10 U.S.C. § 3903: Subcontracting plans: credit for certain purchases

In the case of a business concern that has negotiated a small business subcontracting plan with a military department or a Defense Agency, purchases made by that business concern from qualified nonprofit agencies for the blind or other severely handicapped shall count toward meeting the subcontracting goal provided in that plan. The term “small business subcontracting plan” means a plan negotiated pursuant to section 8(d) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 637(d) ) that establishes a goal for the participation of small business concerns as subcontractors under a contract. a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind, as defined in section 8501(7) of title 41 ; a qualified nonprofit agency for other severely disabled, as defined in section 8501(6) of title 41 ; and a central nonprofit agency designated by the Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled under section 8503(c) of title 41 . Of the funds for the procurement of supplies or services appropriated by this Act [see Tables for classification] and hereafter, qualified nonprofit agencies for the blind or other severely handicapped shall be afforded the maximum practicable opportunity to participate as subcontractors and suppliers in the performance of contracts let by the Department of Defense. During the current fiscal year and hereafter, a business concern which has negotiated with a military service or defense agency a subcontracting plan for the participation by small business concerns pursuant to section 8(d) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 637(d) ) shall be given credit toward meeting that subcontracting goal for any purchases made from qualified nonprofit agencies for the blind or other severely handicapped. For the purpose of this section, the phrase ‘qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or other severely handicapped’ means a nonprofit agency for the blind or other severely handicapped that has been approved by the Committee for the Purchase from the Blind and Other Severely Handicapped under chapter 85 of title 41, United States Code.”