US AbilityOne Commission

The US AbilityOne Commission is an independent federal agency that administers the AbilityOne Program, which creates employment opportunities for individuals who are blind or have significant disabilities. Operating under the Javits-Wagner-O'Day (JWOD) Act, the Commission maintains the AbilityOne Procurement List — a catalog of products and services that federal agencies are required to purchase from qualified nonprofit agencies employing people who are blind or have significant disabilities. The PLIMS (Procurement List Information Management System) provides web-based search access to the products and services list. Two central nonprofit agencies, NIB (National Industries for the Blind) and SourceAmerica, manage the affiliated nonprofit network.

US AbilityOne Commission publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Agencies API, Products API, Reports API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include Federal Government, Disability Employment, Procurement, Nonprofit, and Accessibility.

The US AbilityOne Commission catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

US AbilityOne Commission’s developer surface includes developer portal, documentation, and 8 more developer resources.

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46.8/100 developing ▼ -7.7 Agent 35/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFreemium

4 APIs 5 Features 4 Use Cases

Federal GovernmentDisability EmploymentProcurementNonprofitAccessibility

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

Composite quality — 46.8/100 · developing

Contract Quality 15.7 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 3.5 / 20

Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13

Governance 8.3 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 35/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 4

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

US AbilityOne Commission Agencies API

Nonprofit agencies participating in the AbilityOne program

US AbilityOne Commission Products API

AbilityOne Procurement List products identified by NSN

US AbilityOne Commission Reports API

Procurement list reports and data downloads

US AbilityOne Commission Services API

AbilityOne Procurement List services

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

AbilityOne Procurement List API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Us Abilityone Commission Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Us Abilityone Commission Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Us Abilityone Commission Finops

FINOPS

Features 5

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

Procurement List Search

Web-based search of the AbilityOne Procurement List by NSN, product description, agency, and nonprofit affiliate via PLIMS.

Products List

Searchable and downloadable catalog of products on the AbilityOne Procurement List, identified by National Stock Number (NSN).

Services List

Searchable catalog of services on the AbilityOne Procurement List, organized by service category and performing nonprofit agency.

Nonprofit Agency Directory

Directory of NIB-affiliated and SourceAmerica-affiliated nonprofit agencies that employ people who are blind or have significant disabilities.

Reports and Data Downloads

Downloadable Excel reports of the Procurement List products and services, nonprofit agency rosters, and distributor lists.

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Us Abilityone Commission Context

23 classes · 16 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

US AbilityOne Commission API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

US AbilityOne Commission API Rules

33 rules · 7 errors 18 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 7

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Agency

10 properties

JSON SCHEMA

AgencyListResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

APIError

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Product

11 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ProductSearchResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Service

9 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ServiceSearchResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

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JSON Structure 7

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Procurement List Api Agency Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Procurement List Api Agencylistresponse Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Procurement List Api Apierror Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Procurement List Api Product Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Procurement List Api Productsearchresponse Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Procurement List Api Service Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Procurement List Api Servicesearchresponse Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

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Examples 7

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Procurement List Api Agency Example

10 fields

EXAMPLE

Procurement List Api Agencylistresponse Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Procurement List Api Apierror Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Procurement List Api Product Example

11 fields

EXAMPLE

Procurement List Api Productsearchresponse Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Procurement List Api Service Example

9 fields

EXAMPLE

Procurement List Api Servicesearchresponse Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

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Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Us Abilityone Commission Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Us Abilityone Commission Agentic Access

6 operations

6 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Use Cases 4

What developers build with this provider.

Federal Acquisition Compliance

Federal contracting officers verifying mandatory source requirements for AbilityOne products and services before placing orders.

Procurement List Lookup

Defense and civilian agencies searching by NSN to determine if a product must be procured through the AbilityOne program.

Nonprofit Agency Discovery

Federal buyers identifying which nonprofit agency supplies a specific product or service in their geographic region.

Distributor Integration

Authorized distributors accessing the Procurement List to maintain current product catalogs and pricing.

Integrations 5

Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.

NIB (National Industries for the Blind)

Central nonprofit agency managing blind-employing organizations participating in the AbilityOne program.

SourceAmerica

Central nonprofit agency managing organizations employing people with significant disabilities in the AbilityOne program.

GSA Advantage

GSA procurement platform where AbilityOne products are listed and available for federal purchase.

SAM.gov

System for Award Management integration for federal contract and acquisition data linked to AbilityOne awards.

FPDS

Federal Procurement Data System tracking AbilityOne program spending and contract awards across federal agencies.

