---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 538.7002-4"
title: "48"
number: "538.7002-4"
heading: "Qualified nonprofit agencies for the blind or other severely disabled."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/538.7002-4"
---

# §538.7002-4. Qualified nonprofit agencies for the blind or other severely disabled.


[40 U.S.C. 502(b)](/usc/40/502.md?p=b) allows qualified nonprofit agencies for the blind or other severely disabled, as defined by [41 U.S.C. 8501](/usc/41/8501.md), that are providing a commodity or service to the Government under 41 U.S.C. chapter 85, to purchase supplies or services. Purchases under this authority must be used directly in making or providing to the Government a commodity or service that has been determined by the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled under [41 U.S.C. 8503](/usc/41/8503.md) to be suitable for procurement by the Government.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 89 FR 13284, Feb. 22, 2024, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c).

### Source

Source: 64 FR 37227, July 9, 1999, unless otherwise noted.