Department of the Army Field Contracting Activities' Contracting Efforts Under the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act

Abstract

The purpose of this thesis is to determine how effectively the Department of the Army field contracting activities are complying with the requirements of the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act. The Act was implemented by Public Law 92-28 and was designed to provide employment opportunities for people who are blind or severely disabled through the Federal Government procurement of commodities and services. The Javits-Wagner-O'Day Program is a mandatory source program which requires Government contracting activities to procure certain products and services from nonprofit agencies. Some of the benefits to Government contracting activities and their customers are quality products and services, reasonable prices, and on-time delivery or performance. Some of the problems are unfamiliarity with the Program, biases against the disabled, and the lengthy time period to add items to the Procurement List. Javits-Wagner- O'Day Act.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA276359

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  • Trent K. Ensley

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  • Naval Postgraduate School

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  • Biomedical

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  • Acquisition
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Commodities
  • Contract Administration
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Geographic Regions
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Health Services
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Procurement
  • United States
  • United States Government

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