DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS
2000 NAVY PENTAGON
WASHINGTON DC 20350-2000
OPNAVINST 4535.1C
N4
18 Nov 2020
OPNAV INSTRUCTION 4535.1C
From: Chief of Naval Operations
Subj: VENDING FACILITY PROGRAM FOR THE BLIND
Ref: (a) 20 U.S.C. §107, et. seq.
(b) 34 CFR 395, et. seq.
(c) DoD Instruction 1125.03 of 22 December 2009
(d) 10 U.S.C. §2491
(e) SECNAVINST 4535.3A
Encl: (1) Requirements and Operating Procedures
(2) Definitions
(3) Sample Letters Regarding Blind Vendor Opportunities
(4) Naval Facilities Engineering Command and Component Commands
(5) Sample Randolph-Sheppard Act Vending Facility Annual Report
(6) Annual Inter-Agency Report on State Licensing Agency Applications Received for
Establishment of Vending Facilities on Federal Property and Amount of Vending
Machine Income Collected and Dispersed to SLA
1. Purpose
a. To issue revised administrative policy guidance and procedures for the operation of the
vending facility program for the blind within the Navy, per references (a) through (e).
b. This instruction is a complete revision and should be reviewed in its entirety. This
revision captures responsibilities not covered in the previous issuance and provides a needed
update to guidance that has evolved significantly since the last revision. Major changes are
summarized below in subparagraphs 1b(1) through 1b(3).
(1) Removed points of contact and mailing addresses for the state licensing agencies
(SLA) and replaced with a Web site that contains this information and provides the most current
information for each of the SLAs.
(2) Provided clarification that appropriated funds may be used to support the Navy’s
Randolph-Sheppard Act (RSA) program.
(3) Provided a standard format for inter-agency reports on SLA applications.
