[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 48, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 48CFR23.404]



[Page 469-470]

 

            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION

 

PART 23_ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY AND WATER EFFICIENCY, RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY, AND DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE--Table of Contents

 

                 Subpart 23.4_Use of Recovered Materials

 

Sec. 23.404  Agency affirmative procurement programs.



    (a) For EPA-designated products, an agency must establish an 

affirmative procurement program, if the agency's purchases meet the 

threshold in 23.405(a). Technical or requirements personnel and 

procurement personnel are responsible for the preparation, 

implementation, and monitoring of affirmative procurement programs. 

Agency affirmative procurement programs must include--

    (1) A recovered materials preference program;

    (2) An agency promotion program;

    (3) A program for requiring reasonable estimates, certification, and 

verification of recovered material used in the performance of contracts; 

and

    (4) Annual review and monitoring of the effectiveness of the 

program.

    (b) Agency affirmative procurement programs must require that 100 

percent



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of purchases of EPA-designated products contain recovered material, 

unless the item cannot be acquired--

    (1) Competitively within a reasonable time frame;

    (2) Meeting appropriate performance standards; or

    (3) At a reasonable price.

    (c) Agency affirmative procurement programs must provide guidance 

for purchases of EPA-designated products at or below the micro-purchase 

threshold.



[65 FR 36019, June 6, 2000]