813 Determining Share

813.1 Direct Competition

813.2 Definitions

Direct Competition. The presence and operation of a vending machine or a vending facility on the same premises as a vending facility operated by a blind vendor.

Direct Access. Uninterrupted ease of approach and the amount of time required to patronize the vending facility operated by the blind vendor.

813.3 Determination

The determination that a vending machine on federal property is in direct competition with a vending facility operated by a blind vendor shall be the responsibility of the on-site official responsible for the Postal Service property, subject to the concurrence of the SLA.

Vending machines and facilities operating in areas serving employees, the majority of whom normally do not have direct access to the vending facility operated by a blind vendor, shall not be considered to be in direct competition.

813.4 SLA Share

All vending income (100 percent) from machines on the same premises that are in direct competition with a vending facility operated by a blind person must be conveyed to the SLA.

813.5 No Direct Competition

For machines not in direct competition, the share of all vending machine income to be conveyed to the SLA is:

• None, if the total vending machine income at the building does not exceed $3,000 annually. If income is generated in a period of less than one year, such as when an existing facility is closed or a new facility is occupied, the obligation to share income is based on an annual rate of $3,000 ($250 per month) rather than a $3,000 total annual income.
• Thirty percent at Postal Service buildings where less than 50 percent of the hours worked on the premises occur within the 8-hour work period between the approximate hours of 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday.
• Fifty percent in all other cases.