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Buying Responsibly
Under the Javits-Wagner-O'Day (JWOD) Act, federal agencies are required to purchase certain products and services from nonprofit agencies that employ the blind and disabled. JWOD.com makes it easy. The site accepts orders online, by phone or by mail, and also accepts bulk orders. Next-day delivery for nearly 600 of the most popular JWOD items is available.
Buying Recycled
The Environmental Protection Agency's Web site pulls together everything a PO and CO needs to know about buying recycled, including product fact sheets, buy-recycled news, and frequently asked questions.
Procurement Search Engine
A limited search engine that only searches government procurement sites.
The Navy Acquisition
Reform Office
The Navy's comprehensive acquisition reform site includes a market research tutorial, a guide to simulation-based acquisition, a discussion area for acquisition professionals, additional training materials, policy announcements and a compilation of AR success stories.
The Navy
Acquisition Reform Office
The Navy's AR office has put together a handy market research tutorial. The tutorial explains what market research is, how to get started and how to document market research to support acquisition decisions.
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Defense Acquisition Deskbook
The Defense Acquisition Deskbook Reference Set can be downloaded from this well-laid out web site. The Bulletin Board section includes newsletters, upcoming events, and an "Ask a Professor" discussion area that allows you to pose questions to a team of defense procurement experts.
Acquisition Reform Net
This NPR-led effort includes the Federal Acquisition Training Institute, a searchable database of best procurement practices, and a reference area of useful acquisition documents. Go to the Water Cooler in the Electronic Forum to enter a lively discussion of procurement-related issues.
DoD Commercial Advocates Forum
The site's toolbox for market research features a collection of links to databases including the Thomas Register of American Manufacturers and Dunn and Bradstreet Catalog. The comments area allows users to post questions to which they can't find the answers.
Federal Acquisition
Regulations at GSA
The federal government's guidelines for procurement practices are available here in both HTML (World Wide Web) and PDF (Adobe Acrobat) formats.
Federal Acquisition Jumpstation
This comprehensive list of acquisition links, sponsored by NASA, is considered the front door to federal procurement on the web. Plan to surf for awhile from here because the jumpstation does not describe what you're going to find once you link away.
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