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

FAR 8.702 General.

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 describes the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled as an independent Government activity whose members are appointed by the President. It is responsible for deciding which supplies and services the Government buys from AbilityOne participating nonprofit agencies, setting their prices, and issuing rules to implement the relevant law. For contractors, this matters because it identifies the body that controls what the Government must purchase through the AbilityOne program.

Applies to: The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled and its responsibilities

Key terms: Committee · AbilityOne participating nonprofit agencies · supplies and services · prices · 41 U.S.C. chapter 85

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The text

The Committee is an independent Government activity with members appointed by the President of the United States. It is responsible for—

(a) Determining those supplies and services to be purchased by all entities of the Government from AbilityOne participating nonprofit agencies;

(b) Establishing prices for the supplies and services; and

(c) Establishing rules and regulations to implement 41 U.S.C. chapter 85.

← 8.701 Definitions. · 8.703 Procurement List. →

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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