13 NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL Monterey California , THESIS GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING UNDER THE JAVITS-WAGNER-O'DAY ACT bv Michael F. Corning December, 1991 Thesis Advisor R.F. Matsushima Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited T259748 UNCLASSIFIED SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF THIS PAGE REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE FormApproved OMBNo 0704-0188 la REPORT SECURITY CLASSIFICATION lb RESTRICTIVE MARKINGS UNCLASSIFIED 2a SECURITY CLASSIFICATION AUTHORITY 3 DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITY OF REPORT Approved for public release; 2b DECLASSIFICATION/DOWNGRADING SCHEDULE distribution is unlimited. 4 PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBER(S) 5 MONITORING ORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBER(S) 6a NAME OF PERFORMING ORGANIZATION 6b OFFICE SYMBOL 7a NAME OF MONITORING ORGANIZATION (If applicable) Naval Postgraduate School 36 Naval Postgraduate School 6c. ADDRESS {City, State, and ZIPCode) 7b ADDRESS{City, State, and ZIPCode) Monterey, CA 93940-5000 Monterey, CA 93940-5000 3a NAME OF FUNDING/SPONSORING Sb OFFICE SYMBOL 9 PROCUREMENT INSTRUMENT IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ORGANIZATION (If applicable) 8c ADDRESS(City, State, and ZIPCode) 10 SOURCE OF FUNDING NUMBERS PROGRAM PROJECT TASK WORK UNIT ELEMENT NO NO NO ACCESSION NO 11 TITLE (Include Security Classification) GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING UNDER THE JAVITS-WAGNER-O' DAY ACT 12 PERSONAL AUTHOR(S) Corning, Michael Francis 13a TYPE OF REPORT 13b TIME COVERED 14 DATE OF REPORT (Year, Month, Day) 15 PAGE COUNT Master's Thesis FROM TO December, 1991 147 16 supplementary notation The views expressed in this thesis are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the Department of Defense or the U.S. Government. 17 COSATI CODES 18 SUBJECT TERMS (Continue on reverse if necessary and identify by block number) FIELD GROUP SUB-GROUP Javits-Wagner-O' Day Act, Sheltered Workshops, Contracting, Acquisition, Blind Industries, NISH, NIB 19 ABSTRACT (Continue on reverse if necessary and identify by block number) With the passage of the Javits-Wagner-O1 Day (JWOD) Act in June of 1971, the United States Congress directed Government agencies, including the Department of Defense, to procure designated commodities and services from nonprofit agencies sponsored by the National Industries for the Blind and NISH. This study provides the reader with an overview of the entire JWOD Program. It analyzes the Program's governing regulations, its intent, its oversight organizations, and the barriers and benefits to its effectual implementation. In addition, this study describes a successful example of innovative contracting by the Department of the Navy with a state-of-the-art nonprofit participant, 20 DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITY OF ABSTRACT 21 ABSTRACT SECURITY CLASSIFICATION Q UNCLASSIFIED/UNLIMITED SAME AS RPT DTIC USERS UNCLASSIFIED 22a NAME OF RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUAL 22b TELEPHONE (Include AreaCode) 22c OFFICE SYMBOL CDR Rodney F. Matsushima (408) 646-2052 AS/My DD Form 1473. JUN 86 Previouseditionsareobsolete SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF THIS PAGE UNCLASSIFIED S/N 0102-LF-014-6603 Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. Government Contracting Under The Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act by Michael F. Corning Lieutenant, Supply Corps, United States Navy B.S., Syracuse University Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MANAGEMENT from the