Why doesn’t a QRF have to compete with other businesses for Government Contracts?
Taxpayer-supported state and local political subdivisions do business with QRFs on a non-competitive basis. This means a QRF is not required to bid for your purchases in competition with for-profit contractors. Some of the reasons for this special treatment of QRF business enterprises are: • QRFs are non-profit enterprises. They have a mission to provide employment services to disabled members of the community. • QRFs provide special employment support to people with disabilities that cost time and money. Workers with disabilities require accommodations such as special training and job modifications that go far beyond what a commercial business could be required to provide. • The investment in the disabled worker is high, but in terms of public benefit it is returned many times over when long-term employment can be provided. Stable employment is critical to the success of these programs. • QRF businesses are self-supporting. Their prices for goods and services have to recover all the c
