Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, 1735 Jefferson Davis Highway, Room 403, Arlington, Virginia 22202

75 -- OFFICE SUPPLIES & DEVICES ATTEMPT TO DEVELOP PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN COMMERCIAL SUPPLIERS OF HIGHER QUALITY WRITING INSTRUMENTS AND NONPROFIT AGENCIES, AFFILIATED WITH THE JAVITS-WAGNER-O'DAY (JWOD) PROGRAM, EMPLOYING PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR HAVE OTHER SEVERE DISABILITIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF POC Beverly L. Milkman, Executive Director (703) 603-7740. The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (Committee) is interested in pursuing partnerships with commercial manufacturers of higher quality retractable ballpoint pens in the $5-10 price range who meet the following criteria: Possession of a nationally known brand name and products that can be demonstrated to have significant appeal to Federal users, either through evidence of significant sales (manufacturers must submit data demonstrating significant sales) or the results of a test market; willingness to enter into a multi-year agreement, which includes technical assistance, to have a nonprofit agency that meets the criteria of the Javits-Wagner-O'Day (JWOD) Program make and/or package the product in question, thereby creating employment for people who are blind or severely disabled; commitment to working independently and with the JWOD team to market the product to Government customers under the JWOD Program and willingness to work with the nonprofit agency, NIB and NISH and the Committee to assure that the product's price to GSA will result in charges to the end-users that are fair market prices. Manufacturers' submission must demonstrate that each specific product being proposed meets the various criteria, as well as indicate what functions the nonprofit agency employees would perform. (0056)

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