Recovered Materials Estimate and Certification Form.pdf

Recovered Materials Estimate and Certification Form (RMECF) (As required by FAR 23.4, 52.223-4, and 52.223-9)

Date: USG INSPECTOR:

Project Title: Project #:

Contractor Name: Contractor Rep & Phone #

The Contractor shall: (1) Estimate the percentage of the total recovered material used in contract performance including, if applicable, the percentage of post-consumer material content; and (2) Submit this estimate through 21 CONS to 21 CES or 821SPTS/CE as a Closeout Deliverable for all Delivery Orders.

EXEMPTIONS: The Air Force requires purchase of recycled-content or bio-based products meeting EPA or USDA recommended levels unless one of the following four exemptions apply:

E1. The product does not meet appropriate performance standards.

E2. The product is not available within a reasonable time frame.

E3. The product is not available competitively (from two or more sources).

E4. The product is only available at an unreasonable price (compared with a comparable non-green product).

I. ESTIMATE

RECYCLED OR RECOVERED

PRODUCT

% REQUIRED

(MINIMUM)

% AVAIL

(ACTUAL)

QUANTITY

USED

EXEMPTED

E1,E2,E3,E4

ROCK WOOL INSUL 75%

FIBERGLASS INSUL 20-25%

LOOSE FILL/SPRAY ON 75%

PERLITE COMP BOARD 23%

PLASTIC RIGID FOAM 9%

GLASS FIBER REINF 6%

PHENOLIC RIGID FOAM 5%

STRUCTURAL FIBER BD 80-100%

LAMINATED PAPER BD 100%

CEMENT/CONCRETE (FLYASH) SEE SPEC*

CARPET/CARPET BACKING 25-100%

PATIO BLOCKS/RUBBER 90-100%

PATIO BLOCKS/PLASTIC 90-100%

FLOOR TILES/RUBBER 90-100%

FLOOR TILES/PLASTIC 90-100%

TRAFFIC CONES 50-100%

TRAFFIC BARRICADES 80-100%

PLAYGROUND SURFACES 90-100%

RUNNING TRACKS 90-100%

COMPOST 100%

WOOD-BASED HYDRAULIC MULCH 100%

PAPER-BASED HYDRAULIC MULCH 100%

CONSOLIDATED LATEX PAINT 100%

PLASTIC/RUBBER WHEEL STOPS 100%

CONCRETE CONTAINING COAL FLY

ASH PARKING STOPS 20-40%

CONCRETE CONTAINING GGBF

PARKING STOPS 25-70%

PLASTIC SHOWER & RESTROOM

PARTITIONS 20-100%

ACCOUSTIC CEILING TILES 70-80%

PORCELEAN FLOOR TILES 20-80%

WALL COVERINGS

SYSTEM FURNITURE

UPHOLSTERY

Recovered Materials Estimate and Certification Form (RMECF) (As required by FAR 23.4, 52.223-4, and 52.223-9)

Date: USG INSPECTOR:

Project Title: Project #:

Contractor Name: Contractor Rep & Phone #

* "Post-consumer material" means a material or finished product that has served its intended use and has been discarded for disposal or recovery, having completed its life as a consumer item. Post-consumer material is a part of the broader category of "recovered material."

* "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.

II. CERTIFICATION

I hereby certify I am an employee responsible for the performance of this contract and hereby certify that the percentage of recovered material content for EPA-designated products met the applicable contract specifications.

[Signature of the Contractor]

[Typed Name of the Contractor]

[Title]

[Name of Company, Firm, or Organization]

[Date]