(a) GSA’s Affirmative Procurement Program (Appendix 523A) establishes agency policy and procedures for the procurement of products containing recovered materials. In implementing the Program, contracting activities will:
(1) Communicate to industry that markets exist for environmentally preferable products (See FAR 23.7), including products containing recovered materials.
(2) Ensure that product specifications do not impede the acquisition of products containing recovered materials.
(3) Purchase EPA designated products to the maximum extent practicable.
(4) Identify other product categories that offer opportunities for the purchase of environmentally preferable products. To the maximum extent practicable, and consistent with applicable provisions of Federal procurement law, acquire these products before non-environmentally preferable products.
(b) To the extent permitted by law, and where economically feasible, E.O. 13101 applies to the acquisition and management of federally owned and leased space.
(1) Solicitations for services, leased space, and construction must include environmental and recycling provisions.
(2) These provisions should include specifications promoting, and maximizing, the use of environmentally preferable products, including products containing recovered materials, by contractors and subcontractors.
(c) Purchases by construction contractors or their subcontractors are included in this program.
(d) You must use applicable minimum content standards in all acquisitions that include an EPA designated product. In addition to new acquisitions, this includes:
(1) Delivery orders placed against established source contracts that identify environmentally preferable products.
(2) Orders from such sources as the GSA/Federal Supply Service Environmental Products Guide or GSA Supply Catalog.
