(a) commodities produced by the Department of Correctional Services Correctional Industries Program and provided to the State pursuant to subdivision two of section 184 of the Correction Law;

(b) commodities and services produced by any qualified charitable non-profit-making agency for the blind approved for such purposes by the Commissioner of Children and Family Services;

(c) commodities and services produced by any special employment program serving mentally ill persons, which shall not be required to be incorporated and which is operated by facilities within the Office of Mental Health and is approved for such purposes by the Commissioner of Mental Health;

(d) commodities and services produced by any qualified charitable non-profit-making agency for other severely disabled persons approved for such purposes by the Commissioner of Education, or incorporated under the laws of this State and approved for such purposes by the Commissioner of Education;

(e) commodities and services produced by a qualified veterans workshop providing job and employment-skills training to veterans where such a workshop is operated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and is manufacturing products or performing services within this State and where such workshop is approved for such purposes by the Commissioner of Education; or

(f) commodities provided by any qualified apparel manufacturer and contractor on the special September 11th bidders registry, as added by section 349 of the Labor Law, approved for such purposes by the Commissioner of Labor.