Facility_Services_--_Environmental_Req.-_Att._C_12.09.09.doc

Attachment C

ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS

CBP is mandated by legislation, and executive order to purchase products that are good for the environment. Below are minimum requirements for paper products, bathroom and facial tissue, napkins, industrial wipes, and trash liners that must be used by contractors in a CBP service contact.

Paper Products:

Paper products include bathroom and facial tissue, paper towels, napkins, and general-purpose industrial wipes. The products must contain the minimum requirements shown below:

Recovered Fiber Content Levels for Sanitary Tissue Products

Plastic Trash Liners:

Plastic trash can liners, are widely available with recovered material content including HDPE, LDPE, AND LLDPE. The trash liners must meet the minimum requirements shown below:

Recovered Materials Content Levels for Plastic Trash Bags ¹

¹Recommendation does not preclude purchasing a trash bag manufactured using another material, such as paper. It merely recommends that when purchasing plastic trash bags, purchase items made from recovered materials.

Website: http://www.epa.gov/cpg/products/tissue.htm

· FAR 52.223-9 ….(b) The Contractor, on completion of this contract, shall— (1) Estimate the percentage of the total recovered material content for EPA-designated item(s) delivered and/or used in contract performance, including, if applicable, the percentage of postconsumer material content; and (2) Submit this estimate to: _____________________ [Contracting Officer complete in accordance with agency procedures].

· 52.223-17 Affirmative Procurement of EPA-designated Items in Service and Construction Contracts (May 2008) (a) In the performance of this contract, the Contractor shall make maximum use of products containing recovered materials that are EPA-designated items unless the product cannot be acquired— (1) Competitively within a timeframe providing for compliance with the contract performance schedule; (2) Meeting contract performance requirements; or (3) At a reasonable price. (b) Information about this requirement is available at EPA’s Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines web site, http://www.epa.gov/cpg/.

· The list of EPA-designated items is available at http://www.epa.gov/cpg/products.htm.