Attachment 1 to Amenendment 001 Bio-based Products (1).pdf

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This document contains an amendment to a solicitation issued by the Defense Logistics Agency Distribution seeking grounds maintenance and snow removal services. The selected contractor will provide all management, tools, equipment, labor and supplies necessary to maintain safe grounds at the DLA Distribution site in Norfolk, Virginia, including lawn care and snow removal. The services are considered non-personal in nature, and the contractor will be responsible for performance without government direction of its methods. The amendment includes provisions requiring the use of biobased products in contractor performance to the maximum extent possible, and reporting on annual biobased product purchases from October to September.

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Attachment 1 to Amendment 001 to SP3300-22-Q-0001

52.223-1 Biobased Product Certification. (May 2012)

As required by the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 and the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 7

U.S.C. 8102(c)(3)), the offeror certifies, by signing this offer, that biobased products (within categories of products listed by the United States Department of Agriculture in 7 CFR part 3201, subpart B) to be used or delivered in the performance of the contract, other than biobased products that are not purchased by the offeror as a direct result of this contract, will comply with the applicable specifications or other contractual requirements.

(End of provision)

52.223-2 Affirmative Procurement of Biobased Products Under Service and Construction

Contracts.(Sept 2013)

(a) In the performance of this contract, the contractor shall make maximum use of biobased products that are United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)-designated items unless-

(1) The product cannot be acquired-

(i) Competitively within a time frame providing for compliance with the contract performance schedule;

(ii) Meeting contract performance requirements; or

(iii) At a reasonable price.

(2) The product is to be used in an application covered by a USDA categorical exemption (see 7

CFR 3201.3(e)). For example, all USDA-designated items are exempt from the preferred procurement requirement for the following:

(i) Spacecraft system and launch support equipment.

(ii) Military equipment, i.e., a product or system designed or procured for combat or combat-related missions.

(b) Information about this requirement and these products is available at http://www.biopreferred.gov.

(c) In the performance of this contract, the Contractor shall-

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

(2) Submit this report no later than-

(i) October 31 of each year during contract performance; and

(ii) At the end of contract performance.

(End of clause)

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