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

74 -- ATTEMPT TO DEVELOP PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMERCIAL SUPPLIERS OF PAPER SHREDDERS SOL CP-CBD-00/02 DUE 061100 POC Mark J Benedict, Operations Analyst (703) 603-0660 WEB: Committee for Purchase, http://cbdnet.access.gpo.gov/index.html. E-MAIL: Operations Analyst, Brand Names Initiative Manager, mbenedic@jwod.gov. The Committee For Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (the Committee) is seeking partnerships with U.S. commercial manufacturers of paper shredders which meet the following criteria: 1) Possession of a nationally known brand name that can be demonstrated to have significant appeal through evidence of 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 (JWOD) Program to assemble 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; and 4) Willingness to work with the nonprofit agency, National Industries for the Blind (NIB) or NISH, and the Committee to ensure that the product's price to end users is a fair and reasonable price. Manufacturers' submissions must demonstrate that their specific product meets the criteria listed above as well as indicate what functions the nonprofit agency's employees would perform. For further information contact the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled. The deadline for final response is June 11, 2000. Posted 05/10/00 (W-SN453379). (0131)

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