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FAR 8.703 Procurement List.

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 Procurement List maintained by the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, covering supplies and services that must be purchased from AbilityOne participating nonprofit agencies. It tells contractors where to find the list and how to ask whether a specific item or service is on it. This matters because items on the list are mandatory sources, so a contractor cannot assume it can supply those items competitively.

Applies to: Federal agencies and contractors involved in supplying or purchasing supplies and services covered by the AbilityOne Procurement List

Key terms: Procurement List · AbilityOne participating nonprofit agencies · Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled · NIB/NISH Mandatory Source · central supply agencies

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

The Committee maintains a Procurement List of all supplies and services required to be purchased from AbilityOne participating nonprofit agencies. The Procurement List may be accessed at: http://www.abilityone.gov. Questions concerning whether a supply item or service is on the Procurement List may be submitted at Internet email address [email protected] or referred to the Committee offices at the following address and telephone number: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, 1401 S. Clark Street, Suite 10800, Arlington, VA 22202-3259, 703-603-7740.

Many items on the Procurement List are identified in the General Services Administration (GSA) Supply Catalog and GSA's Customer Service Center Catalogs with a black square and the words “NIB/NISH Mandatory Source,” and in similar catalogs issued by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). GSA, DLA, and VA are central supply agencies from which other Federal agencies are required to purchase certain supply items on the Procurement List.

← 8.702 General. · 8.704 Purchase priorities. →

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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