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

PLIMS - Procurement List Information Management System

Portal

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLD

JSONLD

SpectralRules

SpectralRules

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Procurement List Data Downloads

DataAPI

Source (apis.yml)

aid: us-abilityone-commission
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/us-abilityone-commission/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: US AbilityOne Commission
tags:
- Federal Government
- Disability Employment
- Procurement
- Nonprofit
- Accessibility
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/us-abilityone-commission.png
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2024-11-20'
modified: '2026-05-19'
position: Consumer
description: The US AbilityOne Commission is an independent federal agency that administers the AbilityOne Program, which
  creates employment opportunities for individuals who are blind or have significant disabilities. Operating under the Javits-Wagner-O'Day
  (JWOD) Act, the Commission maintains the AbilityOne Procurement List — a catalog of products and services that federal agencies
  are required to purchase from qualified nonprofit agencies employing people who are blind or have significant disabilities.
  The PLIMS (Procurement List Information Management System) provides web-based search access to the products and services
  list. Two central nonprofit agencies, NIB (National Industries for the Blind) and SourceAmerica, manage the affiliated nonprofit
  network.
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: us-abilityone-commission:us-abilityone-commission-agencies-api
  name: US AbilityOne Commission Agencies API
  description: Nonprofit agencies participating in the AbilityOne program
  humanURL: https://plims.abilityone.gov/search-products/
  baseURL: https://plims.abilityone.gov
  tags:
  - Agencies
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/us-abilityone-commission-agencies-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.abilityone.gov/procurement_list/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/procurement-list-api-product-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/procurement-list-api-service-schema.json
- aid: us-abilityone-commission:us-abilityone-commission-products-api
  name: US AbilityOne Commission Products API
  description: AbilityOne Procurement List products identified by NSN
  humanURL: https://plims.abilityone.gov/search-products/
  baseURL: https://plims.abilityone.gov
  tags:
  - Products
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/us-abilityone-commission-products-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.abilityone.gov/procurement_list/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/procurement-list-api-product-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/procurement-list-api-service-schema.json
- aid: us-abilityone-commission:us-abilityone-commission-reports-api
  name: US AbilityOne Commission Reports API
  description: Procurement list reports and data downloads
  humanURL: https://plims.abilityone.gov/search-products/
  baseURL: https://plims.abilityone.gov
  tags:
  - Reports
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/us-abilityone-commission-reports-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.abilityone.gov/procurement_list/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/procurement-list-api-product-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/procurement-list-api-service-schema.json
- aid: us-abilityone-commission:us-abilityone-commission-services-api
  name: US AbilityOne Commission Services API
  description: AbilityOne Procurement List services
  humanURL: https://plims.abilityone.gov/search-products/
  baseURL: https://plims.abilityone.gov
  tags:
  - Services
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/us-abilityone-commission-services-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.abilityone.gov/procurement_list/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/procurement-list-api-product-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/procurement-list-api-service-schema.json
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/us-abilityone-commission-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/us-abilityone-commission-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/us-abilityone-commission
- type: Website
  url: https://www.abilityone.gov
- type: Portal
  url: https://plims.abilityone.gov
  title: PLIMS - Procurement List Information Management System
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.abilityone.gov/procurement_list/
- type: DataAPI
  url: https://plims.abilityone.gov/reports/
  title: Procurement List Data Downloads
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/us-abilityone-commission-context.jsonld
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/us-abilityone-commission-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/us-abilityone-commission-vocabulary.yaml
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Procurement List Search
    description: Web-based search of the AbilityOne Procurement List by NSN, product description, agency, and nonprofit affiliate
      via PLIMS.
  - name: Products List
    description: Searchable and downloadable catalog of products on the AbilityOne Procurement List, identified by National
      Stock Number (NSN).
  - name: Services List
    description: Searchable catalog of services on the AbilityOne Procurement List, organized by service category and performing
      nonprofit agency.
  - name: Nonprofit Agency Directory
    description: Directory of NIB-affiliated and SourceAmerica-affiliated nonprofit agencies that employ people who are blind
      or have significant disabilities.
  - name: Reports and Data Downloads
    description: Downloadable Excel reports of the Procurement List products and services, nonprofit agency rosters, and distributor
      lists.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Federal Acquisition Compliance
    description: Federal contracting officers verifying mandatory source requirements for AbilityOne products and services
      before placing orders.
  - name: Procurement List Lookup
    description: Defense and civilian agencies searching by NSN to determine if a product must be procured through the AbilityOne
      program.
  - name: Nonprofit Agency Discovery
    description: Federal buyers identifying which nonprofit agency supplies a specific product or service in their geographic
      region.
  - name: Distributor Integration
    description: Authorized distributors accessing the Procurement List to maintain current product catalogs and pricing.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: NIB (National Industries for the Blind)
    description: Central nonprofit agency managing blind-employing organizations participating in the AbilityOne program.
  - name: SourceAmerica
    description: Central nonprofit agency managing organizations employing people with significant disabilities in the AbilityOne
      program.
  - name: GSA Advantage
    description: GSA procurement platform where AbilityOne products are listed and available for federal purchase.
  - name: SAM.gov
    description: System for Award Management integration for federal contract and acquisition data linked to AbilityOne awards.
  - name: FPDS
    description: Federal Procurement Data System tracking AbilityOne program spending and contract awards across federal agencies.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com