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J091--Tank Testing and Veeder Root Installation Brand Name or Equal Federal contract opportunity
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36C25725B0016
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Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 17

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This file contains FAR clause deviations dated February 2025 related to a VA solicitation for tank testing and Veeder Root installation. The deviations primarily modify clauses concerning construction wage rates, labor standards subcontracts, and sustainable products and services requirements.

The key modifications include updates to biobased product reporting requirements, definitions of sustainable products and services, and compliance standards for EPA recommendations. Notable changes affect requirements for reporting biobased products purchased under USDA-designated categories, with reports due by October 31 each year during contract performance. The deviations also update requirements for sustainable products and services to meet EPA Recommendations of Specifications, Standards, and Ecolabels in effect as of October 2023. While this document is part of solicitation 36C25725B0016 for the Department of Veterans Affairs, it does not contain specific details about the tank testing and Veeder Root installation requirements.

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FEB 2025 DEVIATIONS:

*These clauses are included by reference in the solicitation but are provided here for bidder awareness in full text.

52.222-6 Construction Wage Rate Requirements.

As prescribed in 22.407(a), insert the following clause:

Construction Wage Rate Requirements (AUG 2018)(DEVIATION FEB 2025)

(a) * * *

(b) * * *

(3) Such laborers and mechanics shall be paid not less than the appropriate wage rate and fringe benefits in the wage determination for the classification of work actually performed, without regard to skill, except as provided in the clause entitled Apprentices and Trainees. Laborers or mechanics performing work in more than one classification may be compensated at the rate specified for each classification for the time actually worked therein; provided that the employer's payroll records accurately set forth the time spent in each classification in which work is performed.

52.222-11 Subcontracts (Labor Standards).

As prescribed in 22.407(a), insert the following clause:

Subcontracts (Labor Standards) (MAY 2014)(DEVIATION FEB 2025)

(a) * * *

(b) The Contractor shall insert in any subcontracts for construction, alterations and repairs within the United States the clauses entitled—

(1) Construction Wage Rate Requirements;

(2) Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards—Overtime Compensation (if the clause is included in this contract);

(3) [Reserved]Apprentices and Trainees;

52.223-2 Reporting of Biobased Products Under Service and Construction Contracts.

As prescribed in 23.109(c)(2), insert the following clause:

REPORTING OF BIOBASED PRODUCTS UNDER SERVICE AND CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS (MAY

2024) [(DEVIATION FEB 2025)])

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause—

Biobased product means a product determined by the U.S.

Department of Agriculture (USDA) to be a commercial product or industrial product (other than food or feed) that is composed, in whole or in significant part, of biological products, including renewable domestic agricultural materials and forestry materials, or that is an intermediate ingredient or feedstock.

The term includes, with respect to forestry materials, forest products that meet biobased content requirements, notwithstanding the market share the product holds, the age of the product, or whether the market for the product is new or emerging. (7 U.S.C. 8101) (7 CFR 3201.2[7 CFR 4270.2]).

USDA-designated product category means a generic grouping of products that are or can be made with biobased materials—

(1) That are listed by USDA in a procurement guideline (7 CFR part 3201, subpart B) available at https://www.biopreferred.gov/resources/categories.html; and

(2) For which USDA has provided purchasing recommendations (available at https://www.biopreferred.gov [ or 7 CFR part 4270]).

(b) The Contractor shall report to https://www.sam.gov, with a copy to the Contracting Officer, on the product types and dollar value of any biobased products in USDA-designated product categories purchased by the Contractor during the previous Government fiscal year, between October 1 and September 30; and

(c) Submit this report no later than—

(1) October 31 of each year during contract performance;

And

(2) At the end of contract performance.

52.223-23 Sustainable Products and Services.

As prescribed in 23.109(a), insert the following clause:

SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES (MAY 2024) [(DEVIATION FEB 2025)]

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause—

Biobased product means a product determined by the U.S.

Department of Agriculture (USDA) to be a commercial product or industrial product (other than food or feed) that is composed, in whole or in significant part, of biological products, including renewable domestic agricultural materials and forestry materials, or that is an intermediate ingredient or feedstock.

The term includes, with respect to forestry materials, forest products that meet biobased content requirements, notwithstanding the market share the product holds, the age of the product, or whether the market for the product is new or emerging. (7 U.S.C. 8101) (7 CFR 3201.2[7 CFR part 4270.2)]).

Recovered material means waste materials and by-products recovered or diverted from solid waste, but the term does not include those materials and by-products generated from, and commonly reused within, an original manufacturing process. (42 U.S.C. 6903).

Sustainable products and services means products and services that are subject to and meet the following applicable statutory mandates and directives for purchasing:

(1) Statutory purchasing programs.

(i)[(1)] Products containing recovered material designated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines (42 U.S.C. 6962) (40 CFR part 247) (https://www.epa.gov/smm/comprehensiveprocurement-guideline-cpg-program#products).

(ii)[(2)] Energy- and water-efficient products that are ENERGY STAR® certified or Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP)-designated products (42 U.S.C. 8259b) (10 CFR part 436, subpart C) (https://www.energy.gov/eere/femp/search-energyefficient-products and https://www.energystar.gov/products?s=mega).

(iii)[(3)] Biobased products meeting the content requirement of the USDA under the BioPreferred® program (7 U.S.C. 8102) (7 CFR part 3201[7 CFR part 4270]) (https://www.biopreferred.gov).

(iv)[(4)] Acceptable chemicals, products, and manufacturing processes listed under EPA’s Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) program, which ensures a safe and smooth transition away from substances that contribute to the depletion of stratospheric ozone (42 U.S.C. 7671l) (40 CFR part 82, subpart G) (https://www.epa.gov/snap).

(2) Required EPA purchasing programs.

(i) WaterSense® labeled (water efficient) products and services (https://www.epa.gov/watersense/watersense-products).

(ii) Safer Choice-certified products (products that contain safer chemical ingredients) (https://www.epa.gov/saferchoice/products).

(iii) Product and services that meet EPA Recommendations of Specifications, Standards, and Ecolabels in effect as of October 2023 (https://www.epa.gov/greenerproducts/recommendationsspecifications-standards-and-ecolabels-federal-purchasing).

(b) Requirements.

(1) The sustainable products and services, including the purchasing program and type of product or service, that are applicable to this contract, and any products or services that are not subject to this clause, will be set forth in the statement of work or elsewhere in the contract.

(2) The Contractor shall ensure that the sustainable products and services required by this contract are—

(i) Delivered to the Government;

(ii) Furnished for use by the Government;

(iii) Incorporated into the construction of a public building or public work; and

(iv) Furnished for use in performing services under this contract, where the cost of the products is a direct cost to this contract (versus costs which are normally applied to the Contractor’s general and administrative expenses or indirect costs). This includes services performed by contractors performing management and operation of Government-owned facilities to the same extent that, at the time of award, an agency would be required to comply if an agency operated or supported the facility.

(3)(i) Except as provided in paragraph (b)(3)(ii) of this clause, sustainable products and services must meet the applicable standards, specifications, or other program requirements at time of quote or offer submission; and

(ii) Sustainable products and services must meet the EPA Recommendations of Specifications, Standards, and Ecolabels in effect as of October 2023.

(c) Resource. The Green Procurement Compilation (GPC) available at https://sftool.gov/greenprocurement provides a comprehensive list of sustainable products and services and sustainable acquisition guidance. The Contractor should review the GPC when determining which [statutory] purchasing programs apply to a specific product or service.

(End of clause)

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