Committee For Purchase From People Who Are Blind Or Severely Disabled, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Room 310, Arlington, Virginia 22202

72 -- ATTEMPT TO DEVELOP PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN COMMERCIAL SUPPLIERS OF SPECIAL POCKETED COIL MATTRESS INNERSPRINGS AND NONPROFIT AGENCIES, AFFILIATED WITH THE JAVITS-WAGNER-O'DAY (JWOD) PROGRAM, EMPLOYING PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR HAVE OTHER SEVERE DISABILITIES. DUE 040700 POC Leon A. Wilson, Jr., Executive Director (703) 603-7740 WEB: Committee For Purchase, http://cbdnet.access.gpo.gov/index.html. E-MAIL: Executive Director, lwilson@jwod.gov. The Committee For Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (Committee)is pursuing partnerships with commercial manufacturers of special pocketed coil mattress innersprings, for use aboard U.S. Navy vessels, which meet the following criteria: 1) Possession of a nationally known brand name and a product that can be demonstrated to have significant appeal, either through substantial sales or the results of a test market. 2) 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 Program make and/or package the product in question thereby creating employment for people who are blind or severely disabled. 3) Commitment to working independently with the JWOD team to market the product to Government customers under the JWOD Program. 4) Willingness to work with the nonprofit agency, NIB or NISH and the Committee to assure that the product's price to end users is a fair market price. Manufacturers' submissions must demonstrate that the specific product meets the various criteria listed, as well as indicate what functions the nonprofit agency employees would perform. For further information regarding performance specifications, contact the Executive Director, Committee For Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled. The deadline for final responses is April 7, 2000. Posted 03/06/00 (W-SN431524). (0066)

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