48 CFR § 8.701 - 8.701 Definitions.

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title: "48 CFR § 8.701 - 8.701   Definitions."
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# 8.701 8.701   Definitions.

As used in this subpart—

*Allocation,* means an action taken by a central nonprofit agency to designate the AbilityOne participating nonprofit agencies that will furnish definite quantities of supplies or perform specific services upon receipt of orders from ordering offices.

*Central nonprofit agency,* means National Industries for the Blind (NIB), which has been designated to represent people who are blind; or NISH, which has been designated to represent AbilityOne participating nonprofit agencies serving people with severe disabilities other than blindness.

*Committee,* means the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled.

*Government* or *entity of the Government* means any entity of the legislative or judicial branch, any executive agency, military department, Government corporation, or independent establishment, the U.S. Postal Service, or any nonappropriated-fund instrumentality of the Armed Forces.

*Ordering office* means any activity in an entity of the Government that places orders for the purchase of supplies or services under the AbilityOne Program.

*Procurement List,* means a list of supplies (including military resale commodities) and services that the Committee has determined are suitable for purchase by the Government under 41 U.S.C. chapter 85.

*Nonprofit agency serving people who are blind* or *nonprofit agency serving people with other severe disabilities* (referred to jointly as AbilityOne participating nonprofit agencies) means a qualified nonprofit agency employing people who are blind or have other severe disabilities approved by the Committee to furnish a commodity or a service to the Government under 41 U.S.C. chapter 85.

[59 FR 67027, Dec. 28, 1994, as amended at 66 FR 2128, Jan. 10, 2001; 73 FR 53995, Sept. 17, 2008; 79 FR 24199, Apr. 29, 2014; 84 FR 19844, May 6, 2019]