National Industries For The Blind
City-funded organization
National Industries for the Blind is a nonprofit founded in 1938 that serves as the central nonprofit agency coordinating the federal AbilityOne Program under the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act, employing people who are blind to produce SKILCRAFT products and services sold to government buyers. It holds $59.1 million in active NYC contracts as of August 2026, all awarded without competitive bidding as mandated preferred-source purchases, with DCAS's Division of Municipal Supply Service, the Department of Education, and other city agencies for supplies, equipment and services, and has been awarded $196.7 million across 31 city contracts since 2013, 100% of its active contract value non-competitive, per Checkbook NYC records.
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Goods
- City contracts (active)
- $59,067,517 · 4 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $196,673,653 · 32 since 2013, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $154,818,160
- Won without a fresh bid
- 100% of contract value · $196,377,691 · 23 contracts
Holds contracts at
- DCAS Division of Municipal Supply Service City agency
- Department of Citywide Administrative Services City agency
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
- Department of Homeless Services City agency
- Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications City agency
City contracts
Registered city contracts, largest first by current contract value (not amount spent): running now, then registered to start later, then ended. Totals count every registered contract. Each line shows its Checkbook contract ID. The tag on each row is how it was awarded (“no-bid” = non-competitive).
- SUPPLY NYC WITH PRODUCTS FROM NYS PREFERRED SOURCE NYSPSP DCAS Division of Municipal Supply Service · MA185720258800060 $45,000,000
- Industrial and commercial supplies and equipment. Department of Education · MA104020259575870 $13,566,167
- Storage space for their programmatic needs Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620228804785 $500,000
- CONFIRMATORY PURCHASE ORDER - FOR PAYMENT PURPOSES - FOR VAR Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620271402312 $1,350
- PROCURE FOR THE CITY OF N.Y. PRODUCTS FFROM (IBNYS) DCAS Division of Municipal Supply Service · MA185720131202012 · ended 2019 $99,786,618
- TO PROCURE NYC WITH PRODUCTS FROM NYS PREFERRED SOURCE DCAS Division of Municipal Supply Service · MA185720201201141 · ended 2024 $35,000,000
- NYSID (cv-300) Latex Gloves Department of Citywide Administrative Services · CT185620215400766 · ended 2021 $1,111,018
- Accessibility Testing for MyCity Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications · CT185820248802602 · ended 2025 $444,274
- QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DISINFECTANT FOR NYC DCAS Division of Municipal Supply Service · MA185720171202341 · ended 2019 $193,213
- Administrative Services for Three Temp employees with NYSPSP Department of Homeless Services · CT107120191420866 · ended 2019 $131,040