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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 8: Required Sources of Supplies and Services › Subpart 8.7

FAR 8.700 Scope of subpart.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This section explains that the subpart sets out policies and procedures for carrying out the law and rules behind the AbilityOne program, which involves the Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled. It matters to contractors because it tells them this subpart is where the government's AbilityOne purchasing rules are described.

Applies to: The policies and procedures in this subpart

Key terms: AbilityOne program · Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled · 41 U.S.C. chapter 85 · 41 CFR Chapter 51

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The text

This subpart prescribes the policies and procedures for implementing—

(a) 41 U.S.C. chapter 85, Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled; and

(b) The rules of the Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (41 CFR Chapter 51), which implements the AbilityOne program.

← 8.608 Protection of classified and sensitive information. · 8.701 Definitions. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 8

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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