2021 Vending/Food Service Survey - Commission for the Blind

HOW YOU CAN HELP

Have you or your coworkers been asking for vending machines, a coffee cart, or other type of food concession in your workplace?

Under ORS 346.150, your agency is required to annually report data on any existing and/or potential vending facilities at all of your locations. By completing this survey, you fulfill this mandatory requirement, all while providing new business opportunities for Oregonians who are blind.

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* 1. Name of your agency, department or political subdivision:

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* 2. Agency Address:

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* 3. Do you currently have any type of food concession in your workplace (coffee cart, vending machines, cafe, micro market)?

Yes

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* 4. Do you/your co-workers want to add food concession options to your workplace?

Yes

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* 5. If food concession options were added to your workplace where would they be installed?

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* 6. Does your facility have vending machines operated by contractors other than the Commission for the Blind?*

Yes

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* 7. Name of representative completing the survey:

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* 8. Title of representative:

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* 9. Representative Phone:

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* 10. Representative Email:

Thank You!

The Oregon Commission for the Blind greatly appreciates your completion of this survey. You have satisfied the requirements for ORS 346.530 (see full requirements below). OCB may contact you for a follow-up to your survey responses.

In 2017, legislation was passed affecting how your agency interacts with the Oregon Commission for the Blind’s Business Enterprise Program (OCB/BEP).

For your reference, the reporting requirements of ORS 346.530 are below:
“Notice to commission on vending facilities locations; notification of reason for refusal of commission offer.
(1) Each agency, department or political subdivision charged with maintaining public buildings or properties shall:
(a) Annually notify the Commission for the Blind in writing of any and all existing locations where vending facilities are in operation or where vending facilities might properly and satisfactorily be operated.
(b) Not less than 30 days prior to the reactivation, leasing, re-leasing, licensing or issuance of a permit for operation of any vending facility, inform the commission of the pending action.
(c) Inform the commission of any locations where vending facilities are planned or might properly and satisfactorily be operated in or about other public buildings or properties that are or may be under the jurisdiction of the agency, department or political subdivision for maintenance.”

From ORS 346.510(6), the definition of vending facility, located on State property or in other public buildings, is:
(a) Shelters, counters, shelving, display and wall cases, refrigerating apparatus and other appropriate auxiliary equipment that are necessary or customarily used for the vending of articles, including an established mix of healthy vending items approved by the Commission for the Blind and the agency department or political subdivision charged with maintaining the public building or property where the vending facility is located;
(b) Manual or coin-operated vending machines or similar devices for vending articles, including machines or devices that accept electronic payment; or Cafeterias or snack bars for the dispensing of food stuffs and beverages.

From ORS 346.510(5), "Public building" or "property" means any building, land or other real property, owned, leased or occupied by any department or agency of the State of Oregon or any of its political subdivisions except public elementary and secondary schools.

In an effort to assist your agency in efficiently completing the reporting requirements passed in House Bill 3253 and incorporated into ORS 346.530, OCB/BEP has created a brief survey. Completion of this survey will satisfy the requirements for complying with ORS 346.530. This compliance survey will be sent out to your organization annually. If during the course of the year, your agency acquires or opens another location that would be suitable for a vending facility, please fill out the survey again within 30 days of acquiring or opening another location. Your agency retains the obligation to notify OCB/BEP regarding new locations on an ongoing basis as described above.

If you have questions about the survey, please contact Eric Morris, BEP Director, at 971-673-1588 or eric.morris@ocb.oregon.gov. To inquire about adding or changing your existing vending services, please contact Teresa Field at teresa.field@ocb.oregon.gov.