7-08 - Purchasing Sustainability Statement.pdf
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- Annual Contract for the Sale of Scrap Metal
- Solicitation number
- 26-21-A
- Issued by
- Denton County, Little Cypress CDP, Texas
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This is a Purchasing Sustainability Statement issued by the City of Lewisville, Texas, establishing environmental and social responsibility guidelines for municipal procurement decisions. The document outlines the city's commitment to sustainability as defined in the Lewisville 2025 strategic plan, adopted by City Council on July 14, 2014, which identifies sustainability as one of nine "Big Moves" for community development. The Purchasing Division will evaluate vendors and products based on environmental factors including recycled content, product life cycle, waste reduction, energy efficiency, toxicity levels, water consumption, and human health impacts. Prospective vendors may be required to provide detailed information addressing how their products and services meet these environmental criteria, with documentation submitted through a standardized evaluation form that includes categories for energy consumption reduction, toxicity reduction, waste reduction, recyclable materials content, water consumption reduction, and other environmental impacts.
The statement serves as a framework for integrating environmental stewardship with fiscal and social responsibility into the city's purchasing practices. Rather than establishing specific contract terms or pricing structures, this document functions as a policy directive requiring city staff to consider sustainability metrics when making purchasing recommendations and evaluating vendor proposals. The city does not set mandatory environmental thresholds but instead encourages prospective vendors to demonstrate commitment to sustainable practices through documented evidence of their products' and services' environmental performance. This approach aligns municipal procurement with Lewisville's broader community vision of using limited resources efficiently while maintaining quality of life for current and future generations.
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Lewisville 2025 - Sustainability
Lewisville City Council unanimously adopted the Lewisville 2025 plan on July 14, 2014. The plan was developed after more than a year of public input and discussion that garnered hundreds of ideas and suggestions. That input was studied extensively by the Lewisville 2025 Steering Committee, City staff and professional consultants and formulated into the Lewisville 2025 plan. The plan provides a clear shared vision for the kind of community Lewisville wants to be when it turns 100 years old in 2025: a place that people choose to live, work and visit.
Lewisville 2025 identifies nine “Big Moves” to guide the community’ s efforts toward being a thriving, desirable community. One of these Big Moves is sustainability. Lewisville defines sustainability in this way:
Limited resources, such as land, water, energy, clean air, natural assets, and public funds are used efficiently to provide a desirable quality of life and business climate today without reducing Lewisville’ s ability to provide the desired quality of life and business climate for success of future generations.
The Purchasing Division’ s goal is to support and encourage sustainable management practices through the purchase and use of materials, products and services that demonstrate environmental stewardship as well as fiscal and social responsibility. To that end, Lewisville will consider environmental factors such as but not limited to, recycled content, product life cycle, waste reduction, energy efficiency, toxicity, water consumption, and human health impacts when making purchasing recommendations. To assist City staff with evaluating these factors, prospective vendors may be required to provide specific information about their products and services that addresses environmental impacts.
Does Product or
Service?
Yes No Details
Reduce energy consumption
Reduce toxicity, including emissions
Reduce waste
Contain recyclable materials
Reduce water consumption
List other environmental impacts
Attach supporting documentation if needed
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