AFFIRMATIVE_PROCUREMENT_STATEMENT.pdf

Affirmative Procurement Statement Users Guide & Statement Tinker Air Force Base, Environmental Mgmt. Branch

AFFIRMATIVE PROCUREMENT STATEMENT

USER’S GUIDE — OCT 2022

1. PURPOSE OF STATEMENT. The “Affirmative Procurement Statement” provides documentation that Affirmative Procurement Plan (APP) has been considered for projects that do not require the use of U.S. EPA-designated CPG items, USDA-designated biobased items, Energy Star® listed items, or FEMP Low Standby Power items.

2. APPLICABILITY. Affirmative Procurement Statement applies to all procurement actions (other than GPC purchases) that do not require items that must comply with CPG, biobased, Energy Star®, or FEMP requirements.

3. INTENT FOR USE.

a. Contractors and CE Operations shop personnel (for in-house job and work orders regardless of project cost) will be responsible for completing a Affirmative Procurement Statement for all procurement actions if none of the items on the mandatory purchasing lists are required.

b. If the procurement action includes any CPG, biobased, Energy Star®, or FEMP Low Standby Power items, use the Recovered Materials Determination Form instead.

4. SIGNER. The Affirmative Procurement Statement can be signed by any person who has technical knowledge of the products or services being purchased. For service and construction contracts, the signer should have general knowledge of the products that will be purchased by the contractor to complete the job. It is the signer’s responsibility to check the mandatory purchase lists and determine if any of those products will be purchased.

5. FILING PROCEDURE. If applicable, the Affirmative Procurement Statement will be included in the purchasing or contracting file. Contracting is responsible for ensuring that either an Affirmative Procurement Statement or Recovered Materials Determination Form (RMDF) is included in contracting files.

Affirmative Procurement Statement Users Guide & Statement-JAN2022 Tinker Air Force Base, Environmental Mgmt. Branch

AFFIRMATIVE PROCUREMENT STATEMENT — OCT 2022

Tinker Air Force Base

Project No. ____________________________________________ and/or Project Title ____________________________________________

None of the products that I am specifying for procurement are listed on a mandatory environmental purchasing list, including:

• U.S. EPA Recommendations of Specifications, Standards and Ecolabels for Federal Purchasing published at https://www.epa.gov/greenerproducts/recommendations-specifications-standards-and-ecolabels-federal-purchasing

• U.S. EPA, Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT), published at https://www.epa.gov/greenerproducts/electronic-product-environmental-assessment-tool-epeat

• USDA Biobased product listings published at https://www.biopreferred.gov/BioPreferred/

• Energy Star® product listings published at www.energystar.gov/products

• FEMP Low Standby Power product listings published at http://oahu.lbl.gov/

Therefore, I am not required to include the Tinker AFB Recovered Material Determination Form with this procurement package.

In addition, I have sought to reduce the environmental damages associated with this procurement by considering the specification of environmentally preferable products and services to the extent feasible, consistent with price, performance, availability, and safety considerations. I have considered products with recycled or biobased content as well as other environmentally preferable attributes, such as:

• Reduced packaging

• Durability and reparability

• Reduced toxicity

• Conservation of natural resources

• Water conservation

• Low Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Content

• Asbestos alternative

• Recyclability

• Alternative fuel

Signature Date

Printed Name

Title/Role https://www.epa.gov/greenerproducts/recommendations-specifications-standards-and-ecolabels-federal-purchasing https://www.epa.gov/greenerproducts/recommendations-specifications-standards-and-ecolabels-federal-purchasing https://www.epa.gov/greenerproducts/electronic-product-environmental-assessment-tool-epeat https://www.biopreferred.gov/BioPreferred/ http://www.energystar.gov/products http://oahu.lbl.gov/ 1267084978C Cross-Out