11214 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/18/2025-11214/procurement-list-proposed-additions)
- [2025-11214 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-18/pdf/2025-11214.pdf)

## Related
- [Previous: 2025-11211, Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Renewal; Comment Request; Re…](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-11211)
- [Next: 2025-11215, Procurement List; Deletions](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-11215)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-11214 (as of 2026-11-03).