Is this federal facility AbilityOne sole-source?

What is AbilityOne / JWOD?

Why this check exists.

Under the Javits-Wagner-O'Day (JWOD) Act, federal agencies are required to purchase certain services from designated AbilityOne nonprofits — organizations employing people who are blind or have significant disabilities. When a service appears on the official AbilityOne Procurement List for a specific facility, the agency must source it from the designated nonprofit, sole-source, without competitive bidding.

The federal cleaning + facilities services budget that flows through AbilityOne exceeds $4.7 billion annually — custodial services are the largest single category. For small janitorial contractors, this means a meaningful portion of federal building portfolios is structurally off-limits.

The painful version of finding out: you spend two weeks writing a proposal, only to learn during the Sources Sought response or worse — at proposal submission — that the facility you targeted is AbilityOne-controlled. The cheap version: spend 5 seconds on this page before you start bid prep.

If a facility you target IS on the AbilityOne list, there's still a path: partner with the incumbent nonprofit as a subcontractor for floor care, window cleaning, specialty services, or surge support. Many commercial cleaning firms maintain a steady subcontract relationship with AbilityOne primes.