The following organizations qualify under the ACS Dataline/DIR Cabling Services Support Contract:

Customer - any Texas state agency, unit of local government, institution of higher education as defined in Section 2054.003, Texas Government Code, and those state agencies purchasing from a DIR contract through an Interagency Agreement, as authorized by Chapter 771, Texas Government Code, any local government as authorized through the Interlocal Cooperation Act, Chapter 791, Texas Government Code, and the state agencies and political subdivisions of other states as authorized by Section 2054.0565, Texas Government Code and, except for telecommunications services under Chapter 2170, Texas Government Code, assistance organizations as defined in Section 2175.001, Texas Government Code to mean:

1)         A non-profit organization that provides educational, health or human services or assistance to homeless individuals;
2)         A nonprofit food bank that solicits, warehouses, and redistributes edible but unmarketable food to an agency that feeds needy families and individuals;
3)         Texas Partners of the Americas, a registered agency with the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid, with the approval of the Partners of the Alliance Office of the Agency for International Development;
4)         A group, including a faith-based group, that enters into a financial or non-financial agreement with a health or human services agency to provide services to that agency’s clients;
5)         A local workforce development board created under Section 2308.253;
6)         A nonprofit organization approved by the Supreme Court of Texas that provides free legal services for low-income households in civil matters;
7)         The Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation, Inc., or an entity designated by the commissioner of agriculture as the foundation’s successor entity under Section 74.1011, Texas Agriculture Code;
8)         A nonprofit computer bank that solicits, stores, refurbishes and redistributes used computer equipment to public school students and their families; and
9)         A nonprofit organization that provides affordable housing.